# Guamba

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{{Infobox album
| name       = Guamba
| type       = Album
| artist     = [Gary Peacock](/source/Gary_Peacock)
| cover      = Guamba.jpg
|border=yes
| alt        =
| released   = 1987
| recorded   = March 1987
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = [Jazz](/source/Jazz)
| length     = 44:22
| label      = [ECM](/source/ECM_Records)
| producer   = [Manfred Eicher](/source/Manfred_Eicher)
| chronology = [Gary Peacock](/source/Gary_Peacock)
| prev_title = [Voice from the Past – Paradigm](/source/Voice_from_the_Past_%E2%80%93_Paradigm)
| prev_year  = 1982
| next_title = [Partners](/source/Partners_(Paul_Bley_%26_Gary_Peacock_album))
| next_year  = 1989
}}

'''''Guamba''''' is an album by American jazz bassist [Gary Peacock](/source/Gary_Peacock), with saxophonist [Jan Garbarek](/source/Jan_Garbarek), trumpeter [Palle Mikkelborg](/source/Palle_Mikkelborg), and drummer [Peter Erskine](/source/Peter_Erskine), recorded in 1987 and released on the [ECM](/source/ECM_Records) label.<ref name="ECM discography">[http://www.ecmrecords.com/Catalogue/ECM/1300/1352.php ECM discography] accessed September 28, 2011</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Gary Peacock Catalog|url=https://www.jazzdisco.org/gary-peacock/catalog/|publisher=jazzdisco.org|accessdate=23 March 2018}}</ref>

==Reception==
The [Allmusic](/source/Allmusic) review by Ron Wynn awarded the album 4 stars stating "Good late '80s session... The only defect comes from ECM's occasional tendency to introduce New Age themes and production values into the mix".<ref name="Allmusic">Wynn, R. [http://www.allmusic.com/album/guamba-r145301 Allmusic Review] accessed September 29, 2011</ref>  
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = ''[Allmusic](/source/Allmusic)''
| rev1Score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name="Allmusic"/> 
|rev2 = ''[The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings](/source/The_Penguin_Guide_to_Jazz_Recordings)''
|rev2score  = {{Rating|3|4}}<ref name="Penguin">{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |authorlink1=Richard Cook (journalist) |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |authorlink2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title=[The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings](/source/The_Penguin_Guide_to_Jazz) |year=2008 |edition=9th |publisher=[Penguin](/source/Penguin_Books) |isbn=978-0-141-03401-0 |page=1137}}</ref>
| rev7 = ''[Tom Hull – on the Web](/source/Tom_Hull_%E2%80%93_on_the_Web)''
| rev7Score = B+ ({{Rating-Christgau|hm3}})<ref>{{cite web|last=Hull|first=Tom|author-link=Tom Hull (critic)|date=September 8, 2020|url=http://tomhull.com/ocston/blog/archives/2881-Music-Week.html|title=Music Week|website=Tom Hull – on the Web|accessdate=September 9, 2020}}</ref>
}}

==Track listing==
:''All compositions by Gary Peacock except as indicated''
# "Guamba" - 3:09 
# "Requiem" - 7:10 
# "Celina" - 4:13 
# "Thyme Time" (Peter Erskine, Gary Peacock) - 5:25 
# "Lila" - 13:04 
# "Introending" - 3:43 
# "Gardenia" - 8:07 
:*Recorded at Rainbow Studio in Oslo, Norway in March 1987.

==Personnel==
* [Gary Peacock](/source/Gary_Peacock) &mdash; [bass](/source/double_bass)
* [Jan Garbarek](/source/Jan_Garbarek) &mdash; [tenor saxophone](/source/tenor_saxophone), [soprano saxophone](/source/soprano_saxophone)
* [Palle Mikkelborg](/source/Palle_Mikkelborg) &mdash; [trumpet](/source/trumpet), [flugelhorn](/source/flugelhorn)
* [Peter Erskine](/source/Peter_Erskine) &mdash; [drums](/source/drum_kit)

==References==
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Category:ECM Records albums
Category:Gary Peacock albums
Category:1987 albums
Category:Albums produced by Manfred Eicher

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