1978 studio album by Oregon
Out of the Woods Released April 1978 (1978 ) Genre Jazz Length 42 :37 Label Elektra Producer Oregon
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Out of the Woods is a studio album by the American jazz group Oregon released in April 1978. The album peaked at number 17 on the Billboard Jazz Albums chart the same year.[ 1]
The Bay State Banner wrote that "Oregon's acoustic beauty and mastery of such difficult reed instruments as the English horn and the oboe are impressive, as are the harmonic abilities of guitarist Ralph Towner."[ 4]
"Yellow Bell" (Ralph Towner) – 7:02
"Fall 77" (Glen Moore) – 4:26
"Reprise" (Ralph Towner) – 1:02
"Cane Fields" (Paul McCandless) – 4:35
"Dance to the Morning Star" (Collin Walcott) – 5:36
"Vision of a Dancer" (Ralph Towner) – 4:03
"Story Telling" (Collin Walcott) – 1:03
"Waterwheel" (Ralph Towner) – 6:26
"Witchi-Tai-To" (Jim Pepper ) – 8:24
Musicians
Paul McCandless – bass clarinet , English horn , oboe
Glen Moore – bass, guitar
Ralph Towner – flugelhorn , guitar, 12 String guitar , classical guitar , percussion , piano
Collin Walcott – guitar, percussion, sitar , tabla
Other credits
Hayward Connor – liner notes
Ron Coro – design
Joe Gastwirt – mastering
David Greene – engineer
Jesse Henderson – associate engineer
Johnny Lee – design
Matt Murray – associate engineer
Boe Overlock – photography
David Wilcox – illustrations
Year
Chart
Position
1978
Billboard Jazz Albums
17[ 1]
on Vanguard
Our First Record
Music of Another Present Era
Distant Hills
Winter Light
In Concert
Together
Friends
Violin
Moon and Mind
on Elektra on ECM on Intuition
45th Parallel
Always, Never and Forever
Troika
Beyond Words
Northwest Passage
Music for a Midsummer Night's Dream (The Oregon Trio)
In Moscow
Live at Yoshi's
on CamJazz Related