Aftenland

1980 studio album by Jan Garbarek and Kjell Johnsen

Aftenland

Studio album by

Jan Garbarek and Kjell Johnsen

Released

1980

Recorded

December 1979

Studio

Engelbrekt Church
Stockholm, Sweden

Genre

Jazz

Length

45:13

Label

ECM 1162

Producer

Manfred Eicher

Jan Garbarek chronology

Mágico
(1980)

Aftenland
(1980)

Eventyr
(1981)

Aftenland is an album by Norwegian jazz composer and saxophonist Jan Garbarek and organist Kjell Johnsen, recorded at the Engelbrekt Church in Stockholm in December 1979 and released on ECM the following year.^[1]

Reception

The AllMusic review awarded the album 2 stars.^[2]

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

Track listing

All compositions by Jan Garbarek and Kjell Johnsen

" Aftenland" - 7:14
"Syn" - 6:42
"Linje" - 1:58
"Bue" - 2:04
"Enigma" - 3:39
"Kilden" - 7:33
"Spill" - 4:21
"Iskirken" - 6:48
"Tegn" - 4:54

Personnel

Jan Garbarek – soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, wood flute
Kjell Johnsen – pipe organ

References

^ ECM discography Archived 2012-09-26 at the Wayback Machine accessed September 15, 2011
^ ^a ^b AllMusic Review accessed September 15, 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. 525. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.