Jan Garbarek
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Person
- Born
- 1947-03-04
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Film & TV
Sound · Mysen, Norway
Known for
- Eberhard Weber: The Jubilee Concert2016
- Jan Garbarek - Jazz in Marciac2009
- Sounds and Silence - Travels with Manfred Eicher — Himself2009
- Jan Garbarek - Live At The 37th Jazzwoche Burghausen2006
- Play Your Own Thing: A Story of Jazz in Europe — Self2006
- Arvo Pärt: And Then Came the Evening and the Morning — self1990
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jazzsaxophonecontemporary jazznorwegianECM
Jan Garbarek (born March 4, 1947 in Mysen, Norway) a Norwegian tenor and soprano saxophonist, active in the jazz, classical, and world music genres. Garbarek was the only child of former Polish prisoner of war, Czesław Garbarek, and a Norwegian farmer's daughter. Garbarek grew up in Oslo. At 21, he married Vigdis. Their daughter Anja Garbarek is also a musician. Garbarek's sound is one of the hallmarks of the ECM record label, which has released virtually all of his recordings. <a href="https:/
Recent publications · Crossref
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- A global reference for human genetic variation
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Key dates
- Born
- 4 March 1947
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Jan
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Norway
- Place of birth
- Mysen
- Child
- Anja Garbarek
- Occupation
- recording artist
- Educated at
- University of Oslo
- Languages spoken
- Norwegian
- Genre
- jazz
Connections
Categories
1947 births20th-century Norwegian male musicians20th-century Norwegian saxophonists21st-century Norwegian male musicians21st-century Norwegian saxophonistsAvant-garde jazz saxophonistsECM Records artistsFreedom Records artistsLiving peopleMale saxophonistsMembers of the Royal Swedish Academy of MusicNorwegian avant-garde musicians