Mágico: Carta de Amor | ||||
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Released | November 6, 2012 | |||
Recorded | April 1981 | |||
Venue | Amerikahaus, München | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 107:54 | |||
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ECM ECM 2280/81 | |||
Producer | Manfred Eicher | |||
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Mágico chronology | ||||
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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).
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Source | Rating |
All About Jazz | [2] |
AllMusic | [3] |
The Guardian | [4] |
The Penguin Guide to Jazz | [5] |
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 Guardian's 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
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Disc Two: