Oregon - Yet To Be - 1975

Oregon - Yet To Be - NRK TV Molde jazz 1975 Ralph Towner - guitar, piano Collin Walcott - percussion, sitar Paul McCandless - reeds Glen Moore - bass Oregon is an American jazz and world music group, formed in 1970 by Ralph Towner, Paul McCandless, Glen Moore, and Collin Walcott Towner and Moore had been friends and occasional collaborators since meeting in 1960 as students at the University of Oregon. By 1969, both were working musicians living in New York; while collaborating with folksinger Tim Hardin they were introduced to world music pioneer Paul Winter’s “Consort“ ensemble, particularly member Collin Walcott, with whom Towner began improvising as an informal duo. By 1970 Towner and Moore had joined the Winter Consort and met fellow member McCandless; the four began exploring improvisation on their own, while their contributions continued to be seminal in redefining the Winter Consort “#sound“ in compositions like Towner’s “#Icarus“.