I Took Up the Runes

I Took Up the Runes
Studio album by Jan Garbarek
Released	1990
Recorded	August 1990
Genre	Jazz
Length	60:46
Label	ECM
Jan Garbarek chronology
Legend Of The Seven Dreams (1988) I Took Up the Runes (1990) Ragas and Sagas (1990)

I Took Up the Runes is an album by Norwegian saxophonist Jan Garbarek released on the ECM label and performed by Garbarek, Rainer Brüninghaus, Eberhard Weber, Nana Vasconcelos, Manu Katché, and Bugge Wesseltoft with Ingor Ánte Áilo Gaup contributing vocals.^[1]

Reception

In a contemporaneous review, Jim Aikin described the album as a "hauntingly evocative Euro-jazz session" and identified the "Gula Gula" track as "especially memorable".^[2]

The Allmusic review by Mark W. B. Allender awards the album 3½ stars and states "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... A sign of good things to come".^[3]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Jan Garbarek except as indicated

1. "Gula Gula" (Mari Persen) - 5:55
2. "Molde Canticle: Part 1" - 5:13
3. "Molde Canticle: Part 2" - 5:43
4. "Molde Canticle: Part 3" - 9:54
5. "Molde Canticle: Part 4" - 5:10
6. "Molde Canticle: part 5" - 6:06
7. "His Eyes Were Suns" (Traditional) - 6:04
8. "I Took up the Runes" - 5:24
9. "Buena Hora, Buenos Vientos" - 8:51
10. "Rahkki Sruvvis" (Ingor Ánte Áilo Gaup) - 2:26

• Recorded August 1990

Personnel

• Jan Garbarek - tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone
• Rainer Brüninghaus - piano
• Eberhard Weber - bass
• Nana Vasconcelos - percussion
• Manu Katché - drums
• Bugge Wesseltoft - synthesizer
• Ingor Ánte Áilo Gaup - voice

References