OREGON
World Fusion / Post-Fusion Contemporary • United States
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Oregon is an American jazz and world music group, originally formed in 1971 by Ralph Towner (guitar, piano, synthesizer, trumpet), Paul McCandless (woodwind instruments), Glen Moore (double bass, violin, piano), and Collin Walcott (percussion, sitar, tabla).
Towner and Moore had been friends and occasional collaborators since meeting in 1960 as students at the University of Oregon. By 1969, both were working musicians living in New York; while collaborating with folksinger Tim Hardin they were introduced to world music pioneer Paul Winter's "Consort" ensemble, particularly member Collin Walcott, with whom Towner began improvising as an informal duo. By 1970 Towner and Moore had joined the Winter Consort and met fellow member McCandless; the four began exploring improvisation on their own, while their contributions continued to be seminal in redefining the Winter Consort "sound" in compositions like Towner's "Icarus." The four musicians made their first group recording in 1970, but the label, Increase Records,
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3.38 |
4 ratings
Friends
World Fusion
1977
3.67 |
3 ratings
Violin
World Fusion
1978
3.38 |
8 ratings
Oregon
World Fusion
1983
3.50 |
6 ratings
Crossing
World Fusion
1985
3.40 |
5 ratings
Ecotopia
World Fusion
1987
3.50 |
5 ratings
Troika
World Fusion
1994
3.88 |
4 ratings
Prime
World Fusion
2005
4.25 |
2 ratings
Lantern
Post-Fusion Contemporary
2017
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