Oregon (album)

Oregon is an album by American world music/jazz group Oregon featuring Ralph Towner, Paul McCandless, Glen Moore, and Collin Walcott recorded in 1983 and released on the ECM label.[1] The album reached number twenty one on Billboards Jazz Albums and Top Jazz Albums charts.[2]

Oregon
Studio album by
Oregon
Released1983
RecordedFebruary 1983
GenreChamber jazz, ethno jazz, folk jazz, world fusion, jazz fusion, new-age
Length44:38
LabelECM
ProducerManfred Eicher
Oregon chronology
In Performance
(1980)		 Oregon
(1983)		 Crossing
(1984)

Reception

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 ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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
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
  • Recorded at Tonstudio Bauer in Ludwigsburg, West Germany in February 1983

Personnel

Charts
YearChartPosition
1983 Billboard Jazz Albums 21[2]
1983 Billboard Top Jazz Albums 21[2]

References
  1. ECM discography accessed September 22, 2011
  2. "Oregon - Oregon | Awards | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
  3. 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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