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Oregon (album)

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Released
  
1983

Length
  
44:38

Producer
  
Manfred Eicher

Recorded
  
February 1983

Label
  
ECM

Genre
  
Chamber jazz, ethno jazz, folk jazz, world fusion, jazz fusion, new-age

Oregon is an album by American world music/jazz group Oregon featuring Ralph Towner, Paul McCandless, Glen Moore, and Collin Walcott recorded in 1983 and released on the ECM label. The album reached number twenty one on Billboards Jazz Albums and Top Jazz Albums charts.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 1½ stars stating "If this disc was supposed to signal a new direction in the band's development, somewhere along the line they slipped off track".

Track listing

All compositions by Oregon except as indicated
  1. "The Rapids" (Ralph Towner) - 8:29
  2. "Beacon" - 2:56
  3. "Taos" - 6:15
  4. "Beside a Brook" (Paul McCandless) - 4:26
  5. "Arianna" (Glen Moore) - 6:29
  6. "There Was No Moon That Night" - 7:19
  7. "Skyline" - 1:19
  8. "Impending Bloom" (Moore) - 7:51
  • Recorded at Tonstudio Bauer in Ludwigsburg, West Germany in February 1983

    • Personnel

  • Paul McCandless - soprano saxophone, oboe, tin flute, English horn, musette
  • Glen Moore - bass, violin, piano
  • Ralph Towner - classical guitar, 12 string guitar, piano, synthesizer
  • Collin Walcott - sitar, percussion, bass drum, voice

    • References

    Oregon (album) Wikipedia
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