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Oregon | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 6, 2010)
• Label: CAM Jazz
• ASIN: B003YL4N5K
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #332,471 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. If

2. An Open Door

3. Toledo

4. Hoedown

5. Solar Flare

6. Castle Walk

7. Moonrise

8. Pepe Linque

9. Dark

10. Tammurriata

11. Mountain King

12. Cleguerec

13. Doff

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

36 of 38 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Better than ever, September 22, 2005

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C. Williamson (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Prime (Audio CD)

I've followed Oregon's career from the beginning, and though one might guess that after thirty-five years (and with three of the original members still present), the band might have lost its edge, 'tain't so. Oregon's brand of jazz is timeless. Ralph Towner's guitar and keyboard work are as fluent as ever, Paul McCandless's reed improvisations are endlessly inventive, Glen Moore's imaginative bass lines provide far, far more than just support, and the propulsive drums and percussion of Mark Walker (the "newer kid" in the group) makes the rhythm sizzle and simmer as needed. The compositions, most of them Towner's (with a few gems by Moore), are all compelling and offer a wide range of melodies and rhythms in which the band can work its magic. The sound engineering equals the performances, and the vitality and presence is astonishing. A real triumph that makes me look forward to the *next* thirty-five years.

30 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Definitely exceeded my expectations, September 14, 2005

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oregonian (Kingston, NY USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Prime (Audio CD)

Well, although I had seen them this year and they were performing at a very high level, I'm afraid I still had only moderate expectations for their next record, based on some vague fear about Ralph Towner's compositions, or their age, or god knows what else. Well, this recording is superb, the compositions are as strong as ever, and this is certainly the best recorded representation of Marc Walker's playing (and his affect on group sound), to date. Their old ECM engineer apparently is the one responsible for this beautifully-recorded gem. He has done an amazing job of capturing their live dynamic, which just leaps out of the recording.

Also, if you can, get the iTunes (only?) download of an additional track which they should have included here: "The Glide".

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars If you are an Oregon fan GET THIS CD!, March 20, 2006

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laa dee da "scooby doo" (democracydead, USA) - See all my reviews

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I have every CD of Oregon's 36 year recording career, all of the Ralph Towner CD's, and although the absence of Colin Walcott was/is a great loss to the band and it's sound and style, I can say without hesitation, that this CD can be heralded as the return to form. This is the CD that gives one the feeling that the more recent addition of Mark Walker on percussion is now an airtight, fully intergrated sound that has the feeling of completeness that has not been felt since the loss of Walcott. The newer material is not quite as abstract as the Walcott era music, but it is charming, invigorating, and full of life force. Do not let the pictures of the "old men" on the cover fool you - these guys got it, have it, and will play circles around any band of twenty somethings without pause or relent. And besides, I'm a sucker for an album full of Towner material.