Mágico: Carta de Amor
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Released | November 6, 2012 | |||
Recorded | April 1981 | |||
Venue | Amerikahaus, München | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 107:54 | |||
Label | ECM ECM 2280/81 | |||
Producer | Manfred Eicher | |||
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Mágico: Carta de Amor (Portuguese for "Magic: Love Letter") is a live album by saxophonist Jan Garbarek, guitarist Egberto Gismonti and bassist Charlie Haden recorded in 1981 and released on ECM three decades later in 2012.[1] The album follows the trio's first two recordings Magico (1979) and Folk Songs (1981).
Reception
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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."[2]
The AllMusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4 stars, stating, "Mágico: 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."[3]
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."[4]
Track listing
[edit]All compositions by Egberto Gismonti except as indicated
Disc One:
- "Carta de Amor" – 7:25
- "La Pasionaria" (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
[edit]- Jan Garbarek – soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone
- Egberto Gismonti – guitar, piano
- Charlie Haden – bass
References
[edit]- ^ ECM discography Archived March 22, 2014, at the Wayback Machine accessed December 20, 2013
- ^ a b Kelman, J. All About Jazz review, October 30, 2012
- ^ a b Jurek, T. AllMusic review accessed December 20, 2013
- ^ a b Fordham, J. The Guardian review, November 1, 2012
External links
[edit]- Jan Garbarek / Egberto Gismonti / Charlie Haden – Mágico: Carta de Amor (rec. 1981, rel. 2012) album review by Thom Jurek, credits & releases at AllMusic
- Jan Garbarek / Egberto Gismonti / Charlie Haden – Mágico: Carta de Amor (rec. 1981, rel. 2012) album releases & credits at Discogs
- Jan Garbarek / Egberto Gismonti / Charlie Haden – Mágico: Carta de Amor (rec. 1981, rel. 2012) album to be listened as stream on Spotify