



It's likely that the current Garbarek tour will seek to sustain the same funkier momentum, but longtime fans needn't fear the banishment of the old windswept-landscape Garbarek or pensive, folk-dancing Garbarek, as those persuasive personae still make regular appearances. The extra thrill imparted on that show by the some-time rock drummer Manu Katche, and an audience reaction rather noisier than the familiar Garbarek-induced collective trance, persuaded the ECM label to put out the Dresden concert of a month earlier as the Norwegian's first-ever live album as a leader. Jan Garbarek, that most contained and impassive of saxophonists, was almost caught shaking his booty at his South Bank show in the London Jazz Festival in November 2007.
