Dis (album) explained

Dis
Type:	Album
Artist:	Jan Garbarek
Cover:	Dis (album).jpg
Released:	May 1977^[1]
Recorded:	December 1976
Studio:	Talent Studios Oslo, Norway
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	48:36
Label:	ECM ECM 1093 ST
Producer:	Manfred Eicher
Chronology:	Jan Garbarek
Prev Title:	Dansere
Prev Year:	1975
Next Title:	Places
Next Year:	1977

Dis is an album by Norwegian jazz saxophonist Jan Garbarek, recorded for ECM in December 1976 and released in May the following year. Garbarek is backed by American jazz guitarist Ralph Towner, with a guest appearance from Den Norske Messingsekstett on brass.^[2]

Reception

The Penguin Guide to Jazz selected Dis as part of its suggested Core Collection.^[3]

Personnel

Musicians

• Jan Garbarek – soprano and tenor saxophones, wood flute
• Ralph Towner – 12 string guitar, classical guitar

Additional musicians

• Jan Erik Kongshaug – windharp ("Vandrere", "Viddene", "Dis")
  • harp built by Sverre Larssen and recorded by Jan Erik Kongshaug; played by the wind
• Den Norske Messingsekstett – brass ("Skygger")

Technical personnel

• Manfred Eicher – producer
• Jan Erik Kongshaug – recording engineer
• Barbara Wojirsch – layout
• Franco Fontana – photography

Notes and References

1. Web site: ECM Records.
2. http://www.ecmrecords.com/Catalogue/ECM/1000/1093.php? ECM discography
3. Book: Cook, Richard. Richard Cook (journalist). Brian Morton . Brian Morton (Scottish writer) . The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. 1992. 9th. The Penguin Guide to Jazz. 2008. Penguin. New York. 978-0-14-103401-0. 523. Jan Garbarek.