Oregon
This inventive and influential progressive jazz chamber group was formed in 1970 from the nucleus of the Paul Winter Consort, an aggregation led by Paul Winter. Oregon originally comprised Ralph Towner (b. 1 March 1940, Chehalis, Washington, USA; guitar, keyboards), Collin Walcott (b. 24 April 1945, New York City, USA, d. 8 November 1984, Magdeburg, Germany; percussion, sitar, tabla, clarinet), Glen Moore (b. 28 October 1941, Portland, Oregon, USA; bass, violin, piano, flute) and Paul McCandless (b. 24 March 1947, Indiana, Pennsylvania, USA; alto saxophone, oboe, bass clarinet). Walcott's death from a car accident in 1984 seemed a fatal blow to the band, but after a year in mourning they returned. The recruitment of Walcott's friend Trilok Gurtu (b. 30 October 1951, Bombay, India; tabla, drums, percussion) gave them a fresh incentive.
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Albums
- (2008) Roots In The Sky
- (2008) Out Of The Woods
- (2008) Oregon
- (2008) In Performance
- (2008) Ecotopia
- (2007) Vanguard Visionaries
- (2006) Music Of Another Present Era
- (2006) Friends
- (2006) Moon And Mind
- (2006) Best Of The Vanguard Years
- (2006) Distant Hills
- (2006) The Essential
- (2001) Crossing
- (1990) Winter Light
Top Tracks
- Crossing
- Looking-Glass Man
- The Glide
- Serenade
- Pepé Linque
Related Artists
- Cherry Poppin' Daddies
- Weather Report
- Jean-Luc Ponty
- Mannheim Steamroller
- Chick Corea
- Pat Metheny
- George Winston
- Herbie Hancock
- Ralph Towner
- Jack DeJohnette
- Keith Jarrett
- John Abercrombie
- John Coltrane
- Charlie Haden
- Jan Garbarek
- Gary Burton
- Return To Forever
- Thelonious Monk
- George Benson
- R. Carlos Nakai
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