Aftenland
Jan Garbarek (tenor and soprano saxophones/wood flute), Kjell Johnsen (pipe organ)
Aftenland (which translates as ‘evening-land’), with the classical organist Kjell Johnsen, a highly respected interpreter of church organ music, creates its own space – hints of Messiaen, yes,...
Aftenland
Jan Garbarek (tenor and soprano saxophones/wood flute), Kjell Johnsen (pipe organ)
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Aftenland (which translates as ‘evening-land’), with the classical organist Kjell Johnsen, a highly respected interpreter of church organ music, creates its own space – hints of Messiaen, yes,...
About
Recorded in a Stockholm church in 1979, Aftenland documents a fascinating encounter between Jan Garbarek, improviser par excellence, and classical organist Kjell Johnsen. “Preparing and realizing Aftenland was one of the most interesting experiences in my entire career,” Johnsen has said. “A major artistic achievement”, wrote Contemporary Keyboard.
Contents and tracklist
- Kjell Johnsen (organ), Jan Garbarek (tenor saxophone)
- Recorded: 1979-12
- Recording Venue: Engelbrektskyrkan
- Kjell Johnsen (organ), Jan Garbarek (tenor saxophone)
- Recorded: 1979-12
- Recording Venue: Engelbrektskyrkan
- Kjell Johnsen (organ), Jan Garbarek (tenor saxophone)
- Recorded: 1979-12
- Recording Venue: Engelbrektskyrkan
- Kjell Johnsen (organ), Jan Garbarek (tenor saxophone)
- Recorded: 1979-12
- Recording Venue: Engelbrektskyrkan
- Kjell Johnsen (organ), Jan Garbarek (tenor saxophone)
- Recorded: 1979-12
- Recording Venue: Engelbrektskyrkan
- Kjell Johnsen (organ), Jan Garbarek (tenor saxophone)
- Recorded: 1979-12
- Recording Venue: Engelbrektskyrkan
- Kjell Johnsen (organ), Jan Garbarek (tenor saxophone)
- Recorded: 1979-12
- Recording Venue: Engelbrektskyrkan
- Kjell Johnsen (organ), Jan Garbarek (tenor saxophone)
- Recorded: 1979-12
- Recording Venue: Stockholm
- Kjell Johnsen (organ), Jan Garbarek (tenor saxophone)
- Recorded: 1979-12
- Recording Venue: Engelbrektskyrkan
Awards and reviews
April 2019
Aftenland (which translates as ‘evening-land’), with the classical organist Kjell Johnsen, a highly respected interpreter of church organ music, creates its own space – hints of Messiaen, yes, Milhaud maybe, and hints of jazz, yes, existing in a genre as yet unnamed. In fact, the music – or most of it – began life as a sequence of improvisations for the Edith Rogers production of Ibsen’s Brand...
