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| Pioneers of the uncharted territory between Jazz, World Music and Classical music.
The formation OREGON has surely been well-known to most jazz and classical music enthusiasts long before the huge success of their last studio album, "Northwest Passage": During the past 30 years of band history, Oregon has become a synonym for genre-crossing music of the finest. Emerging in 1970 from the legendary Paul Winter Consort, Oregon, right from the start combined elements of jazz with those of symphonic classical music and what is known today under the makeshift term "world music." If one takes into consideration that integrating musical elements from non-"western" cultures wasn't exactly common back then, this band's pioneering status is all the more clear. Despite (or maybe actually because of) their music defying classification, and also despite a few harsh setbacks -- for example, the tragic death of founding member Collin Walcott in the year 1984, or the abrupt drop-out of percussionist Trilok Gurtu for less fateful reasons in the mid-90s -- Oregon have not only persevered until today, but they have also long become a legend of their own. |
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