Oregon

Genres:	Jazz • Pop / Rock
Descriptive "tags":	jazz • fusion • contemporary jazz • jazz fusion • instrumental • world • oregon
Decades Active:	1970s • 1980s • 1990s • 2000s
Links online:	Wikipedia

Biography

This inventive and influential progressive jazz chamber group was formed in 1970 from the nucleus of the Paul Winter Consort, an aggregation led by Paul Winter. Oregon originally comprised Ralph Towner (1 March 1940, Chehalis, Washington, USA; guitar, keyboards), Collin Walcott (b. 24 April 1945, New York City, USA, d. 8 November 1984, Magdeburg, Germany; percussion, sitar, tabla, clarinet), Glen Moore (b. 28 October 1941, Portland, Oregon, USA; bass, violin, piano, flute) and Paul McCandless (b. 24 March 1947, Indiana, Pennsylvania, USA; alto saxophone, oboe, bass clarinet). Walcott’s death from a car accident in 1984 seemed a fatal blow to the band, but after a year in mourning they returned. The recruitment of Walcott’s friend Trilok Gurtu (b. 30 October 1951, Bombay, India; tabla, drums, percussion) gave them a fresh incentive.

Oregon’s debut on ECM Records in 1983 was an eclectic, part-electric album that set the tone...

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