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Mágico: Carta de Amor

Mágico: Carta de Amor (Portuguese for "Magic: Love Letter") is a live album by saxophonist Jan Garbarek, guitarist Egberto Gismonti and bassist Charlie Haden recorded in 1981 and released on ECM three decades later in 2012.[1] The album follows the trio's first two recordings Magico (1979) and Folk Songs (1981).

Mágico: Carta de Amor
Live album by
Jan Garbarek, Egberto Gismonti & Charlie Haden
Released6 November 2012
RecordedApril 1981
VenueAmerikahaus, München
GenreJazz
Length107:54
LabelECM
ECM 2280/81
ProducerManfred Eicher
Jan Garbarek chronology
Officium Novum
(2010) 		Mágico: Carta de Amor
(2012) 		Sleeper
(2012)
Mágico chronology
Folk Songs
(1981) 		Mágico: Carta de Amor
(2012)

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
All About Jazz     [2]
AllMusic     [3]
The Guardian     [4]

All About Jazz correspondent John Kelman commented, "Carta de Amor is a reminder of how a particular point in time, when the pan-cultural and cross-genre interests of three artists from vastly different backgrounds and musical upbringings, could come together in rare synchronicity."[2]

The AllMusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4 stars, stating, "Mágico: Carta de Amor is a musical treasure trove that features three players from three continents working in near-symbiotic dialogue, offering music that showcases compositional and improvisational mastery, yet transcends the limitations of genre classification."[3]

The Guardian's John Fordham noted, "It's an impassioned and fiercely improvisational collection of variations on powerful themes by all three, touching on Haden's Liberation Music Orchestra repertoire and Garbarek's free-jazz history."[4]

Track listing

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All compositions by Egberto Gismonti except as indicated

Disc One:

  1. "Carta de Amor" – 7:25
  2. "La Pasionaria" (Charlie Haden) – 16:26
  3. "Cego Aderaldo" – 9:50
  4. "Folk Song" (Traditional) – 8:09
  5. "Don Quixote" – 8:25
  6. "Spor" (Jan Garbarek) – 14:01

Disc Two:

  1. "Branquinho" – 7:37
  2. "All That Is Beautiful" (Haden) – 15:35
  3. "Palhaço" – 9:12
  4. "Two Folk Songs" (Traditional) – 3:39
  5. "Carta de Amor, Var." – 7:35

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ ECM discography Archived March 22, 2014, at the Wayback Machine accessed December 20, 2013
  2. ^ a b Kelman, J. All About Jazz review, October 30, 2012
  3. ^ a b Jurek, T. AllMusic review accessed December 20, 2013
  4. ^ a b Fordham, J. The Guardian review, November 1, 2012
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