Released 1987 Length 48:22 Artist Oregon Producer Manfred Eicher | Recorded March 1987 Ecotopia
(1987) 45th Parallel
(1988) Release date 1987 Label ECM Records | |
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Genres Jazz, Jazz fusion, New-age music, Ethno jazz, Chamber jazz Similar Oregon albums, Jazz albums | ||
Oregon twice around the sun
Ecotopia is an album by American world music/jazz group Oregon featuring Ralph Towner, Paul McCandless, Glen Moore, and Trilok Gurtu, who replaced Collin Walcott following his accidental death, recorded in 1987 and released on the ECM label.
Contents
Oregon ecotopia
Reception
The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 1½ stars stating "there is no excuse for this waste of studio time and Manfred Eicher's energy. It is no wonder that he began the ECM New Series a few years before, given the junk churned out by some of label's stable between 1983 and 1988, and this record is a stellar example. Simply put, this is a trite, new age piece of dreck slopped out by a group of musicians whose combined creativity should always take them to stellar heights. There are no redeeming tracks on this disc, and few redeeming moments ".
Track listing
All compositions by Ralph Towner except as indicated- "Twice Around the Sun" - 10:31
- "Innocente" - 6:24
- "Wbai" (Trilok Gurtu, Paul McCandless, Glen Moore, Ralph Towner) - 2:02
- "Zephyr" - 5:55
- "Ecotopia" - 5:06
- "Leather Cats" (Glen Moore, Samantha Moore) - 7:39
- "Redial" - 5:59
- "Song of the Morrow" (Collin Walcott) - 5:16
Personnel
Songs
1Twice Around the Sun10:31
2Innocente6:24
3WBAI2:02