Dansere Dansere ; Witchi-Tai-To ; Sart (2012)/ Jan Garbarek & Bobo Stenson & Palle Danielsson & Jon Christensen & Terje Rypdal & Arild Andersen

"As much as this 3-CD box traces Garbarek's rapid evolution from the greater extremes of free improvisation to a more form-based approach that would become the foundation of much of his life's work ever since, it also documents the emergence of ECM's voice as a label. While label head/producer Manfred Eicher's initial goal to produce recordings of improvisation-based music (jazz, in the broadest possible definition) with the clarity and transparency of classical recordings was realized early on, it was in the ensuing decade that the often-used (and often misunderstood) term "The ECM Sound" came into being. If each of the three recordings that comprise this box couldn't be more different from one another, there remains a common underlying thread that connects them, and which goes beyond the obvious participation of three musicians Garbarek, Stenson and Norwegian drummer Jon Christensen and engineer Jan Erik Kongshaug on all three discs." (John Kelman, AllAboutJazz)