Jan Garbarek has one of the most distinctive saxophone sounds around. Drawing inspiration from Nordic folk tunes, straight ahead jazz standards and renaissance and medieval sacred music, he’s also incredibly versatile, and today, on his 76th birthday, we listen back to some of his fruitful collaborations with Keith Jarrett, Trilok Gurtu and Zakir Hussein, and the record breaking Officium series with the Hilliard Ensemble.
RTÉ lyric fm, Saturday 4th March, 10pm-1am