Rites (album)

Rites is a double album by Norwegian saxophonist Jan Garbarek recorded in 1998 and released on the ECM label.[1]

Rites
Studio album by
Jan Garbarek
ReleasedOctober 5, 1998
RecordedMarch 1998
StudioRainbow Studio, Oslo;
Tbilisi (Disc 2, #5 only)
GenreJazz
Length98:15
LabelECM
ECM 1685/1686
ProducerManfred Eicher
Jan Garbarek chronology
Visible World
(1995)		 Rites
(1998)		 Mnemosyne
(1998)

Reception

The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4 stars stating "On one collection, listeners get music for prayer, contemplation, and grief, as well as a funky European read of indigenous music for moving to and celebrating. Clearly this is what sets Rites above Garbarek's other recordings, him taking that balance he possessed so early in his career back again and putting it to work in a near-sacred setting".[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]

Track listing
All compositions by Jan Garbarek except as indicated

Disc One:

  1. "Rites" - 8:29
  2. "Where the Rivers Meet" - 7:02
  3. "Vast Plain, Clouds" - 5:55
  4. "So Mild the Wind, So Meek the Water" - 6:11
  5. "Song, Tread Lightly" - 7:45
  6. "It's OK to Listen to the Gray Voice" - 6:45
  7. "Her Wild Ways" - 6:46

Disc Two:

  1. "It's High Time" - 3:36
  2. "One Ying for Every Yang" - 6:36
  3. "Pan" - 6:13
  4. "We Are the Stars" - 5:03
  5. "The Moon Over Mtatsminda" (Jansug Kakhidze) - 4:02
  6. "Malinye" (Don Cherry) - 6:22
  7. "The White Clown" - 3:47
  8. "Evenly They Danced" - 5:18
  9. "Last Rite" - 8:25

Personnel
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References
  1. ECM discography accessed October 3, 2011
  2. Jurek, T. Allmusic Review accessed October 3, 2011
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