Music of Another Present Era

Oregon - Music of Another Present Era

From the liner notes:

The personnel of Oregon is Paul McCandless, Glen Moore, Ralph Towner, and Collin Walcott. Paul McCandless, who plays here oboe and English horn, was an oboe major at Duquesne University and the Manhattan School of Music. He has received various awards and appeared publicly with different symphonic organizations, and played at colleges and festivals with the Winter consort, as well as recording with them and others. Glen Moore, who here plays bass, electric bass, and flute, and on "Land of Heart's Desire," "Naiads" and "At the Hawk's Well," plays piano, was a history major at the University of Oregon, and studied music with various celebrated bass, piano and flute players. He has played and recorded with many well known jazz groups. Ralph Towner, who here plays classical guitar, 12 string suitar and mellophone, and on "North Star" and "Touchstone," plays piano, was a theory and composition major at the University of Oregon, and studied guitar with Karl Scheit in Vienna. He has given numerous lute and guitar recitals in the United States and Europe, appeared at Woodstock and other festivals, has recorded with various prominent groups, and is a noted composer. Among his works are several solos and duets for classical guitar and an orchestral concerto as well as music for films and modern dance. Collin Walcott here plays the sitar, tabla, mridangam, violin, esraj, and percussion, and on "Sail," rhythm guitar. He studied percussion at Indiana University and ethnomusicology at U.C.L.A., was a disciple and sitar student of Pandit Ravi Shankar, and a disciple and tabla student of Ustad Alla Rakha. He has appeared with various symphonies, The Society of Contemporary Music in New York, has recorded with many famous musicians, has supervised a number of recordings, and has been involved with the sound tracks of various feature films.

Released in 1972.

Tracklisting:

Side One

1. North Star {5:49}

2. The Rough Places Plain {3:09}

3. Sail {4:29}

4. At the Hawk's Well {3:11}

5. Children of God {1:04}

6. Opening {5:26}

7. Naiads {1:51}

Side Two

1. Shard/Spring is Really Coming {3:21}

2. Bell Spirit {0:40}

3. Baku the Dream Eater {4:20}

4. The Silence of a Candle {1:39}

5. Land of Heart's Desire {3:15}

6. The Swan {3:46}

7. Touchstone {5:46}

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