It's OK to Listen to the Gray Voice | |
Type: | Album |
Artist: | the Jan Garbarek Group |
Cover: | It's OK to Listen to the Gray Voice.jpg |
Released: | September 1985[1] |
Recorded: | December 1984 |
Genre: | Jazz |
Length: | 42:36 |
Label: | ECM 1294 |
Producer: | Manfred Eicher |
Chronology: | Jan Garbarek |
Prev Title: | Wayfarer |
Prev Year: | 1983 |
Next Title: | All Those Born with Wings |
Next Year: | 1987 |
It's OK to Listen to the Gray Voice is an album by the Jan Garbarek Group recorded in December 1984 and released on ECM September the following year. The quartet features rhythm section David Torn, Eberhard Weber and Michael Di Pasqua.[2]
AllMusic gave the album four stars, with critic Mark W. B. Allender stating:
Here Garbarek is approaching the extremes of his style, appearing once again with the Jan Garbarek Group. All pieces on this record are titled after quotes from poems by Tomas Tranströmer, and though the actual connection to these poems remains tenuous at best, they do add a provocative element to the pieces themselves, which beg for at least some programmatic interpretation.Multi-instrumentalist David Torn is primarily responsible for the more aggressive edge this record takes. His guitar lines explode with energy and tension, giving Garbarek a more off-center field to play in—and considering his penchant for excessive restraint, this is a welcome environment to hear him in.[3]
All compositions by Jan Garbarek.