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