In Praise of Dreams explained

In Praise of Dreams
Type:	studio
Artist:	Jan Garbarek
Cover:	Inpraiseofdreams.jpg
Released:	21 September 2004
Recorded:	24 March – 4 June 2003
Studio:	Blue Jay, Carlisle, Massachusetts; AP Studio, Paris, Oslo
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	52:25
Label:	ECM
Producer:	Manfred Eicher, Jan Garbarek
Prev Title:	Mnemosyne
Prev Year:	1999
Next Title:	Dresden
Next Year:	2007

In Praise of Dreams is an album by Jan Garbarek recorded over the last week of March and the first week of April in 2003 and released on ECM the following year. In 2005, it was nominated for the Grammy for Best Contemporary Jazz Album.

Track listing

All compositions by Jan Garbarek.

1. "As Seen from Above" – 4:42
2. "In Praise of Dreams" – 5:22
3. "One Goes There Alone" – 5:09
4. "Knot of Place and Time" – 6:27
5. "If You Go Far Enough" – 0:44
6. "Scene from Afar" – 5:19
7. "Cloud of Unknowing" – 5:26
8. "Without Visible Sign" – 5:04
9. "Iceburn" – 5:02
10. "Conversation with a Stone" – 4:25
11. "A Tale Begun" – 4:39

Personnel

• Jan Garbarek – soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, synthesizers
• Kim Kashkashian – viola (tracks 2–4, 6–10)
• Manu Katché – drums, percussion, samples

External links

• Jan Garbarek - In Praise of Dreams (2004) album review by Thom Jurek, credits & releases at AllMusic
• Jan Garbarek - In Praise of Dreams (2004) album releases & credits at Discogs