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"Wood" by Brian Bromberg.
The album by the acoustic jazz group from the state of the same name Oregon, USA - Oregon on the album "Always, Never and Forever", by VeraBra Records 1991.
Oregon is the closest you can come to crossover music from classical music to jazz. All the members of the original group were educated as classical musicians, except the late Colin Walcott (sitar, tabla and percussion), who studied first in India with the indian musician and teacher Ravi Shankar (sitar), who in the late 1960´s moved to California, USA to teach the philosophy and the theory of composition of India.
On this album "Always, Never and Forever", one of the two originaters of this group Oregon, Ralph Towner also plays synthesizer.
The musicians:
Ralph Towner - 6-12 string acoustic guitars, piano, synthesizer
Paul McCandless - oboe, bass clarinet, soprano saxophone, english horn
Glen Moore - double bass, piano
Trilok Gurtu (who replaced Colin Walcott) - tabla, percussion, drums, voice
Best regards,
intet_at_tabe
Now we´re at it with the group Oregon, let´s have the first Oregon album, at least the first I purchased back in the day - the album simply entitled "Oregon", by the ECM Records 1983.
The musicians:
Paul McCandless - oboe, bass clarinet, soprano saxophone, english horn and tympani
Ralph Towner - 6-12 string acoustic guitars, piano, Prophet 5 synthesizer
Glen Moore - double bass
Colin Walcott - tabla, sitar, percussion
Colin Walcott later on was killed due to a traffic accident in Germany, while Oregon toured in Europe in 1984.
Last edited by intet_at_tabe; Jun-18-2008 at 10:22.
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intet_at_tabe
*Sketches Of Spain* by Miles Davis.
Oh, I´ve been mesmorised by Oregon in the afternoon, so here in the evening only one album (of mine) left to listen to "Prime", by CAM Jazz Records 2005.
In the beginning of the 1990´s Oregon said Goodbye to Trilok Gurto, but welcomed Mark Walker instead.
The musicians:
Ralph Towner - 6-12 string acoustic guitars, piano
Paul McCandless - oboe, bass clarinet, soprano saxophone, english horn
Glen Moore - double bass
Mark Walker - drums, percussion
Such a great group and Ralph Towner, whom I first attended a concert with in the middle of the 1980´s (only 14 people in the audience) performing with his friend and co-acoustic guitarist and el. banjoist John Abercrombie in Marseille, France.
Best regards,
intet_at_tabe
*Something For You* by Eliane Elias.
The double album "Tribute" by Keith Jarrett and The Starndards Trio, recorded Live by the ECM Records at the Philharmonie Køln, October 15, 1989.
Here we find a few non jazz standards like the more or less improvised new edition of the Miles Davis tune "Solar" 9:32 in memory of Bill Evans and the last tune on CD 1 "Sun Prayor" 14:15 composed by Keith Jarrett. Also the last tune on CD 2 "U Dance" 10:46, by Keith Jarrett, definately not a jazz standard.
But then songs like Cole Porter´s "All Of You" 8:08 in memory of Miles Davis and "Just In Time" 10:07, composed by Green/Comden/Styne, on this album in memory of Charlie Parker, and the always beautiful "Lover Man" 13:13 composed by Davis/Ramirez/Sherman in memory of Lee Konitz, and all the other songs on "Tribute" 12 in all - played and performed by a very interactive group, at the peak of each their careers personally and with this AWESOME trio.
The musicians:
Keith Jarrett - piano
Gary Peacock - double bass
Jack DeJohnette - drums
PS! The sad thing with a Live album like this one, are the applause from the exillerated audience, which reminds me of the fact that I have never had the pleasure to attend a concert with this favourite trio of mine in jazz. Sort of a profoundly heartfelt longing just to have been there.
Last edited by intet_at_tabe; Jun-19-2008 at 13:12.
*The Out-Of-Towners* by the Standards Trio.
In memory of Colin Walcott from the group Oregon, who passed away in 1984, I´ll give you his solo album "Cloud Dance", recorded by the ECM Records in 1976.
No all that solo though, since he has 3 brilliant musicians along - for the ride.
The musicians:
Colin Walcott - sitar, tablas
John Abercrombie - guitars
Dave Holland - double bass
Jack DeJohnette - drums
Last edited by intet_at_tabe; Jun-19-2008 at 18:59.
Ralph Towner on one of his solo projects in the 1990´s. The quartet album "Lost And Found", by the ECM Records 1996.
The musicians:
Ralph Towner - Acoustic 12 string and classical guitars
Denney Goodhew - soprano and baritone saxophone, bass clarinet
Marc Johnson - double bass
Jon Christensen - drums
*Travels* by Pat Metheny.
Ralph Towner on another solo project, the album "Old Friends, New Friends". All compositions by Ralph Towner, by ECM Records 1979.
The musicians:
Ralph Towner - Acoustic 12 string and classical guitars, piano and French horn
David Darling - cello
Kenny Wheeler - trumpet and flugelhorn
Eddie Gomez - double bass
Michael DiPasqua - drums and percussion
Some of the best jazz musicians, I have had the pleasure to listen to often record the same composition severel times in a row on various albums, like Miles Davis often did over the years around his participation at the Montreux Jazz Festival, in Schwitzerland but in different arrnagements and with different musicians. So the same composition may sound very different to the very same composition from other albums with other co-musicians.
On this Ralph Towner album having the cellist David Darling in the band brings a completely new sound to the first tune "New Moon". The number three song "Celeste", also played and recorded by Oregon sounds quite differently from the original first edition of "Celeste", Ralph Towner playing solo acoustic 12 string guitar, back in the middle of the 1970´s. On number 4 song "Special Delivery" Eddie Gomez performs one of his best solos on the double bass, since the days with Chick Corea on "Friends" 1978.
Of course Kenny Wheeler (Canadian born, living in England) playing the flugelhorn in itself is AWESOME, because the sound of the flugelhoern is AWESOME. Eddie Gomez known for his ten years playing in the Bill Evans Trio and Michael DiPasqua having recorded twice with the German Eberhard Weber and prior with the American group Double Image.
I have a long story on the partnership between Towner and Wheeler going back to the group Azimuth, with Ralph Towner, Kenny Wheeler, and the two English musicians Norma Winstone (voice) and John Taylor (piano). But it will have to wait for another time.
Last edited by intet_at_tabe; Jun-20-2008 at 07:31.
*First Circle* by Pat Metheny.
The album "My Spanish Heart"" by Chick Corea, recorded by Polydor Records 1976.
The musicians:
Chich Corea - piano, keyboards, synthesizers, Mini Moog
Gayle Moran - vocals
Jean-Luc Ponty - violin
Stuart Blomberg/John Rosenberg/John Thomas - trumpets
Ron Moss - trombone
Stanley Clarke - double bass, el. basses
Steve Gadd - drums
Don Alias/Michael Walden - percussion
The Arriaga String Quartet
No one like Chick Corea mesmorises me with his incredible compositions. On this album remembering his mexican/spanish origin.
*Secret Story* by Pat Metheny.
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