release date: Dec. 1981
format: cd (ECM 1200)
[album rate: 3 / 5] [3,16]
producer: Manfred Eicher
label: ECM Records - nationality: Norway
Tracklist: 1. "Soria Maria" (4 / 5) - 2. "Lillekort" - 3. "Eventyr" - 4. "Weaving a Garland" - 5. "Once Upon a Time" - 6. "The Companion" - 7. "Snipp, snapp, snute" - 8. "East of the Sun and West of the Moon"
Studio album by Jan Garbarek with Naná Vasconcelos and John Abercrombie. Vasconcelos plays berimbau, talking drum, percussion, and is credited for voice performance, and Abercrombie for playing guitars.
It's an interesting release by the great Norwegian saxophone player who has already established his special "Nordic" sound of ambient or contemporary jazz, closely related to the works of Palle Mikkelborg and / or Danish jazz band Entrance.
The overall impression is a somewhat uneven album with too many interests, and personally, I find other works by Garbarek better.
