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Paul McCandless: All the Mornings Bring
Paul McCandlessAll the Mornings Bring
Elektra
1979
Today's Rediscovery comes from
Oregon
band / ensemble / orchestra
Paul McCandless
woodwindsb.1947
When Oregon was signed to Elektra in 1978 for Out of the Woods, it afforded the two members of the group who did not already have recording arrangements with Germany's ECM Records to release solo albums. And so, while guitarist/pianist
Ralph Towner
guitarb.1940
Collin Walcott
percussionb.1945
Art Lande
piano
Jan Garbarek
saxophoneb.1947
Dave Samuels
vibraphone1948 - 2019
The same trio would release the more egalitarian Skylight on ECM two years later, but this is where it happened first, an album of all-McCandless compositions; and the 10-minute opener, "St. Philomene," was more than evidence enough of the trio's chemistry and ability to navigate challenging compositions while, at the same time, investing fresh spontaneity and improvisational élan...no doubt what enticed ECM's
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data-original-title="" title="">Manfred Eicher to recruit the trio soon after. Two additional tracks feature McCandless in duo with Samuels (the ethereal "Slumber Song") and on his own (the aptly titled bass clarinet feature "Song for One")' while another three are heavily scored pieces for wind octet, double bassist
Eddie Gomez
bassb.1944
With Towner writing the lion's share of the music for Oregon, All the Mornings Bring was a much more extensive and expansive window into McCandless' personal musical world—both what he brought to Oregon and what he was capable of when left completely to his own designs. McCandless would go on to record two successful albums for Windham Hill a decade later but, like fellow Oregon band mate (and the other to receive an opportunity to go solo on Elektra)
Glen Moore
bass, acousticb.1941
A fine record issued (finally) on CD for the first time Stateside by Wounded Bird in 2010, All the Mornings Bring is impeccably written and performed, and beautifully produced. Everything that makes an album well worth rediscovering.
So, what are your thoughts? Do you know this record, and if so, how do you feel about it?
[Note: You can read the genesis of this Rediscovery column here .]
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Collin Walcott
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Dave Samuels
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Eddie Gomez
Glen Moore
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