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Jan Garbarek

Mysen, Norway • b. 1947-03-04

Jan Garbarek is credited on 1,272 releases across 140 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1966–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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1,272

Pressings credited

140

Albums

7

Decades active

65

In collections

Biography

Jan Garbarek (Norwegian pronunciation: [jɑːn ɡɑɾˈbɑ̀ːɾək]) (born 4 March 1947) is a Norwegian jazz saxophonist, who is also active in classical music and world music. Garbarek was born in Mysen, Østfold, southeastern Norway, the only child of a former Polish prisoner of war, Czesław Garbarek, and a Norwegian woman, Kari Nordbø. He grew up in Oslo, stateless until the age of seven, as there was no automatic grant of citizenship in Norway at the time. When he was 21, he married the author Vigdis Garbarek. He is the father of musician and composer Anja Garbarek.

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1,272 releases · 140 albums · active 1966–2026

  • Performance · 4,972
  • Other credits · 145
  • Production · 57
  • Engineering · 33

Studios: Rainbow Studio · Talent Studio · Arne Bendiksen Studio · Tonstudio Bauer

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