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Paul Winter Consort

Icarus

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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. --Karen Karleski
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Cat. number: LD0004
Year: 2009

Format

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.

(C)1972 CBS Records, Inc.

Release 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. ©℗1984 Living Music Records, Inc. Made in USA

Tracklist
1Icarus3:02
2Ode To A Fillmore Dressing Rom5:32
3The Silence Of A Candle3:22
4Sunwheel4:52
5Juniper Bear3:10
6Whole Earth Chant7:42
7All The Mornings Bring3:48
8Chehalis And Other Voices5:26
9Minuit3:06
Credits
David Darling
Cello, Vocals
Collin Walcott
Congas, Tabla, Mridangam, Surdo, Drums [Traps, Kettledrums], Marimba [Bass], Sitar
Christina Watkins
Design [Album Design]
Herb Bushler
Electric Bass [Fender]
Bill Price
Engineer
Ralph Towner
Guitar [Classical, 12-string, Steel-string], Piano, Organ [Bush], Regal, Vocals
Paul McCandless
Oboe, English Horn, Sarrusophone [Contrabass], Vocals
Dan Craig
Other [Consort Quartermaster And Instrument Curator]
Tim Lucas
Photography By [Cover]
George Martin
Producer
Dave Palmer
Recorded By [Additional Recording, Electric Lady Studios]
Ed Kramer
Recorded By [Additional Recording, Electric Lady Studios]
Dan Turbeville
Recorded By [Additional Recording, Record Plant]
Roy Cicala
Recorded By [Additional Recording, Record Plant]
Thomas Di Pietro
Recorded By [Additional Recording, Upsurge Studios]
Paul Winter
Soprano Saxophone, Vocals
Dick Shapiro
Technician [Recording Equipment, Fedco Audio]