MANU KATCHÉ - Touchstone for Manu (2014) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

A specially-price limited edition compilation of the best of Manu Katché on ECM. Here the French drummer is joined in performances of his tunes by an outstanding cast of soloists including Jan Garbarek, Tomasz Stanko, Nils Petter Molvӕr, Trygve Seim, Mathias Eick, Marcin Wasilewski, Tore Brunborg, and Jacob Young. Recorded 2004 -2012 in Oslo, New York and Pernes-les-Fontaines, and drawn from his widely acclaimed albums “Neighbourhood”, “Playground”, “Third Round” and “Manu Katché”. ecm
Tracklist :
1    Song For Her 6'31
(Manu Katché)
2    Number One 6'13
(Manu Katché)
3    Take Off And Land 4'02
(Manu Katché)
4    So Groovy 5'52
(Manu Katché)
5    Morning Joy 5'29
(Manu Katché)
6    Keep On Trippin' 5'32
(Manu Katché)
7    Senses 4'12
(Manu Katché)
8    Swing Piece 4'50
(Manu Katché)
9    Running After Years 6'16
(Manu Katché)
10    Slowing The Tides 5'35
(Manu Katché)
11    Bliss 4'20
(Manu Katché)
Credits :
Manu Katché - Drums
Jan Garbarek - Tenor Saxophone
Tomasz Stanko - Trumpet
Marcin Wasilewski - Piano
Slawomir Kurkiewicz - Double Bass
Trygve Seim - Tenor Saxophone
Mathias Eick - Trumpet
Jacob Young - Guitar
Pino Palladino - Bass
Jason Rebello - Piano
Jim Watson - Piano, Hammond B3 Organ
Tore Brunborg - Saxophones, Tenor Saxophone
Nils Petter Molvaer - Trumpet, Loops    

MANU KATCHÉ - Neighbourhood (2005) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Manu Katché’s first leader date for ECM finds him fronting a remarkable band, assembled by producer Manfred Eicher, which brings the French-African drummer together with Norwegian saxophonist Jan Garbarek and Polish trumpeter Tomasz Stanko. Two of Stanko’s gifted young associates, pianist Marcin Wasilewski and bassist Slawomir Kurkiewicz, complete an ensemble which plays Manu’s music with enormous assurance, as if they’ve been playing together for years. Which, indeed, some of them have. As so often with this record label, a “first encounter” trails a network of associations and interwoven histories.... ecm
Tracklist :
1    November 99 5'58
(Manu Katché)
2     Number One 6'10
(Manu Katché)
3    Lullaby 6'08
(Manu Katché)
4    Good Influence 4'56
(Manu Katché)
5    February Sun 4'42
(Manu Katché)
6    No Rush 5'49
(Manu Katché)
7    Lovely Walk 6'14
(Manu Katché)
8    Take Off And Land 3'59
(Manu Katché)
9    Miles Away 4'07
(Manu Katché)
10    Rose 6'11
(Manu Katché)
Credits :
Manu Katché - Drums
Tomasz Stanko - Trumpet
Jan Garbarek - Tenor Saxophone
Marcin Wasilewski - Piano
Slawomir Kurkiewicz - Double-Bass   

MANU KATCHÉ - Playground (2007) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Drummer Manu Katche's sophomore effort for ECM is, in some ways, an extension of his nearly brilliant debut Neighbourhood, issued by the label in 2004. The former recording listed such ECM standard bearers as trumpeter Tomasz Stanko and veteran saxophonist Jan Garbarek on the front line and a rhythm section comprised of pianist Marcin Wasilewski and bassist Slawomir Kurkiewicz (from Stanko's group). Playground keeps the rhythm section intact, but Mathias Eick and Trygve Seim, on trumpet and saxophones respectively, make up the front line. While there can be no denying the lyrical power of the former unit, this one feels more like a band. Seim is a leader in his own right, having released three fine recordings under his own name and been part of numerous ECM ensembles. He and Eick played together in Iro Haarla's band for the wonderful Northbound recording. The trumpeter is also an integral part of guitarist Jacob Young's group whose ECM debut, Evening Falls, was one of 2002's best jazz releases. Manfred Eicher likes to keep it in the family when he's producing, and he hasn't been wrong for a long time. This set was recorded in New York, and though it retains the trademark ECM "sound" in some ways, it's warmer, too. Separation and space abound, but the dynamic reach of this group transcends that at times.

Guitarist David Torn helps out on the opener, "Lo," and third cut "Song for Her." Interestingly, they are two of the quieter cuts on the set, and Torn's support work is largely atmospheric. The symbiotic communication between Eick and Seim is something to behold. Drummer Manu Katche's sophomore effort for ECM is, in some ways, an extension of his nearly brilliant debut Neighbourhood, issued by the label in 2004. The former recording listed such ECM standard bearers as trumpeter Tomasz Stanko and veteran saxophonist Jan Garbarek on the front line and a rhythm section comprised of pianist Marcin Wasilewski and bassist Slawomir Kurkiewicz (from Stanko's group). Playground keeps the rhythm section intact, but Mathias Eick and Trygve Seim, on trumpet and saxophones respectively, make up the front line. While there can be no denying the lyrical power of the former unit, this one feels more like a band. Seim is a leader in his own right, having released three fine recordings under his own name and been part of numerous ECM ensembles. He and Eick played together in Iro Haarla's band for the wonderful Northbound recording. The trumpeter is also an integral part of guitarist Jacob Young's group whose ECM debut, Evening Falls, was one of 2002's best jazz releases. Manfred Eicher likes to keep it in the family when he's producing, and he hasn't been wrong for a long time. This set was recorded in New York, and though it retains the trademark ECM "sound" in some ways, it's warmer, too. Separation and space abound, but the dynamic reach of this group transcends that at times.

Guitarist David Torn helps out on the opener, "Lo," and third cut "Song for Her." Interestingly, they are two of the quieter cuts on the set, and Torn's support work is largely atmospheric. The symbiotic communication between Eick and Seim is something to behold. The wonderfully tender ballad "Lo" contains the kind of restraint and reliance on gentleness that's difficult for two horn players -- these days anyway -- to hold together as a unit; one usually comes off sounding more dominant than the other. But Katche's pace, with so many subtle fills, and Wasilewski's bridge between the horns is sturdy and moves the melody forward allowing them to hold steady. There are numerous ballads on this set, which is unusual for a drummer, but Katche is nothing if not a lyrical composer. His subtlety is one of his great strengths -- check the quietly insistent brushed hi hat trills in triple time on "Emotions." "So Groovy" is nothing if not modern-day soul-jazz. A skeletal, funky backbeat with Katche playing breaks everywhere relies heavily on Kurkiewicz's bassline to not only keep the pulse, but also to keep it moving. The head in the tune is loping but stays tight. Eick's solo simmers as Katche's percussion and kit work quietly push him even as Wasilewski fills the space with some angular but in-the-cut chords. "Morning Joy" alternates between improvisational sketch and gently swinging mid-tempo ballad. One has to wonder if the solo drumming at the beginning of "Motion" is not a sort of homage to Paul Motian, it replicates his notion of pulse and swing nearly perfectly while keeping Katche's unique snare work his own. The post-bop head in the tune would also seem to suggest that, but the tune moves over a couple of times into other territory without ever straying from that theme too much, and becomes more harmonically complex as it goes. There is also a beautiful bluesy funk element here, that never leaves the realm of controlled tension, but is so seamless it's easy to initially miss the many changes it undergoes -- and there's a killer little solo by Wasilewski.

"Snapshot" is a modern-day glimpse of the classic Blue Note sound of the early to mid-'60s. The themes and solos (particularly by Seim) are modern, but the deep blues and even slightly bossa feel in the rhythms touch on that territory. Katche is at his very best here, dancing like Billy Higgins but deeper in the lower registers of his kit. Them other ballads here, such as "Project 58" and "Possible Thought" are all transformed, chameleon-like, into other things as these wonderfully airy but complex compositions shimmer, slip and slide through the ear. Katche's drumming is quiet but so knotty. He's everywhere, traveling around the band with Kurkiewicz as his foil, guiding this band through his tunes (check the terrain "Inside Games" covers from front to back). The sophisticated urban groove of "Clubbing" is one of the hippest songs Katche's written, with a rolling piano line in the lower register in the head, the drummer breaking and shifting grooves on the bell of his ride cymbal. The solos begin with Eick, and he moves form post-bop to slightly outside, never losing his sense of time or melody. Seim follows suit, but moves to the edges more quickly; his bop phrasing also goes into a kind of modalism around the blues before Wasilewski, becomes a machine, hitting arpeggios insistently and percussively as Katche answers breaking his beat all around him filling that center space. The interplay between the two men is never better than it is here and could have gone on far longer. The set closes with a variation of "Song for Her" that feels more like a reprise than anything else. The first version is so utterly beautiful it seems almost superfluous. In all, Playground is a step ahead of its predecessor; namely because Katche's compositions, while they are more complex, have lost none of their inherent lyricism. The two new front line players have brought with them the experience of playing together and this rhythm section has worked together for a while. They fold into the mix of the ensemble rather than simply standing out on their own. Playground is an exciting new chapter in Katche's evolution as a leader; but more than this, bodes well for the future of jazz: it never loses sight of itself, but moves the various threads of its subgenres further without stretching any of them to the breaking point.
>This comment is posted on Allmusic by Thom Jurek, follower of our blog 'O Púbis da Rosa'<
Tracklist :
1    Lo 6'25
(Manu Katché)
2    Pieces Of Emotion 4'13
(Manu Katché)
3    Song For Her 6'24
(Manu Katché)
4    So Groovy 5'50
(Manu Katché)
5    Morning Joy 5'27
(Manu Katché)
6    Motion 5'14
(Manu Katché)
7    Project 58 6'13
(Manu Katché)
8    Snapshot 4'53
(Manu Katché)
9    Possible Thought 6'03
(Manu Katché)
10    Inside Game 5'06
(Manu Katché)
11    Clubbing 7'03
(Manu Katché)
12    Song For Her (Var) 6'22
(Manu Katché)
Credits :
Manu Katché - Drums
Mathias Eick - Trumpet
Trygve Seim - Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone
Marcin Wasilewski - Piano
Slawomir Kurkiewicz - Double-Bass
David Torn - Guitar 

MANU KATCHÉ - Third Round (2010) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Intensified commitment to the French-African drummer’s programme of “beautifully mutated grooves and jazzy themes” (to quote The Guardian) distinguishes Manu Katché’s third ECM album. Inside an all-new line-up, bassist Pino Palladino nonchalantly reinforces the groove element – he and Katché have much shared history as sessioneers – and helps the pulses of Manu’s tunes to dance. Pianist Rebello has both delicacy of touch and energy to burn, and saxophonist Brunborg, currently playing at a peak, solos passionately on Katché’s melodies. Guest guitarist Jacob Young shades and colours a handful of pieces, while Kami Lyle adds innocent vocals to “Stay With You”. Recorded in the South of France in December 2009 and issued on the eve of a major European tour, “Third Round” is poised to be one of the season’s jazz hits. ecm
Tracklist :
1    Swing Piece 4'54
(Manu Katché)
2    Keep On Trippin' 5'34
(Manu Katché)
3    Senses 4'13
(Manu Katché)
4    Being Ben 4'22
(Manu Katché)
5    Une larme dans ton sourire 2'26
(Manu Katché)
6    Springtime Dancing 4'10
(Manu Katché)
7    Out Take Number 9 2'08
(Manu Katché)
8    Shine And Blue 4'53
(Manu Katché)
9    Stay With You 4'30
(Manu Katché)
10    Flower Skin 4'23
(Manu Katché)
11    Urban Shadow 2'58
(Manu Katché)
Credits :
Manu Katché - Drums
Tore Brunborg - Soprano Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone
Jason Rebello - Piano, Fender Rhodes
Pino Palladino - Bass
Jacob Young - Guitars
Kami Lyle - Vocal, Trumpet

MANU KATCHÉ - Manu Katché (2012) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Eponymously-titled album from Manu Katché. On his fourth ECM disc, Manu’s unique drumming sets the scene and direction, with compositions and arrangements radiating outward from its rhythm-patterns. His strongly propulsive yet relaxed groove is unlike any other drummer’s, and it lifts up the soloists. Personnel in the ever-changing Katché band currently includes Norwegians Nils Pettter Molvær and Tore Brunborg, first heard together on ECM in the band Masqualero in the 1980s: they still play most attractively together. British keyboardist Jim Watson also makes a strong showing with minimalistically-insistent as well as lyrical piano and thick, swirling organ. Recorded March 2012 in the South of France, and issued on the eve of a major European tour. ecm
Tracklist :
1    Running After Years 6'23
(Manu Katché)
2    Bliss 4'22
(Manu Katché)
3    Loving You 4'38
(Manu Katché)
4    Walking By Your Side 5'31
(Manu Katché)
5    Imprint 5'19
(Manu Katché)
6    Short Ride 4'05
(Manu Katché)
7    Beats & Bounce 8'28
(Manu Katché)
8    Slowing The Tides 5'36
(Manu Katché)
9    Loose 5'28
(Manu Katché)
10    Dusk On Carnon 2'20
(Manu Katché)
Credits :
Manu Katché - Drums
Nils Petter Molvaer - Trumpet, Loops
Tore Brunborg - Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone
Jim Watson - Piano, Hammond B3 Organ

JAN GARBAREK - I Took Up the Runes (1990) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

A more eclectic release than his preceding releases, Jan Garbarek's I Took Up the Runes satisfies listeners who had been more or less impatient for something with some meat and some muscle. Opening with a jazzy cover of Mari Persen's "Gula Gula," made fuller with bass guitar accompaniment that modifies the chord structure of the whole tune, the album next features the five-part "Molde Canticle," which spans from a dreamy esoteric sound to African folk music. Garbarek really wails in places, and it is a welcome surprise -- he should wail more than he does. Synthesizer sounds are starting to become less prominent as well. There is excellent piano work by Rainer Brüninghaus and excellent vocalizing by guest artist Ingor Ántte Áilu Gaup. A sign of good things to come. by Mark Allender
Tracklist:
1    Gula Gula 5:55
Arranged By – Jan Garbarek
Composed By – Mari Boine Persen
Molde Canticle 6:04
2    Part 1    5:13
3    Part 2    5:43
4    Part 3    9:54
5    Part 4    5:10
6    Part 5    6:06
Composed By – Jan Garbarek
7    His Eyes Were Suns
Composed By – Jan Garbarek
Composed By [Áilu Gaup Joiking "Biera, Biera"] – Traditional
8    I Took Up The Runes 5:24
Composed By – Jan Garbarek
9    Buena Hora, Buenos Vientos 8:51
Composed By – Jan Garbarek
10    Rahkki Sruvvis 2:26
Arranged By – Jan Garbarek
Composed By – Ingor Ántte Áilu Gaup
Credits:
Bass – Eberhard Weber
Design [Cover Design] – Barbara Wojirsch
Drums – Manu Katché
Percussion – Naná Vasconcelos
Piano – Rainer Brüninghaus
Producer – Manfred Eicher
Soprano Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone – Jan Garbarek
Synthesizer – Bugge Wesseltoft
Voice – Ingor Ántte Áilu Gaup

JAN GARBAREK GROUP - Twelve Moons (1993) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

This 1992 recording by the Garbarek Group has their customary blend of Norwegian folk themes and original compositions, with the leader's big-toned soprano and tenor saxophones at the heart of a music that combines cool lyricism and intense, if restrained, passion. It's the emotion that Garbarek can concentrate in a single note that distinguishes his work. His soprano is a keening wail in the unaccompanied introduction to "Brother Wind March," his high-register tenor an impassioned cry on "The Tall Tear Trees." Rainer Bruninghaus's piano provides a reflectively lyrical contrast, while the shifting rhythms of percussionists Manu Katche and Marilyn Mazur add variety to the reiterated themes. The CD is filled with distinctively Norwegian touches. AllMusic

Tracklist:

1. Twelve Moons 7:35

Part One: Winter-Summer

Part Two: Summer-Winter

Jan Garbarek

2. Psalm 6:32

Jan Garbarek / Traditional

3. Brother Wind March 10:37

Jan Garbarek

4. There Were Swallows… 8:36

Jan Garbarek

5. The Tall Tear Trees 5:45

Jan Garbarek 

6. Arietta 6:21

Jan Garbarek / Edvard Grieg

7. Gautes-Margjit 11:53

Jan Garbarek / Traditional

8. Darvanan 4:54

Mari Boine / Mari Boine Persen

9. Huhai 7:29

Jan Garbarek

10. Witchi-Tai-To 5:43

Jim Pepper

Musicians

Jan Garbarek - soprano and tenor saxophones, keyboards

Rainer Bruninghaus - keyboards

Eberhard Weber - bass

Manu Katche - drums

Marilyn Mazur - percussion

Agnes Buen Garnas - vocal

Mari Boine - vocal

JAN GARBAREK / USTAD FATEH ALI KHAN - Ragas and Sagas (1992) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

The saxophone is not an instrument usually associated with Pakistani music. And Pakistanis are not especially famous for collaborating with Norwegians. But that is what listeners have on this incredible recording. The music is predominantly Pakistani in sound, tonality, and structure; voice, sarangi, and tabla improvise along with Garbarek's saxophone on every track. For aficionados of Indian or Pakistani music, this is a great recording; Garbarek's lines are right in step with the traditional styles of improvisation. Listeners unacquainted with these traditions will find this recording a mesmerizingly exotic disc. Those familiar with Garbarek's work will be very surprised. This is a completely unique recording for him; one can only hope that he makes further explorations in this vein. by Mark Allender

Tracklist:

1 Raga I 8:45

Ustad Fateh Ali Khan

2 Saga 5:25

Jan Garbarek 

3 Raga II 13:05

Ustad Fateh Ali Khan

4 Raga III 11:53

Ustad Fateh Ali Khan

5 Raga IV 12:56

Ustad Fateh Ali Khan

Credits:

Jan Garbarek - Composer, Flute, Performer, Sax (Soprano), Sax (Tenor)

Shaukat Hussain - Tabla

Manu Katché - Drums

Nazim Ali Khan - Sarangui

Ustad Fateh Ali Khan -  Vocals, Voices

Deepika Thathaal - Vocals, Voices

JAN GARBAREK - Visible World (1995) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Apart from David Sanborn, probably no living saxophonist has a more instantly recognizable voice than Jan Garbarek; actually, given the fact that Sanborn's sound is so widely copied, Garbarek's may be easier to identify in a blindfold test. This album in particular puts that sound front and center. Garbarek's the show; he composed all of the music, and is essentially the only soloist. The music (much of which was composed as soundtrack material for film or video) is quintessential Garbarek, full of the world music influences that have characterized his work since the 1970s. Garbarek's resonant, carefully articulated tenor and soprano tone suits the spacious, minor/modal themes. He's as much a singer as instrumentalist. Garbarek also plays digital synthesizers, mostly as string or flute pads underneath the folkish melodies. The record's most notable secondary player is Garbarek's ECM labelmate, the bassist Eberhard Weber, whose lyric sensibility is a virtual mirror of Garbarek's. This is quiet, contemplative music for the most part -- attractive, but not superficially pretty. Its grooves are less celebratory than melancholic. There's an intensity here borne of deep concentration and commitment to beauty. Garbarek has come a long way since his early days as a quasi-free jazz experimentalist. This music is not jazz, nor is it experimental. But it is compelling in its way, representative of a first-rate creative musician, beyond category. by Chris Kelsey
Tracklist:
1    Red Wind 3:53
Jan Garbarek
Shaker – Marilyn Mazur
2    The Creek    4:33
Jan Garbarek
3    The Survivor    4:46
Jan Garbarek
4    The Healing Smoke    7:16
Jan Garbarek
5    Visible World, Chiaro -    4:09
Jan Garbarek
6    Desolate Mountains I    6:47
Jan Garbarek
7    Desolate Mountains II    6:02
Jan Garbarek
8    Visible World, - Scuro    4:34
Jan Garbarek
9    Giulietta    3:46
Jan Garbarek
10    Desolate Mountains III    1:33
Jan Garbarek
11    Pygmy Lullaby 6:14
Arranged By – Jan Garbarek
Music By [Melody] – African traditional
12    The Quest 3:00
Jan Garbarek
Synthesizer – Rainer Brüninghaus
13    The Arrow 4:23
Jan Garbarek
Tabla, Performer [Spiral] – Trilok Gurtu
14    The Scythe    1:50
Jan Garbarek
15    Evening Land 12:29
Jan Garbarek
Vocals, Composed By – Mari Boine
Credits:
Bass – Eberhard Weber (tracks: 2, 3, 7, 8, 11, 12)
Composed By – Jan Garbarek (tracks: 1 to 10, 12 to 15)
Design [Cover] – Barbara Wojirsch
Drums – Manu Katché (tracks: 2, 3, 11, 13), Marilyn Mazur (tracks: 6, 7, 9)
Percussion – Marilyn Mazur (tracks: 4, 5, 8, 9, 11 to 13, 15)
Piano – Rainer Brüninghaus (tracks: 3, 4, 6, 7, 10, 11)
Producer – Manfred Eicher
Soprano Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Keyboards [Electronic], Percussion [Additional], Clarinet [Meraaker] – Jan Garbarek
Note
Tracks 1, 2, 4, 12 and 13 are parts of a "Mangas Coloradas Suite" involving descendants of the Chiricahua Apache Chief Mangas Coloradas.
Tracks 3 and 4 were made for the feature film "Trollsyn".
Tracks 5 and 8 were made for the TV ballet "Bønn".
Track 15 was done for a music-video production entitled "Aftenlandet". 

JAN GARBAREK - In Praise of Dreams (2003) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

It has been six years since saxophonist/composer Jan Garbarek issued a new recording under his own name. For In Praise of Dreams Garbarek enlisted violist Kim Kashkashian and frequent collaborator Manu Katché on drums. Garbarek, who composed the album's 11 selections, plays saxophones as well as a host of keyboards and percussion, while Katché plays acoustic and electronic drums along with Kashkashian's viola. In many ways this is the most radical recording that Garbarek has ever issued, but not because it's outside -- quite the opposite. This is easily the warmest, most accessible outing Garbarek has ever issued because though there are no vocals, Garbarek has clearly written "songs" on this set, with identifiable structures that are followed almost throughout. Though he is no stranger to the form, having employed it almost continually for the last 20 years, he has never engaged it so thoroughly and completely. Previously, he has engaged improvisation to get song to the breaking point and move it somewhere else. Here it is always present; surprise happens inside the formal frameworks of these compositions. Beautiful, soulful lines underscore and recontextualize the saxophonist's trademark Nordic iciness of tone on the opener, "As Seen from Above," with its spiraling soprano, lush keyboards, and hypnotic loops. In its warmth, it comes very close to a distinctly European kind of groove/soul-jazz. The interplay between Kashkashian and Garbarek on the title track offers rounded, multidimensional sonorities winding through the intro before spilling into a call-and-response melody. The repetitive keyboard line and Katché's mantra-like drumming under the loops draw the listener inside the song's heart and extend the edge for the front line. The restrained romanticism shown by Kashkashian on her nocturnal solo intro to "One Goes There Alone" is nearly breathtaking. As it gives way to the tune itself, it's slow, reflective, and rooted deeply in the tension created between percussion and Garbarek's minimal backing response lines. When he solos later in the tune, he's clearly blowing blues into her elegiac line. The blues notion continues in his phrasing on "Knot of Place and Time," slipping through the landscape of Kashkashian's elegant, near heartbreakingly poetic soundscape. And so it goes. Things get more speculative on "Scene from Afar" and "Cloud of Unknowing," but it hardly matters since these song forms are nonetheless immediately recognizable, presenting the nether side of the equation. It emerges again with "Conversation With a Stone" and whispers to a close with "A Tale Begun," a mantra-like duet that closes this strong set that will undoubtedly, if it gets the opportunity to be heard, garner Jan Garbarek some new fans. Poetic, moving, and marvelous, In Praise of Dreams is a welcome return.
(This comment is posted on allmusic by Thom Jurek, follower of our blog O Púbis da Rosa)

Tracklist:
1    As Seen From Above    4:42
2    In Praise Of Dreams    5:21
3    One Goes There Alone    5:06
4    Knot Of Place And Time    6:22
5    If You Go Far Enough    0:39
6    Scene From Afar    5:14
7    Cloud Of Unknowing    5:22
8    Without Visible Sign    4:59
9    Iceburn    4:59
10    Conversation With A Stone    4:18
11    A Tale Begun    4:39
Credits:
Drums, Electronic Drums [Sampled Or Looped Electronic Drums] – Manu Katché (tracks: 1, 3, 4, 6, 9, 10)
Producer – Jan Garbarek, Manfred Eicher
Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone, Synthesizer [Synthesizers], Sampler [Samplers], Percussion, Composed By – Jan Garbarek
Viola – Kim Kashkashian (tracks: 2 to 4, 6 to 10)   

MARIA JOÃO - Fábula (1996) FLAC (image+.cue), lossless