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Twelve Moons, featuring Jan Garbarek and Keith Jarrett, is a seminal ECM album released in 1972 showcasing extended improvisations centered around modal jazz explorations with piano, saxophone, and percussion instruments.
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Does Keith Jarrett play on Twelve Moons?
No. The 1993 ECM album features Rainer Brüninghaus on piano and synthesizer, with Eberhard Weber, Manu Katché, and Marilyn Mazur in the rhythm section.
Who are the singers on Twelve Moons?
Norwegian traditional singer Agnes Buen Garnås and Sámi artist Mari Boine contribute vocals. Boine also wrote Darvánan, one of the album's ten pieces.
Which traditional or borrowed compositions appear on Twelve Moons?
The program includes the traditional Psalm and Gautes-Margjit, Edvard Grieg's Arietta, and Jim Pepper's Witchi-Tai-To. These sit alongside Jan Garbarek originals such as Brother Wind March.
Where does Twelve Moons fit in Jan Garbarek's ECM catalog?
The Jan Garbarek Group recorded it at Rainbow Studio in Oslo in September 1992, and ECM released it in 1993. It precedes Madar, Garbarek's collaboration with Anouar Brahem and Shaukat Hussain.
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