{{other|Eventyr (disambiguation)}} {{Infobox album | name = Eventyr | type = Album | artist = Jan Garbarek | cover = Eventyr.jpg | alt = | released = September 1981<ref>{{cite web|title=Eventyr |url=https://www.ecmrecords.com/shop/143038750967/eventyr-jan-garbarek-nana-vasconcelos-john-abercrombie |website=ECM }}</ref> | recorded = December 1980 | venue = | studio = Talent Studio<br>Oslo, Norway | genre = | length = 56:08 | label = ECM<br>ECM 1200 | producer = Manfred Eicher | chronology = Jan Garbarek | prev_title = Folk Songs | prev_year = 1981 | next_title = Paths, Prints | next_year = 1982 }}
'''''Eventyr''''' is an album by Norwegian jazz saxophonist and composer Jan Garbarek recorded in December 1980 and released on ECM September the following year. The trio features guitarist John Abercrombie and percussionist Naná Vasconcelos.<ref name="ECM discography">[https://www.ecmrecords.com/shop/143038750967/eventyr-jan-garbarek-nana-vasconcelos-john-abercrombie-jan-garbarek-nana-vasconcelos-john-abercrombie ECM discography] accessed December 20, 2020.</ref>
==Reception== The AllMusic review awarded the album 2½ stars.<ref name="Allmusic">[http://www.allmusic.com/album/eventyr-r139062 Allmusic Review] accessed September 16, 2011</ref>
''The Penguin Guide to Jazz'' awarded the album three stars.<ref name="Penguin9">{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |title=The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |publisher=Penguin |year=2008 |isbn=978-0-141-03401-0 |edition=9th |page=523 |author-link=Richard Cook (journalist) |authorlink2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer)}}</ref> {{Album ratings | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1Score = {{rating|2.5|5}}<ref name="Allmusic"/> | rev2 = ''The Penguin Guide to Jazz'' | rev2Score = {{rating|3|4}}<ref name="Penguin9" /> | rev3 = ''The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide'' | rev3Score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref name=RSJRG>{{Cite book |editor-last=Swenson |editor-first=J. | author-link = | year = 1985 | title = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | publisher = Random House/Rolling Stone | location = USA | isbn = 0-394-72643-X | pages = 81 }}</ref> }}
==Track listing== :''All compositions by Jan Garbarek, John Abercrombie and Naná Vasconcelos except as indicated''
# "Soria Maria" - 11:39 # "Lillekort" - 5:02 # "Eventyr" - 9:19 # "Weaving a Garland" (Traditional) - 2:20 # "Once upon a Time" - 9:02 # "The Companion" (Garbarek, Vasconcelos) - 5:49 # "Snipp, Snapp, Snute" (Garbarek, Vasconcelos) - 4:30 # "East of the Sun and West of the Moon" - 8:27
==Personnel== *Jan Garbarek – soprano and tenor saxophones, flutes *John Abercrombie – guitars *Naná Vasconcelos – berimbau, talking drum, percussion, voice
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