Solstice Live! is a live album released by 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...

 in 1993. The album is a recording of a performance of Paul Winter's annual Winter Solstice

Winter solstice

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 Celebration, which takes place in the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City

New York City

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. The concert is a contemporary celebration of the longest night of the year, and the return of the sun. It features contemporary symbols for various parts of the celebration created by Winter. These symbols are both an artistic visual representation of something as well as a musical instrument played on during the performance. These symbols include the Sun Gong, a giant gong that is hit with yellow and red light, and risen 100 feet to the top of the cathedral ceiling, along with its player. Another is the Solstice Tree, a large sculpture of an evergreen tree, upon which is hung various cymbals, bells, chimes and gongs. The performance always features the Paul Winter Consort

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...

, and special guest musicians that Paul Winter has met or collaborated with, making it a celebration of the world's people and their music.

Track listing

1. "Fanfare"
2. "Tomorrow Is My Dancing Day"
3. "Fog On The Hill"
4. "Shaman"
5. "Boon Song"
6. "Buena Nueva - Good News"
7. "Nevaga - Neva River"
8. "Highland Heaven"
9. "The Sparrow"
10. "Hodie - Good People All"
11. "TURNING POINT SUITE: Prelude: Marchade San Benito - Processional March of San Benito"
12. "The Night Forest"
13. "River"
14. "Trickster"
15. "Return Of The Sun"
16. "Solstice Chant"
17. "Christmas Day Is Come/Duet For The Longest Night"
18. "Down In Belgorod"
19. "Minuit - Midnight/Adeste Fidelis"

Personnel

Paul Winter Consort

• 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...
  
  - soprano sax
• Paul Halley
  Paul Halley
  Paul Halley is an organist, singer, pianist, and composer. He is perhaps best known as being a member of and composer for the Paul Winter Consort.- Biography :...
  
  - piano, pipe organ
• Eugene Friesen
  Eugene Friesen
  Eugene Friesen is an American cellist and composer.Friesen is a graduate of the Yale School of Music. He has been a member of the Paul Winter Consort since 1978, and performs with Howard Levy and Glen Velez as Trio Globo...
  
  - cello
• Rhonda Larson- flute
• Glen Velez
  Glen Velez
  Glen Velez is an American percussionist, vocalist, and composer, specializing in frame drums from around the world. He is largely responsible for the increasing popularity of frame drums in the United States and around the world....
  
  - frame drums, percussion
• Jamie Haddad- drums, percussion
• Gordon Gottlieb- timpani, Brazilian surdos, percussion
• Mark Perchanok- hecklephone
• Dorothy Papadakos- pipe organ
• Russ Landau
  Russ Landau
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  - bass
• Eliot Wadopian- acoustic bass
• Sammy Figueroa
  Sammy Figueroa
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  - congos, percussion
• Ted Moore
  Ted Moore
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  - drums
• Cafe
  Café (musician)
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  - congas, percussion

Guests

• Dimitri Pokrovsky Singers
• Nóirín Ní Riain
  Nóirín Ní Riain
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• Andes Manta
• Nando Casals
• Kecia Lewis-Evans
• Dimitri Donders