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Paul Winter / Winter Consort - Icarus (1972/1989) [World Fusion, Contemporary Jazz]; FLAC (tracks+.cue)

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Paul Winter / Winter Consort - Icarus (1972/1989) [World Fusion, Contemporary Jazz]; FLAC (tracks+.cue)

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Artist: Paul Winter / Winter Consort
Album: Icarus
Genre: World Fusion, Contemporary Jazz
Label: CBS Records / Epic
Released: 1972/1989
Quality: FLAC (tracks+.cue)
Tracklist:
  1. Icarus
  2. Ode to a Fillmore Dressing Room
  3. The Silence of a Candle (vocal by Ralph Towner)
  4. Sunwheel
  5. Juniper Bear
  6. Whole Earth Chant (vocal by David Darling)
  7. All the Mornings Bring
  8. Chehalis and Other Voices
  9. Minuit (lead vocal by Paul Winter)

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    Personnel:
  • Paul Winter - soprano sax, vocals
  • David Darling - cello, vocals
  • Paul McCandless - oboe, English horn, contrabass Sarrusophone, vocals
  • Ralph Towner - classical guitar, 12-string guitar, piano, Regal, bush organ, vocals
  • Herb Bushler - Fender bass
  • Collin Walcott - conga, tabla, mridangam, surdos, traps, kettledrums, bass marimba, sitar

    Guests:
  • Andrew Tracey - resonator guitar, voice ('Minuit')
  • Billy Cobham - traps ('Sunwheel', 'Whole Earth Chant')
  • Milt Holland - Ghanaian percussion ('Whole Earth Chant')
  • Larry Atamanuik - traps ('Icarus')
  • Barry Altschul - random percussion ('Chehalis and Other Voices')
  • Janet Johnson, Paul Stookey, Bob Milstein - voices ('Minuit')

This 1972 classic captures saxophonist Paul Winter and his ensemble at the height of their improvisational powers. Winter was one of the first artists to incorporate such exotic instruments as the sitar and tabla into his music and the result was memorable chamber jazz-folk played in the wonderfully experimental, post-hippie way only Winter and his merry band could. The title track, one of guitarist Ralph Towner's compositions, became famous for its pensive melody and soaring soprano sax. "Whole Earth Chant" is a piece that foreshadows New Age artists like Loreena McKennitt with its echoing tribal drums interwoven with ominous distorted guitar. And "Minuit" downright borders on what today some would call world music--it features a choir of voices singing a simple, sauntering melody taken from a Guinean folk song. Classic early '70s Winter.

This album, which foreshadows the group "Oregon" and features some of Ralph Towner's best compositions, is one of those rare perfect albums. It is certainly the best thing done by Paul Winter, and is comparable to the best Oregon music. My favorite cuts are "Silence of a Candle" (a simple tune, written, played, and sung (!) by Ralph Towner), "Sunwheel" (this cut actually rocks; it's one of those tunes I find myself whistling all the time), and the two more "symphonic" cuts, Paul McCandless's "All the Mornings Bring" and Towner's "Chehalis and Other Voices", which together make up about nine of the most beautiful minutes you'll ever experience on any recording. These pieces are mostly through-composed (with the exception of some oboe "blowing" by McCandless in the former). Fans of Oregon's "Moscow" recording will really appreciate these early efforts.

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