| Mágico: Carta de Amor | |
| Type: | live |
| Artist: | Jan Garbarek, Egberto Gismonti & Charlie Haden |
| Cover: | Magico Carta de Amor.jpg |
| Released: | November 6, 2012 |
| Recorded: | April 1981 |
| Venue: | Amerikahaus, München |
| Genre: | Jazz |
| Length: | 107:54 |
| Label: | ECM ECM 2280/81 |
| Producer: | Manfred Eicher |
| Chronology: | Jan Garbarek |
| Prev Title: | Officium Novum |
| Prev Year: | 2010 |
| Next Title: | Sleeper |
| Next Year: | 2012 |
Mágico: Carta de Amor (Portuguese for "Magic: Love Letter") is a live album by saxophonist Jan Garbarek, guitarist Egberto Gismonti and bassist Charlie Haden recorded in 1981 and released on ECM three decades later in 2012.[1] The album follows the trio's first two recordings Magico (1979) and Folk Songs (1981).
All About Jazz correspondent John Kelman commented, "Carta de Amor is a reminder of how a particular point in time, when the pan-cultural and cross-genre interests of three artists from vastly different backgrounds and musical upbringings, could come together in rare synchronicity."[2]
The AllMusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4 stars, stating, "Mágico: Carta de Amor is a musical treasure trove that features three players from three continents working in near-symbiotic dialogue, offering music that showcases compositional and improvisational mastery, yet transcends the limitations of genre classification."[3]
The Guardians John Fordham noted, "It's an impassioned and fiercely improvisational collection of variations on powerful themes by all three, touching on Haden's Liberation Music Orchestra repertoire and Garbarek's free-jazz history."[4]
All compositions by Egberto Gismonti except as indicated
Disc One:
Disc Two: