On October 5, 1998, “ECM” label released “Rites”, the 30^th 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.

1. Rites
2. Where the Rivers Meet
3. Vast Plain, Clouds
4. So Mild the Wind, So Meek the Water
5. Song, Tread Lightly
6. It’s OK to Listen to the Gray Voice
7. Her Wild Ways
8. It’s High Time
9. One Ying for Every Yang
10. Pan
11. We Are the Stars
12. The Moon Over Mtatsminda – Jansug Kakhidze
13. Malinye – Don Cherry
14. The White Clown
15. Evenly They Danced
16. Last Rite