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Collin Walcott was a North American musician. He was a student of Ravi Shankar

Ravi Shankar

Ravi Shankar , often referred to by the title Pandit, is an Indian musician and composer who plays the plucked string instrument sitar. He has been described as the best known contemporary Indian musician by Hans Neuhoff in Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart.Shankar was born in Varanasi and spent...

and Vasant Rai

Vasant Rai

Vasant Rai was one of world's most acclaimed performers of Indian music and virtuoso of the Indo/Persian/Afghan instrument Sarod.-Personal life and education:Rai was born in Unjha, Kutch, Gujarat and studied music in India...

. Collin expanded the role of the sitar

Sitar

The 'Tablaman' is a plucked stringed instrument predominantly used in Hindustani classical music, where it has been ubiquitous since the Middle Ages...

in western music. Walcott studied music and ethnomusicology at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana, and at The University of California

University of California, Los Angeles

The University of California, Los Angeles is a public research university located in the Westwood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, USA. It was founded in 1919 as the "Southern Branch" of the University of California and is the second oldest of the ten campuses...

at Los Angeles. Though best remembered for his tabla and sitar playing, Collin Walcott played many musical instruments, including trap drums, clarinet, violin, guitar, piano, percussion, marimbas, and a kalimba he fashioned himself from a gas can. He was a member of the Paul Winter

Paul Winter

Paul Winter is an American saxophonist , and is a six-time Grammy Award nominee.- Biography :Paul Winter attended Altoona Area High School and graduated in 1957...

Consort and the groups Oregon (with Ralph Towner

Ralph Towner

Ralph Towner is an American multi-instrumentalist, composer, arranger and bandleader. He plays the twelve-string guitar, classical guitar, piano, synthesizer, percussion and trumpet.-Biography:...

, Paul McCandless

Paul McCandless

Paul McCandless, Jr. is an American jazz woodwind player and composer. He is one of few expert jazz oboists, and also plays English horn, soprano saxophone, sopranino saxophone, bass clarinet, clarinet, and pennywhistle, among other instruments.He has performed with the Paul Winter Consort and is...

and Glen Moore

Glen Moore

Glen Moore is a jazz bassist who occasionally performs on piano, flute and violin.His performing career began at age 14 with the Young Oregonians in Portland, Oregon where he met and played with Native American saxophonist, Jim Pepper. He graduated with a degree in History and Literature from the...

) and Codona

Codona

Codona was a free jazz and world fusion group which released three self-titled albums on the ECM label in 1978, 1980 and 1982. The trio consisted of Don Cherry, Collin Walcott, and Nana Vasconcelos....

(with Don Cherry

Don Cherry (jazz)

Donald Eugene Cherry was an innovative African-American jazz cornetist whose career began with a long association with saxophonist Ornette Coleman. He went on to live in many parts of the world and work with a wide variety of musicians.-Biography:Cherry was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and...

and Nana Vasconcelos

Naná Vasconcelos

Naná Vasconcelos is a Brazilian Latin jazz percussionist, vocalist and berimbau player, most notable for his works with Pat Metheny, Don Cherry, Egberto Gismonti, and Gato Barbieri....

).

Walcott was killed in an automobile accident in East Germany during a 1984 Oregon concert tour.

As leader

Cloud Dance
Cloud Dance
Cloud Dance is the debut album by American sitarist and composer Collin Walcott recorded in 1975 and released on the ECM label.-Reception:The Allmusic review awarded the album 4½ stars.-Track listing:# "Margueritte" - 8:25# "Prancing" - 3:23...

CD (1976) ECM 1062 825 469-2
Grazing Dreams
Grazing Dreams
Grazing Dreams is the second album by American sitarist and composer Collin Walcott recorded in 1977 and released on the ECM label.-Reception:The Allmusic review by Michael G...

CD (1977) ECM 1096 78118-21096-2
Dawn Dance (1980)
Works (compilation) CD (1994) ECM 78118-20276-2

With Oregon

Our First Record CD (1970) Universe 42
Music of Another Present Era CD (1973) Vanguard VMD-79326
Winter Light CD (1974) Vanguard VMD 79350
Distant Hills CD (1974) Vanguard VMD-79341
In Concert CD (1975) Universe 25
Together (w/Elvin Jones) CD (1976) Universe 9
Friends CD (1977) Vanguard 79370-2
Out of the Woods CD (1978) Discovery 71004
Violin CD (1978) Universe 40
Moon and Mind CD (1979) Vanguard VMD 79419
Roots in the Sky CD (1979) Discovery 71005
In Performance CD (1980) Wounded Bird Records 304
Oregon
Oregon (album)
Oregon is an album by American world music/jazz group featuring Ralph Towner, Paul McCandless, Glen Moore, and Collin Walcott recorded in 1983 and released on the ECM label.-Reception:...

(ECM, 1983)
Crossing
Crossing (album)
Crossing is an album by American world music/jazz group Oregon featuring Ralph Towner, Paul McCandless, Glen Moore, and Collin Walcott recorded in 1984 and released on the ECM label.-Reception:...

(ECM, 1984)
Always, Never, and Forever CD (1992) Intuition Records INT 2073 2
Beyond Words CD (1995) Chesky Records JD 130

With Codona

Codona
Codona (album)
Codona is the first album by the jazz trio Codona which featured sitarist and tabla player Collin Walcott, trumpeter Don Cherry and percussionist Naná Vasconcelos recorded in 1978 and released on the ECM label.-Reception:The Allmusic review by Michael G...

(ECM, 1979)
Codona 2
Codona 2
Codona 2 is the second album by the jazz trio Codona which featured sitarist and tabla player Collin Walcott, trumpeter Don Cherry and percussionist Naná Vasconcelos recorded in 1980 and released on the ECM label.-Reception:...

(ECM, 1981)
Codona 3
Codona 3
Codona 3 is the third and final album by the jazz trio Codona which featured sitarist and tabla player Collin Walcott, trumpeter Don Cherry and percussionist Naná Vasconcelos recorded in 1982 and released on the ECM label.-Reception:...

(ECM, 1983)

As contributor

David Amram

David Amram is an American composer, musician, conductor, and writer. As a classical composer and performer, his integration of jazz , ethnic and folk music has led him to work with the likes of Charlie Parker, Thelonious Monk, Dizzy Gillespie, Lionel Hampton, Willie Nelson, Langston...

Subway Night LP (1973) RCA Victor LSP-4820

Irwin Bazelon

Irwin Bazelon was an American composer of contemporary classical music.Contemporary American composer Irwin Bazelon’s music is known for its interesting rhythms and its emphasis on the brass and percussion sections. In total, Bazelon composed nine symphonies and over sixty orchestral, chamber, and...

The Music of Irwin Bazelon CD (1974) CRI CD 623

Bobby Callender :

Rainbow CD (1968) Big Beat CDWIKD 179

Don Cherry

Don Cherry (jazz)

Hear & Now CD (1976) Eastwin AMCY-1283

Larry Coryell

Larry Coryell is an American jazz fusion guitarist.-Biography:Coryell was born in Galveston, Texas. He graduated from Richland High School, in Richland, Washington, where he played in local bands The Jailers, The Rumblers, The Royals, and The Flames. He also played with The Checkers from nearby...

The Restful Mind CD (1975) Universe 33

Cosmology :

Cosmology LP (1977) Vanguard VSD 79394

David Darling

David Darling (musician)

David Darling is an American cellist and composer. He won the Grammy award for Best New Age Album in 2010. He has performed and recorded with artists such as Bobby McFerrin and Spyro Gyra in addition to putting out several solo and small ensemble albums as well as albums of his...

Cycles
Cycles (David Darling album)
Cycles is the second album by cellist David Darling recorded in 1981 and released on the ECM label.-Reception:The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4 stars stating "Darling and his sidemen give the music a wide variety of sounds...

CD (1982) ECM 1219 78118-21219-2

Miles Davis

Miles Dewey Davis III was an American jazz musician, trumpeter, bandleader, and composer. Widely considered one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century, Miles Davis was, with his musical groups, at the forefront of several major developments in jazz music, including bebop, cool jazz,...

On The Corner CD (1972) Columbia CK 53579

Steve Eliovson :

Dawn Dance CD (1981) ECM 1198 829 375-2

Rachel Faro :

Refugees LP (1974) RCA Victor CPL1-0689

Cyrus Faryar

Cyrus Faryar is an American folk musician, songwriter, and record producer. He was active in musical, theatrical, and performance events in high school. After graduating from high school and attending college, he became involved in the entertainment industry, opening the first coffee house in...

Cyrus CD (1971) Elektra AMCY 2831
Islands CD (1973) Elektra AMCY 2832

Egberto Gismonti

Egberto Gismonti Amin is a Brazilian composer, guitarist and pianist.Gismonti began his formal music studies at the age of six on piano. After studying classical music for 15 years, he went to Paris to study orchestration and analysis with Nadia Boulanger and the composer Jean Barraqué, a disciple...

Sol Do Meio Dia
Sol Do Meio Dia
Sol Do Meio Dia is an album by Brazilian composer, guitarist and pianist Egberto Gismonti recorded in 1977 and released on the ECM label.-Reception:The Allmusic review by Stephen Cook awarded the album 4 stars calling it an "impressive combo outing.....

CD (1978) ECM 1116 78118-21116-2

Tim Hardin

James Timothy "Tim" Hardin was an American folk musician and composer. He wrote the Top 40 hits "If I Were a Carpenter", covered by, among others, Joan Baez, Bobby Darin, Johnny Cash, Ramblin' Jack Elliot, and Robert Plant, and "Reason to Believe", covered by many, including Rod Stewart, as well...

Bird on a Wire CD (1971) Columbia CK 30551

Richie Havens

Richard P. "Richie" Havens is an African American folk singer and guitarist. He is best known for his intense, rhythmic guitar style , soulful covers of pop and folk songs, and his opening performance at the 1969 Woodstock Festival.-Career:Born in Brooklyn, Havens was the eldest of nine children...

Richard P. Havens (1983) CD 1969 Polydor 835 212-2

Dave Liebman

Dave Liebman is an American saxophonist and flautist. In June 2010, he received a NEA Jazz Masters lifetime achievement award from the National Endowment for the Arts.-Biography:...

Drum Ode
Drum Ode
Drum Ode is an album by American jazz saxophonist Dave Liebman recorded in 1974 and released on the ECM label.-Reception:The Penguin Guide to Jazz selected this album as part of its suggested Core Collection....

CD (1974) ECM 1046

Alan Lorber

Alan Lorber was the leading arranger in the USA in the early 60s having created hits for many of the top artists of the day which amounted to 60 million dollars in sales. He is also a prolific music producer and composer. He was especially active in the 1960s and produced a wide variety of music....

Orchestra :

The Lotus Palace CD (1967) Big Beat Records CDWIKD 172

Meredith Monk

Meredith Jane Monk is an American composer, performer, director, vocalist, filmmaker, and choreographer. Since the 1960s, Monk has created multi-disciplinary works which combine music, theatre, and dance, recording extensively for ECM Records.-Life and work:Meredith Monk is primarily known for her...

Our Lady of Late CD (1973) Wergo Spectrum SM 1058-50
Key CD (1977) Lovely Music LCD 1051
Dolmen Music
Dolmen Music
Dolmen Music is an album by American composer and vocalist Meredith Monk recorded in 1980-81 and released on the ECM New Series label.-Reception:Allmusic awarded the album 2 stars. In his review, Michael G...

CD (1981) ECM 1197 78118-21197-2
Turtle Dreams
Turtle Dreams
Turtle Dreams is an album by American composer and vocalist Meredith Monk recorded in 1983 and released on the ECM New Series label.-Reception:...

CD (1983) ECM 1240 78118-21240-2

Orpheus (compilation) :

The Best of Orpheus CD (1967) Big Beat Records CDWIK2 143

Jim Pepper

Jim Pepper was an American jazz saxophonist, composer, and singer of Native American ancestry.-Biography:...

Comin' and Goin CD (1983) Rykodisc RCD 10001

Vasant Rai

Spring Flowers CD (1976) Universe 45
Autumn Song CD (1978) Universe 45

The Rainbow Band :

The Rainbow Band LP (1971) Elektra 74092

Alla Rakha Khan :

Tabla Solo LP (1977) Vanguard VSD 79385

Buddy Rich

Bernard "Buddy" Rich was an American jazz drummer and bandleader. Rich was billed as "the world's greatest drummer" and was known for his virtuosic technique, power, groove, and speed.-Early life:...

Rich a la Rakha CD (1968) Beat Goes On 528

Stephen Roane :

Portraits (compilation) CD (1980) Mothlight Music 3801

Tony Scott

Tony Scott (musician)

Tony Scott was a jazz clarinetist known for an interest in folk music around the world...

Music For Yoga Meditation And Other Joys CD (1968) Verve 835 371-2
Tony Scott CD (1970) Verve 145902

Kathy Smith (Kathleen Smith) :

Some Songs I've Saved LP (1970) Stormy Forest SFS 6003

Titos Sompa :

Yao! Titos Sompa with the Tanawa Dance Company LP (1978) Vanguard VSD 79415

Ralph Towner

Ralph Towner is an American multi-instrumentalist, composer, arranger and bandleader. He plays the twelve-string guitar, classical guitar, piano, synthesizer, percussion and trumpet.-Biography:...

with Glen Moore

Glen Moore

Trios Solos CD (1972) ECM 1025 78118-21025-2

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Pop (1997) Island Polygram 314-524 334-2

Various Artists (Chamaeleon Church) - compilation :

Family Circle Family Tree CD (1968) Big Beat 146

Barry Wedgle :

Kake LP (1982) Wonderful World Records 1201

Elyse Weinberg :

Elyse CD (1968) Orange Twin OTR 001

Paul Winter Consort

The Paul Winter Consort is an American musical group, led by soprano saxophonist Paul Winter. Founded in 1967, the group mixes elements of jazz, classical music, world music, and the sounds of animals and nature. They are often classified as new age music or "ecological jazz", and their unique...

Road CD (1970) A&M CD 0826
Icarus CD (1972) CBS Epic EK 31643

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