Legend of the Seven Dreams

Legend of the Seven Dreams
Studio album by Jan Garbarek
Released	October 1988[1]
Recorded	July 1988
Studio	Rainbow Studio Oslo, Norway
Genre	Jazz
Length	54:45
Label	ECM ECM 1381
Producer	Manfred Eicher
Jan Garbarek chronology
All Those Born With Wings (1987) Legend of the Seven Dreams (1988) Rosensfole (1989)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[3]

Legend of the Seven Dreams is an album by Norwegian jazz saxophonist Jan Garbarek recorded in July 1988 and released on ECM October later that year.^[4]

Reception

AllMusic awarded the album two-and-a-half stars, with reviewer Mark W. B. Allender stating, “Though in step with its time, this release suffers from excessive reliance on ambient synthesizers, which litter much of the recording, rendering it only slightly more interesting than many of the Windham Hill new age recordings of the same era. Unfortunate, because the disc opens with strength and gradually peters out by the end.”^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Jan Garbarek.

1. "He Comes from the North (Introduction based on the Sámi joik; Áillohaš)" – 13:37
2. "Aichuri, the Song Man" – 5:03
3. "Tongue of Secrets“ – 8:12
4. "Brother Wind" – 8:07
5. "Its Name Is Secret Road" – 1:48
6. "Send Word" – 7:19
7. "Voy cantando" – 6:55
8. "Mirror Stone 1" – 1:15
9. "Mirror Stone 2" – 2:29

Personnel

• Jan Garbarek – soprano and tenor saxophones, flute
• Rainer Brüninghaus – electronic keyboards
• Eberhard Weber – bass
• Naná Vasconcelos – percussion, voice

References

1. "Legend of the Seven Dreams". ECM.
2. Allender M. W. B.Allmusic Review accessed 11 March 2010
3. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 524. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
4. ECM discography accessed September 30, 2011