Jan Garbarek/Trilok Gurtu | Jazz review

Barbican, LondonAfter decades of wind-chilled ­Nordic meditation, saxophonist Jan ­Garbarek has started rocking out, as if ­discovering what he might have missed as a ­Coltrane-obsessed teenager. The ­Norwegian uncorked this more volatile brew in London in 2007, and the band retains regulars Rainer Brüninghaus on keys and Yuri Daniel on bass guitar, but replaces ­powerful drummer Manu Katché with Indian ­percussion magician Trilok Gurtu.Gurtu is a show all by himself, ...

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