Oregon (album)

1983 studio album by Oregon

Oregon

Studio album by

Oregon

Released| 1983
Recorded| February 1983
Studio| Tonstudio Bauer
Ludwigsburg, West Germany
Genre| Chamber jazz, ethno jazz, folk jazz, world fusion, jazz fusion, new-age
Length| 44:38
Label| ECM 1258
Producer| Manfred Eicher
Oregon chronology
| In Performance
(1980)  | Oregon
(1983)  | Crossing
(1984)

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Oregon is an album by American jazz fusion band Oregon recorded in February 1983 and released on ECM later that year. The quartet features guitarist Ralph Towner, reed player Paul McCandless, bassist Glen Moore, and sitarist Collin Walcott.[1]

## Reception and charting

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The album reached number twenty one on Billboards Jazz Albums and Top Jazz Albums charts.[2]

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".[3]

Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
Allmusic| [3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings| [4]

Jazz disc jockey Joe Lex uses "The Rapids" as the outro for his weekly radio show "Dr. Joe's Groove" on WPPM-LP, Philadelphia.

## Track listing

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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

## Personnel

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* 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

## Charts

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Year | Chart | Position

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1983  | Billboard Jazz Albums  | 21[2]
1983  | Billboard Top Jazz Albums  | 21[2]

## References

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1. ^ ECM discography accessed September 22, 2011
2. ^ a b c "Oregon - Oregon | Awards | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved November 10, 2013.
3. ^ a b Jurek, T. Allmusic Review accessed September 22, 2011
4. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1099\. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

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Oregon

* Ralph Towner
* Paul McCandless
* Glen Moore
* Mark Walker

* Colin Walcott
* Trilok Gurtu

on Vanguard|

* Our First Record
* Music of Another Present Era
* Distant Hills
* Winter Light
* In Concert
* Together
* Friends
* Violin
* Moon and Mind

on Elektra|

* Out of the Woods
* Roots in the Sky
* In Performance

on ECM|

* Oregon
* Crossing
* Ecotopia

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|

* Prime
* The Glide
* 1000 Kilometers
* In Stride
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