Magico: Carta de Amor
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| Studio album by Jan Garbarek, Egberto Gismonti & Charlie Haden | |||||
| Released | November 6, 2012 | ||||
| Recorded | April 1981, Amerikahaus, München | ||||
| Genre | Jazz | ||||
| Length | 107:54 | ||||
| Label | ECM ECM 2280/81 |
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| Producer | Manfred Eicher | ||||
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Magico: Carta de Amor is live album by saxophonist Jan Garbarek, guitarist Egberto Gismonti and bassist Charlie Haden recorded in 1981 and released on the ECM label in 2012.[1] The album follows the trio's first two recordings Magico (1979) and Folk Songs (1981).
Reception
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [2] |
| The Guardian | [3] |
The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4 stars stating "Magico: Carta de Amor is a musical treasure trove that features three players from three continents working in near-symbiotic dialogue, offering music that showcases compositional and improvisational mastery, yet transcends the limitations of genre classification".[2]
The Guardian's John Fordham noted "It's an impassioned and fiercely improvisational collection of variations on powerful themes by all three, touching on Haden's Liberation Music Orchestra repertoire and Garbarek's free-jazz history".[3]
All About Jazz correspondent John Kelman commented "Carta de Amor is a reminder of how a particular point in time, when the pan-cultural and cross-genre interests of three artists from vastly different backgrounds and musical upbringings, could come together in rare synchronicity".[4]
Track listing
All compositions by Egberto Gismonti except as indicated
Disc One:
- "Carta de Amor" - 7:25
- "La Pasionara" (Charlie Haden) - 16:26
- "Cego Aderaldo" - 9:50
- "Folk Song" (Traditional) - 8:09
- "Don Quixote" - 8:25
- "Spor" (Jan Garbarek) - 14:01
Disc Two:
- "Branquinho" - 7:37
- "All That Is Beautiful" (Haden) - 15:35
- "Palhaço" - 9:12
- "Two Folk Songs" (Traditional) - 3:39
- "Carta de Amor, Var." - 7:35
Personnel
- Charlie Haden — bass
- Jan Garbarek — soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone
- Egberto Gismonti — guitar, piano
References
- ↑ ECM discography accessed December 20, 2013
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Jurek, T. Allmusic Review accessed December 20, 2013
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Fordham, J. The Guardian Review, November 2, 2012
- ↑ Kelman, J. All About Jazz review, October 30, 2012
