Garbarek helped the ECM label find its emerging voice 40 years ago. A new box set of early albums captures the saxophonist's forming sound —... How Jan Garbarek Came To Epitomize Nordic Jazz ...
Scarabee; Mah-Jong; Beast of Kommodo; Blow Away Zone; Myb; Concentus; Afric Pepperbird; Blupp. Recorded in Oslo in September 1970, Afric Pepperbird was released on New Year’s Day in 1971. Half a ...
The backstory... When producer Bob Thiele left Impulse! in 1969 to set up Flying Dutchman, his label notched up some historic firsts, including debut albums from Horace Tapscott, Leon Thomas and Gil ...