Editing Jan Garbarek (section)

{{short description|Norwegian jazz saxophonist (born 1947)}}
{{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject Musicians -->
| name            = Jan Garbarek
| image           = Jan Garbarek Operaen Oslo Jazzfestival (185843).jpg
| caption         = Jan Garbarek in Oslo in 2016
| background      = non_vocal_instrumentalist
| birth_name      = 
| birth_date      =  {{birth date and age|1947|3|4|df=y}}
| birth_place     =  [[Mysen]], [[Østfold]], [[Norway]]
| origin = [[Oslo]], [[Norway]]
| genre = [[Jazz]], [[classical music|classical]], [[world music|world]]
| occupation = Musician
| instrument = Saxophone
| years_active = 1966–present
| label = [[ECM Records|ECM]], [[Flying Dutchman Records|Flying Dutchman]] 
| associated_acts = [[George Russell (composer)|George Russell]], [[Terje Rypdal]], [[Bobo Stenson]], [[Keith Jarrett]], [[Ralph Towner]], [[Eberhard Weber]], [[Bill Frisell]], [[David Torn]], [[Gary Peacock]], [[Hilliard Ensemble]]
| website = www.garbarek.com (No longer available)
}}
'''Jan Garbarek''' ({{IPA|no|ˈjɑːn ɡɑɾˈbɑ̀ːɾək}}) (born 4 March 1947)<ref name="New Grove">{{cite book|last=Hultin|first=Randi|title=The new Grove dictionary of jazz, vol. 2|year=2002|publisher=Grove's Dictionaries Inc.|location=New York|isbn=1561592846|edition=2nd|editor=Barry Kernfeld|pages=11–12|chapter=Garbarek, Jan}}</ref> is a Norwegian [[jazz]] saxophonist, who is also active in [[classical music]] and [[world music]].

Garbarek was born in [[Mysen]], [[Østfold]], southeastern [[Norway]], the only child of a former Polish prisoner of war, Czesław Garbarek, and a Norwegian woman, [[Kari Nordbø]]. He grew up in [[Oslo]], stateless until the age of seven, as there was no automatic grant of citizenship in Norway at the time. When he was 21, he married the author Vigdis Garbarek. He is the father of musician and composer [[Anja Garbarek]].<ref name="Allmusic Bio">{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/jan-garbarek-mn0000809334/biography|title=Jan Garbarek &#124; Biography & History|website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=11 October 2019}}</ref>