Wintersong (Paul Winter album)
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Wintersong is an album released in 1986 by Paul Winter
, featuring the Paul Winter Consort
. The album is a collection of lesser known folk melodies from North America and Europe, arranged in a mixed style of jazz and classical, and played with Brazilian rhythms.
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...
, featuring 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...
. The album is a collection of lesser known folk melodies from North America and Europe, arranged in a mixed style of jazz and classical, and played with Brazilian rhythms.
Track listing
- "Tomorrow Is My Dancing Day" (Trad. English)
- "Swedish Song" (Gustaf Nordqvist)
- "The Cherry Tree" (Trad. Appalachian)
- "Little One" (Trad. Appalachian)
- "Peasant Revels" (Trad. German and English)
- "Dance Of The Golden Bough" (Trad. Italian)
- "Beautiful Star" (OdettaOdettaOdetta Holmes, known as Odetta, was an American singer, actress, guitarist, songwriter, and a human rights activist, often referred to as "The Voice of the Civil Rights Movement". Her musical repertoire consisted largely of American folk music, blues, jazz, and spirituals...
) - "Wintersong" (Trad. French)
- "Joy" (J.S.Bach)
Personnel
- Paul WinterPaul WinterPaul 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 - Rhonda Larson- flute
- Paul HalleyPaul HalleyPaul 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, organ, harpsichord - Eugene FriesenEugene FriesenEugene 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 - Nancy Rumbel- oboe, english horn
- Dan Carillo- steel-string guitar
- Ted MooreTed MooreTed Moore, B.S.C. was a cinematographer and camera operator on nearly fifty films, and is probably most famous for his work on seven of the James Bond films in the 1960s and early 1970s.-Biography:...
- orchestra bells, surdo, percussion - Neil Clark- donno, bells, percussion
- Oscar Castro-NevesOscar Castro-NevesOscar Castro-Neves is a Brazilian guitarist, arranger, and composer who is considered a founding figure in Bossa nova. He was born as one of triplets and formed a band with his brothers in his youth. At 16 he had a national hit with Chora Tua Tristeza. Many of the early Bossa Nova musicians began...
- classical guitar - Russ LandauRuss LandauRuss Landau is an American composer of film and television scores and themes including Survivor, Fear Factor, and Pirate Master for which he won an Emmy in 2008.-References:...
- bass - Guilherme FrancoGuilherme FrancoGuilherme Franco was born November 25 1946 in São Paulo, Brazil. He is a percussionist in the jazz and World fusion music genres.Guilherme Franco has recorded on the albums of many jazz performers such as McCoy Tyner, Lonnie Liston Smith and Woody Shaw...
- snare drum - Marcio Supal- cuica, whistle