Mágico: Carta de Amor (Portuguese for "Magician: Love Letter") is a live album by saxophonist Jan Garbarek, guitarist Egberto Gismonti and bassist Charlie Haden recorded in 1981 and released on the ECM label in 2012.[1] The album follows the trio's first two recordings Magico (1979) and Folk Songs (1981).

Mágico: Carta de Amor
Studio album by Jan Garbarek, Egberto Gismonti & Charlie Haden
Released	November 6, 2012
Recorded	April 1981, Amerikahaus, München
Genre	Jazz
Length	107:54
Label	ECM ECM 2280/81
Producer	Manfred Eicher
Jan Garbarek chronology
Officium Novum (2010) Mágico: Carta de Amor (2012) Sleeper (2012)
Mágico chronology
Folk Songs (1981) Mágico: Carta de Amor (2012)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
All About Jazz	[2]
AllMusic	[3]
The Guardian	[4]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz	[5]

All About Jazz correspondent John Kelman commented, "Carta de Amor is a reminder of how a particular point in time, when the pan-cultural and cross-genre interests of three artists from vastly different backgrounds and musical upbringings, could come together in rare synchronicity".[2]

The AllMusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4 stars, stating, "Mágico: Carta de Amor is a musical treasure trove that features three players from three continents working in near-symbiotic dialogue, offering music that showcases compositional and improvisational mastery, yet transcends the limitations of genre classification".[3]

The Guardian's John Fordham noted, "It's an impassioned and fiercely improvisational collection of variations on powerful themes by all three, touching on Haden's Liberation Music Orchestra repertoire and Garbarek's free-jazz history".[4]

Track listing

All compositions by Egberto Gismonti except as indicated

Disc One:

1. "Carta de Amor" – 7:25
2. "La Pasionaria" (Charlie Haden) – 16:26
3. "Cego Aderaldo" – 9:50
4. "Folk Song" (Traditional) – 8:09
5. "Don Quixote" – 8:25
6. "Spor" (Jan Garbarek) – 14:01

Disc Two:

1. "Branquinho" – 7:37
2. "All That Is Beautiful" (Haden) – 15:35
3. "Palhaço" – 9:12
4. "Two Folk Songs" (Traditional) – 3:39
5. "Carta de Amor, Var." – 7:35

Personnel

• Jan Garbarek – soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone
• Egberto Gismonti – guitar, piano
• Charlie Haden – bass

References

External links

• Jan Garbarek / Egberto Gismonti / Charlie Haden – Mágico: Carta de Amor (rec. 1981, rel. 2012) album review by Thom Jurek, credits & releases at AllMusic
• Jan Garbarek / Egberto Gismonti / Charlie Haden – Mágico: Carta de Amor (rec. 1981, rel. 2012) album releases & credits at Discogs
• Jan Garbarek / Egberto Gismonti / Charlie Haden – Mágico: Carta de Amor (rec. 1981, rel. 2012) album to be listened as stream on Spotify