On December 12, 2025, Marilyn Mazur died aged 70. She was percussionist, performed and recorded with Six Winds, Alex Riel, Gil Evans, Wayne Shorter, Jan Garbarek, Lindsay Cooper, Makiko Hirabayashi. Pierre Dørge, Makiko Hirabayashi, Frans Bak, Frans BakJon Balke, Peter Bastian, Harry Beckett, Kirsten Braten Berg, Ketil Bjornstad, Kristian Blak, Birgit Bruel, Etta Cameron, Nikolaj Hess, Carsten Dahl, Lars Danielsson, Laurent Cugny, Yelena Eckemoff, Agnes Buen Garnas, Caroline Henderson, Nikolaj Hess, Jan Gunnar Hoff, Robert Irving III, Morten Kaersa, Iver Kleive, Peter Kowald, Wolfgang Lackerschmid, Michala Petri, Jean-Michel Pilc, Caecilie Norby, Charlie Mariano, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Rena Rama, Helge Sunde, Eje Thelin, Trondheim Voices, Hans Ulrik, Andreas Vollenweider, Dhafer Youssef, Eberhard Weber and Miles Davis. As leader she released 14 albums.
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Zakir Hussain
On December 15, 2024, Ustad Zakir Hussain died aged 73. He was musician (tabla, percussion), composer, music producer and film actor, considered as one of the greatest tabla players of all time.Hussain recorded and performed with number of famous musicians, among the others with John McLaughlin, Jan Garbarek, Mickey Hart, Ravi Shankar, Bill Laswell, Shankar Lakshminarayana, Pat Martino, Shakti, John Handy, Pharaoh Sanders, Ali Akbar Khan and Charles Lloyd. For his work he was awarded the “Govt of India’s Sangeet Natak Akademi Award “, “Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship”, “Ratna Sadsya”, and the “United States National Endowment for the Arts’ National Heritage Fellowship”. Hussain won four “Grammy Awards”.
Palle Danielsson
On May 18, 2024, Nils Paul “Palle” Danielsson died aged 77. He was musician (double bass), recorded and performed with many famous Jazz musicians, among the others with Peter Erskine, Lennart Aberg, Jan Garbarek, Lee Konitz, Karin Krog, Christof Lauer, Charles Lloyd, Michael Petrucciani, John Taylor, Enrico Rava, Geri Allen, Bill Evans, Richard Galliano, Barre Phillips, Dino Saluzzi, Tomasz Stanko, Edward Vesala, Colin Walcott and Keith Jarrett. As leader he released five albums.
Manu Katché: Neighbourhood
On September 23, 2005, “ECM” label released “Neighbourhood”, the second Manu Katché album. It was recorded March – November 2004, at “Rainbow Studio” in Oslo, and was produced by Manfred Eicher.
Personnel:
- Manu Katché – drums, percussion
- Jan Garbarek – saxophones
- Tomasz Stańko – trumpet
- Marcin Wasilewski – piano
- Sławomir Kurkiewicz – double bass
Track listing:
All tracks by Manu Katché:
- November 99
- Number One
- Lullaby
- Good Influence
- February Sun
- No Rush
- Lovely Walk
- Take Off and Land
- Miles Away
- Rose
Jan Garbarek Group: Photo with Blue Sky, White Cloud, Wires, Windows and a Red Roof
On July 22, 1979. “ECM” label released “Photo with Blue Sky, White Cloud, Wires, Windows and a Red Roof”, the eleventh Jan Garbarek album. It was recorded in December 1978, at “Talent Studio” in Oslo, and was produced by Manfred Eicher.
Personnel:
- Jan Garbarek – soprano and tenor saxophone
- John Taylor – piano
- Bill Connors – guitar
- Eberhard Weber – bass
- Jon Christensen – drums
Track listing:
All tracks by Jan Garbarek.
- Blue Sky
- White Cloud
- Windows
- Red Roof
- Wires
- The Picture
Jan Garbarek: Rites
On October 5, 1998, “ECM” label released “Rites”, the 30th Jan Garbarek album. It was recorded in March 1998, at “Rainbow Studio” in Oslo, and in Tbilisi, Georgia, and was produced by Manfred Eicher.
Personnel:
- Jan Garbarek – soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, synthesizers, sampler, percussion
- Rainer Brüninghaus – piano, keyboards
- Eberhard Weber – bass
- Marilyn Mazur – drums, percussion
- Tbilisi Symphony Orchestra – conducted by Jansug Kakhidze
- Bugge Wesseltoft – synthesizer, accordion
- Sølvguttene Choir – conducted by Torstein Grythe
Track listing:
All tracks by Jan Garbarek except where noted.
- Rites
- Where the Rivers Meet
- Vast Plain, Clouds
- So Mild the Wind, So Meek the Water
- Song, Tread Lightly
- It’s OK to Listen to the Gray Voice
- Her Wild Ways
- It’s High Time
- One Ying for Every Yang
- Pan
- We Are the Stars
- The Moon Over Mtatsminda – Jansug Kakhidze
- Malinye – Don Cherry
- The White Clown
- Evenly They Danced
- Last Rite
Jan Garbarek: In Praise of Dreams
On September 21, 2004, “ECM” label released “In Praise of Dreams”, the 32nd Jan Garbarek album. It was recorded March – June 2003, at “Blue Jay Recording Studio” in Carlisle, “AP Studio” in Paris, and in Oslo, and was produced by Manfred Eicher and Jan Garbarek.
Personnel:
- Jan Garbarek– soprano and tenor saxophone, synthesizers
- Kim Kashkashian– viola
- Manu Katché– drums, percussion, samples
Track listing:
.All tracks by Jan Garbarek.
- As Seen from Above
- In Praise of Dreams
- One Goes There Alone
- Knot of Place and Time
- If You Go Far Enough
- Scene from Afar
- Cloud of Unknowing
- Without Visible Sign
- Iceburn
- Conversation with a Stone
- A Tale Begun
Keith Jarrett’s European Quartet: Sleeper
On July 13, 2012, “ECM” label released “Sleeper”, the third Keith Jarrett’s “European Quartet” album. It was recorded on April 16, 1979, in Tokyo, and was produced by Manfred Eicher.
Personnel:
- Keith Jarrett- piano, percussion
- Jan Garbarek- tenor and soprano saxophones, flute, percussion
- Palle Danielsson- double bass
- Jon Christensen- drums, percussion
- Jan Erik Kongshaug- recording
- Sascha Kleis – design
- Terje Mosnes – photography
Track listing:
All tracks by Keith Jarrett
- Personal Mountains
- Innocence
- So Tender
- Oasis
- Chant of the Soil
- Prism
- New Dance
Jan Garbarek: Mnemosyne
On April 2, 1999, “ECM” label released “Mnemosyne”, the 33rd Jan Garbarek album, and his second one with the Hilliard Ensemble. It was recorded in April 1998, and was produced by Manfred Eicher and Jan Garbarek.
Personnel:
- Jan Garbarek– soprano and tenor saxophone
- Hilliard Ensemble– vocal ensemble
- Rogers Covey-Crump– tenor vocals
- John Potter– tenor vocals
- Gordon Jones – baritone vocals
- David James – countertenor vocals
- Friedrich Hölderlin – lyrics
Track listing:
- Quechua Song
- O Lord in Thee Is All My Trust
- Estonian Lullaby
- Remember Me My Dear
- Gloria
- Fayrfax Africanus
- Agnus Dei
- Novus Novus
- Se Je Fays Dueil
- O Ignis Spiritus
- Alleluia Nativitatis
- Delphic Paean
- Strophe and Counter-Strophe
- Mascarados
- Loiterando
- Estonian Lullaby
- Russian Psalm
- Eagle Dance
- When Jesus Wept
- Hymn to the Sun
Jon Christensen
On February 18, 2020, Jon Ivar Christensen died aged 76. He was musician (drums) and composer, one of the most respected European Jazz drummers. He has recorded with artists such as Keith Jarrett, Jan Garbarek, Enrico Rava, Palle Danielsson, John Abercrombie, Michael Mantler, Miroslav Vitous, Terje Rypdal, Bobo Stenson, Eberhard Weber, Ralph Towner, Barre Phillips, Arild Andersen, Rainer Brüninghaus, Charles Lloyd, Dino Saluzzi, George Russell, John Clark, David Friedman, David Darling, Steve Kuhn, Lee Konitz, Pony Poindexter, Phil Woods, Leo Wright, Yelena Eckemoff and Tomasz Stanko.
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