Biography
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Jan Garbarek
2 follower
Origin :
Oslo, Norway
Genres :
Jazz
Classical
World
Instruments :
Saxophone
Labels :
ECM
Flying Dutchman
Years active :
1966–present
Born / Died
Born:(1947-03-04) 4 March 1947 (age 70) Mysen, Norway
Website :
www
Jan Garbarek (born 4 March 1947) is a Norwegian jazz saxophonist who is also active in classical music and world music.
Garbarek was born in Mysen, Norway, the only child of a former Polish prisoner of war, Czesław Garbarek, and a Norwegian farmer's daughter. 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 Vigdis. He is the father of musician and composer Anja Garbarek.
