Star

The 1991 release Star features Jan Garbarek and Miroslav Vitouš engaging in a fluid musical exchange. Their interaction suggests a casual, late-night conversation recorded in a studio, stripping away formal constraints in favor of a personal, intimate approach to improvisation.

The project benefits from the characteristic approach to production favored by ECM Records. By utilizing heavy reverb and wide open spaces, the record emphasizes a stark and cold aesthetic common to regional jazz recordings from the final decade of the twentieth century.