{"product_id":"rites","title":"Rites","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJan Garbarek\u003c\/strong\u003e's powerful 1998 double album is a magnum opus, and well titled. \u003cem\u003eRites\u003c\/em\u003e suggests initiations, rituals, the archaic and the magical, but also \"rites of passage\", and the Norwegian saxophonist reflects, in his choice of material, on pivotal episodes and influences in his own life and those of his associates.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePieces include a tribute to \u003cstrong\u003eDon Cherry\u003c\/strong\u003e and reworkings of the \u003cstrong\u003eGarbarek\u003c\/strong\u003e classics \u003cem\u003eIt's OK to Listen to the Gray Voice\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eSo Mild the Wind, So Meek the Water\u003c\/em\u003e. There are abundant references to scattered music of the world, from Norway to India.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThere is also a setting, for voices and saxophone, of a Native American poem, and the surprise inclusion of \u003cem\u003eThe Moon Over Mtatsminda\u003c\/em\u003e, sung by its composer \u003cstrong\u003eJansug Kakhidze\u003c\/strong\u003e with the \u003cstrong\u003eTbilisi Symphony Orchestra\u003c\/strong\u003e. In total, this is the most comprehensive recording \u003cstrong\u003eJan Garbarek\u003c\/strong\u003e has made to date.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ECM","offers":[{"title":"2LP - Black","offer_id":58307551068491,"sku":"R2976-5086","price":79.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/2000x2000bb_5f4fd2e0-aa01-49bc-a1b8-db15afb0d7a1.jpg?v=1788165985","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/products\/rites","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}