Oregon - Beyond Words

Oregon — Beyond Words

Part of the Chesky Original Masters Series

One-Step plating and pressing on 180-gram standard black vinyl

As part of their Chesky Original Masters reissue series, the audiophile label Chesky Records is releasing Oregon's Beyond Words. Ralph Towner on guitar and keyboards, bassist Glen Moore, and Paul McCandless (playing six different wind instruments) are featured at their most creative.

Beyond Words features Oregon during a period when the group was a trio after the passing of percussionist Collin Wolcott. The unique band, which blended together modern jazz with rhythms, melodies and sounds inspired by the music of other cultures, was always unclassifiable and "beyond words."

Oregon continues to move forward creating and evolving as one of America's most important contemporary musical movements. The compositions are original and soar with collective unity, fusing elements of jazz, folk, classical, and world music into a completely original voice. Recorded in a live setting, Chesky Records has captured this event in absolute sonic splendor.

Recorded with a modified AKG C-24 microphone, with Custom George Kaye transformer-less Mic Pre amps.

Side A

1. Rewind

2. Ecotopia

3. Green and Golden

4. Pepé Linque

Side B

1. Les Douzilles

2. The Silence of a Candle

3. Witchi-Tai-To

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