Out of the Woods (Oregon album)

1978 studio album by Oregon

Out of the Woods

Studio album by

Oregon

Released| April 1978 (1978)
Genre| Jazz
Length| 42:37
Label| Elektra
Producer| Oregon
Oregon chronology
| Violin
(1977)  | Out of the Woods
(1978)  | Roots in the Sky
(1978)

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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]

## Critical reception

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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
All About Jazz| (very favorable)[3]
AllMusic| [2]

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]

## Track listing

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1. "Yellow Bell" (Ralph Towner) – 7:02
2. "Fall 77" (Glen Moore) – 4:26
3. "Reprise" (Ralph Towner) – 1:02
4. "Cane Fields" (Paul McCandless) – 4:35
5. "Dance to the Morning Star" (Collin Walcott) – 5:36
6. "Vision of a Dancer" (Ralph Towner) – 4:03
7. "Story Telling" (Collin Walcott) – 1:03
8. "Waterwheel" (Ralph Towner) – 6:26
9. "Witchi-Tai-To" (Jim Pepper) – 8:24

## Personnel

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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

## Charts

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Year | Chart | Position

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1978  | Billboard Jazz Albums  | 17[1]

## References

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1. ^ a b "Out of the Woods - Oregon | Awards | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved March 15, 2014.
2. ^ "Out of the Woods - Oregon Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved March 15, 2014.
3. ^ Miller, J. Glenn (January 25, 2007). "Oregon: Out of the Woods". allaboutjazz.com. Retrieved March 15, 2014.
4. ^ "Shades of Blue". Bay State Banner. No. 3\. October 26, 1978. p. 17.

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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
* Family Tree

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