Jan Garbarek live in concert.
ON TOUR

Jan Garbarek

10
critic concert reviews
jazz

How Good Are They LIVE?

Live Rating  

70
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Critic Consensus

Based on 10 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that Jan Garbarek is rated as a decent live performer, with shows that lack distinction. Jan Garbarek concert reviews describe live shows and performances as powerful.

ON TOUR

Filharmonia Narodowa, Warszawa, Poland (November 25);

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Sogn JazzKlubb (Live 1969) (October 20, 2022)

Artist Info

Genre
jazz
Origin
Mysen, Norway (3/4/1947) (3/4/1947) (3/4/1947)
Bio
Jan Garbarek (born March 4, 1947 in Mysen, Norway) a Norwegian tenor and soprano saxophonist, active in the jazz, classical, and world music genres. Garbarek was the only child of former Polish prisoner of war, Czeslaw Garbarek, and a Norwegian farmer's daughter.
Has Performed With
Trilok Gurtu, Jan Garbarek Group

Critic Concert Reviews

Jazzwise (UK)

June 7, 2022
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The revered Norwegian saxophonist headlined an eclectic line-up at this acclaimed Scandinavian jazz festival

The Guardian (UK)

November 18, 2019
60
%
Jan Garbarek Group review – smooth jazz and squeaky toys 3 / 5 stars 3 out of 5 stars.

Dagens Nyheter (Sweden)

October 14, 2018
60
%
Stockholm, Sweden

Jazzwise (UK)

September 11, 2017
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Au Gres du Jazz Festival takes place in the beautiful setting of the tiny village of La Petite Pierre (59km from Strasbourg) in the Northern Vosges National Park region of Alsace.

Berlingske (Denmark)

July 10, 2017
67
%
Copenhagen, Denmark

The Arts Desk (UK)

January 26, 2015
80
%
Moreover he and his group took the stage of the spanking new Stormen concert house as the openers of Bodo Jazz Open the city’s four-day festival of all that is and isn’t strictly jazz.

Jazzwise (UK)

November 17, 2014
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Norwegian saxophonist Jan Garbarek and vocalists the Hilliard Ensemble first performed together in the remote, alpine monastery of St Gerold in 1993.

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