(World Fusion, Contemporary Jazz, Space-Age, New Age) Paul Winter / Winter Consort (Ralph Towner, Paul McCandless etc) - Icarus (w. Billy Cobham, Barry Altschul etc) {Epic EK 31643, USA} - 1989 (1972), FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

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TITLE "Icarus"
PERFORMER "Paul Winter Consort"
REM GENRE "Jazz"
REM DATE "1972"
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5.0 out of 5 stars - Transitional jazz - a leap into world music - November 4, 2002
By: Erika Borsos
Transitional jazz ... including a little bit of India (sitar, tabla), a little bit of Africa (numerous percussion instruments), and a little bit of Mexico (marimba) and South America. Although produced 30 years ago, the music is as meaningful and relevant today as in 1972 when it was created. This is contemplative music, not meditative, which is softer and quieter ... this is great "thinking" music. The musical phrases are original and refreshing, create winding moods ... which need to be explored. It is great background music at a party or for laying back on a lazy Sunday afternoon, letting thoughts drift wherever they may ... It seems Paul Winter was ahead of his time: well time has caught up with him! The mellow saxaphone and cello sounds when accompanied by any number of "world" instruments are the sounds of the future and the future is ... HERE, NOW! GO: LISTEN AND ENJOY!
Dedicated to the memory of Bob Zeidler Amazon.com reviewer who introduced me to the music of Paul Winter. Erika Borsos
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5.0 out of 5 stars - The grandfather of world musics - June 19, 2001
By: Peppino
Paul Winter fused musics from Brasil, India, Native North America and Africa, and encorporated elements of Classical and "cool Jazz" into a wonderful *GUMBO * LOOOOOOONG before the current trendmongers jumped the bandwagon, and did it with clarity, articulation, and respect for the sounds he was assimilating into his musical vision.(This was HIS American vision of Andrade's "cultural cannibalism", which BRASILIAN musicians have been very successful at since the beginning of the 1900's thru current times). For years, this lp/cd has been the "soundtrack" for public radio stations, as they have continuously used soundbites from tracks from this cd in the incidental music between shows -BUT this music deserves MUCH more introspection, as the tracks are quite wonderful. The soaring "Icarus" was a staple of PWC concerts, and later in Oregon's shows.(Towner & McCandless were founding fathers of Oregon,a natural progression after they left PWC. "Whole Earth Chant" is a track that combines the elements I describe already with a "funky" herb Buschler bassline & a soaring David Darling cello solo.I feel current celloists Hank Roberts and Mr Brubeck from Oranj Symphonette were influenced byhim greatly..... Minuit is a simplistic African "round" a folk form, but somehow quite touching to the heart. Mr. Winter was one of the first wave of US musicians to tour Brasil. He never got the mass exposure of his cohorts, Stan Getz, Charlie Byrd, Herbie Mann, et al. A trail blazer, I hope this cd enjoys a renaissance it truely deserves, given the great interest in World/Fusion sounds these days. Mr. Winter's vision remains fresh,as his "mission" was the musics first, not the $$$$$$.
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4.0 out of 5 stars - The meeting of the spirits - September 3, 2001
By: Sumatriptan
Paul Winter Consort is the band where Ralph Towner, Paul McCandless, Collin Walcott and Glen Moore have first played all together and have decided to create their legendary fusion group - OREGON. The sound of ICARUS, their second album, is kind of new-age-ish with some reminescences of KING CRIMSON's "Sailor's Tale" and "Formentera Lady" (JUNIPER BEAR), and John McLaughlin's Shakti (WHOLE EARTH CHANT). Some other musicians on this album include great cello master DAVID DARLING and HERB BUSHLER on fender bass. If you liked this album, and have never heard OREGON's music - rush to the store and get yourself some of their later albums (DISTANT HILLS, CROSSING, WINTER LIGHT)
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All Other Customer Reviews @ Amazon - http://www.amazon.com/Icarus-Paul-Winter/product-reviews/B0000024ZB

Этот масштабный спецпроект, основанный в 1967 г. американским саксофонистом Полом Уинтером (р. 1939), по праву считается одним из первых в истории world fusion конгломератов. За десятилетия существования The Winter Consort состав исполнителей менялся неоднократно. Однако едва ли не самым значимым с позиций дня сегодняшнего выглядит временный союз музыкантов, сложившийся при работе над лонгплеем "Icarus". Собственно, программа во многом воспринимается сессионным бенефисом участников ансамбля Oregon - Ральфа Таунера (гитары, пиано, орган, вокал; автор доброй половины заявленных на пластинке вещей), Пола МакКэндлесса (духовые) и Коллина Уолкотта (экзотическая перкуссия, бас-маримба, ситар). Щедрый мистер Уинтер, приложивший руку к созданию лишь двух из девяти композиций, великодушно самоустранился, открыв дорогу друзьям - вышеозначенной троице, а также виолончелисту Дэвиду Дарлингу и басисту Гербу Бушлеру. Для полноты картины к сотрудничеству привлекли пятерку ударников, в том числе прославленного виртуоза Билли Кобэма (Miles Davis band, Mahavishnu Orchestra, соло). Продюсировать же "Icarus" взялся крестный отец The Beatles сэр Джордж Мартин...
Титульный номер, сочиненный маэстро Таунером, - бесспорная классика жанра фьюжн. Этот очаровательный мелодический пассаж давно и прочно обосновался в обойме "коронных" орегоновских произведений. Впрочем, и в интерпретации Paul Winter Consort данный этюд с его струнно-духовым антуражем звучит невероятно притягательно. Оформленная визионером Дарлингом пьеса "Ode to a Fillmore Dressing Room" - едва ли не наиболее мистический из когорты представленных здесь инструментальных сюжетов. Лежащая в его основе камерная зарисовка по прихоти членов консорциума трансформируется в загадочный опус с подчеркнуто индуистским подтекстом; крайне интригующий саунд-вояж. Трогательная задушевность питает стройную балладу Ральфа "The Silence of a Candle", решенную в арт-роковых традициях (вспоминаются как голландцы Kayak, так и сводный эстрадный оркестр Алана Парсонса). Занимательный трек "Sunwheel" демонстрирует практически неограниченные возможности прогрессивной ветви фьюжн (басовому волшебнику Бушлеру хочется вынести особую благодарность за выразительные, тембрально богатые партии). Увлекательные этнические опыты сопровождают возведение гиперкомплексной конструкции "Whole Earth Chant", в которой академисту Дарлингу, с молчаливого согласия коллег, разрешают слегка "пошалить"; как результат, виолончельные каверзы образуют дополнительный смысловой слой в и без того насыщенной панораме. "All the Mornings Bring" - очередная воздушная "нетленка" из наследия Oregon, удачно загнанная в общий структурный ряд. Да и прочие мотивные эскизы ("Juniper Bear", "Chehalis and Other Voices", "Minuit") красноречивее всяких слов доказывают творческую состоятельность объединившихся под началом Уинтера талантов.
Резюмирую: превосходная экскурсия в прошлое недооцененного, по-настоящему неординарного коллектива. Пропускать не советую.
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Credits▼
Cello, Vocals – David Darling
Congas, Tabla, Mridangam, Surdo, Drums [Traps, Kettledrums], Marimba [Bass], Sitar – Collin Walcott
Design [Album Design] – Christina Watkins
Electric Bass [Fender] – Herb Bushler
Engineer – Bill Price
Guitar [Classical, 12-string, Steel-string], Piano, Organ [Bush], Regal, Vocals – Ralph Towner
Oboe, English Horn, Sarrusophone [Contrabass], Vocals – Paul McCandless
Other [Consort Quartermaster And Instrument Curator] – Dan Craig
Photography By [Cover] – Tim Lucas
Producer – George Martin
Recorded By [Additional Recording, Electric Lady Studios] – Dave Palmer, Ed Kramer
Recorded By [Additional Recording, Record Plant] – Dan Turbeville, Roy Cicala
Recorded By [Additional Recording, Upsurge Studios] – Thomas Di Pietro
Soprano Saxophone, Vocals – Paul Winter
Technician [Recording Equipment, Fedco Audio] – Dick Shapiro
Notes▼
Recorded at Sea Weed Studios, Marblehead, Massachusetts.
Recording equipment by Fedco Audio, Providence, Rhode Island and Dolby Labs, New York.
Additional recording at Electric Lady Studios, New York; Record Plant, New York; Upsurge Studios, New York. Mixed at A.I.R. London Studios.
Paul Stookey appears courtesy or Warner Brothers Records. Billy Cobham appears courtesy of Columbia Records.
©1972 CBS Records, Inc.
©℗1989 Epic
Made in USA

This is a classic Consort album whose title song has become the group's signature piece. Produced by Beatles' mentor George Martin, who describes it as "the finest album I've ever made".
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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.