Witchi-Tai-To (album)

Witchi-Tai-To
Witchi-Tai-To
Studio album by the Jan Garbarek–Bobo Stenson Quartet
Released	1974
Recorded	27–28 November 1973
Studio	Arne Bendiksen Studio; Oslo, Norway
Genre	Jazz
Length	45:46
Label	ECM 1041 ST
Producer	Manfred Eicher
Jan Garbarek–Bobo Stenson Quartet chronology
Jan Garbarek chronology
Bobo Stenson chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	^[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[3]
VG (2014)	^[4]

Witchi-Tai-To is an album by the Jan Garbarek–Bobo Stenson Quartet recorded over two days in November 1973 and released on ECM the following year. The quartet features rhythm section Palle Danielsson and Jon Christensen.^[5]

Reception

The AllMusic review by Brian Olewnick awards the album 4½ stars and states, "Long before he became the standard-bearer for the 'ECM sound,' churning out discs with a mildly medieval or Scandinavian flavor spiced with enough new age fluff to guarantee sales, Jan Garbarek produced a string of superb albums, culminating in Witchi-Tai-To, his masterpiece... He might never have reached similar heights since, but Witchi-Tai-To, along with Dave Holland's Conference of the Birds, is one of the two finest jazz albums that ECM ever released, and simply one of the very top jazz albums of the '70s."

Track listing

"A.I.R." (Carla Bley) – 8:15
"Kukka" (Palle Danielsson) – 4:32
"Hasta Siempre" (Carlos Puebla) – 8:10
"Witchi-Tai-To" (Jim Pepper) – 4:24
"Desireless" (Don Cherry) – 20:25

Personnel

Jan Garbarek–Bobo Stenson Quartet

Jan Garbarek – tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone
Bobo Stenson – piano
Palle Danielsson – bass
Jon Christensen – drums

References

^ Olewnick, Brian (2011). "Witchi-Tai-To – Jan Garbarek | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 18 July 2011.
^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 81. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 523. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
^ Olewnick, B. Allmusic Review accessed 4 November 2009
^ ECM catalogue accessed 4 November 2009

[1] Olewnick, Brian (2011). "Witchi-Tai-To – Jan Garbarek | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 18 July 2011.

[RSJRG-2] Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 81. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.

[Penguin-3] Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 523. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

[4] Olewnick, B. Allmusic Review accessed 4 November 2009

[ECM_cat-5] ECM catalogue accessed 4 November 2009

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v t e Jan Garbarek
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Live albums	Officium (1994) Dresden: In Concert (2009) Officium Novum (2010)
Compilations	Works Selected Recordings Rarum, Vol. 2: Selected Recordings
Related articles	ECM Records Keith Jarrett Terje Rypdal Ralph Towner Eberhard Weber Hilliard Ensemble

v t e Bobo Stenson
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
Albums	Underwear (1971) Witchi-Tai-To (1973) Dansere (1975) Reflections (1993) War Orphans (1997) Serenity (1999) Goodbye (2004) Cantando (2007) Indicum (2011) Contra la Indecisión (2017)