🎵 AotW AOTW: Paul Winter - THE WINTER CONSORT (SP-4170)

[Captain Bacardi]

Paul Winter
THE WINTER CONSORT
A&M SP-4170

Released 1969

Format: Vinyl/Reel-to-Reel/8-Track

Produced by Paul Stookey

Songs:

• 1. Allemande (Weiss) - 3:20
  2. Ballad In 7/8 (Hungarian Peasant Song) - 8:00
  3. Canta Canta Mais (Jobim/DeMoraes) - 4:26
  4. The Little Train Of The Caipira (Bachianas Brasileiras #2) (Villa-Lobos) - 2:32
  5. Koto Piece (Free Improvisation On A Koto Scale) (Winter/Scott/Bock/Murrow) - 4:15
  6. Both Sides Now (Joni Mitchell) - 3:05
  7. Choral Dorien (Alain) - 2:32
  8. Herresy (Herreshoff) - 4:08
  9. Spring (P. Winter) - 3:03
  10. Marilia (Bernhardt) - 5:30
  11. Forlorn Hope (Dowland) - 2:52
  12. Trotto (13th Century Italian Dance) - 1:44

Musicians:
Paul Winter - Sax Horn
Richard Bock - Cello
Karl Herreshoff - Baroque Lute, Classical Guitar, 12-String Guitar
Gene Murrow - English Horn
Virgil Scott - Alto Flute
Ruth Ben-Zvi - Darbuke, Bass Marimba
Gene Bertoncini - Guitar (2, 3, 6, 7, 10)
John Beal - Bass
Jose Cigno - Traps (4, 7, 10)
Leon Rix - Traps (1, 6, 9)
Jim Kappas - Traps (2)
Howard Vogel - Tambourine (12)

Recorded at A&R Studios, New York
Engineers: Donny Hahn, Dave Greene, Phil Ramone
Art Director: Tom Wilkes
Photography: Barry Feinstein
Poem by Charles Ives



Capt. Bacardi

 

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I've seen this album pictured on the inner sleeves. I had no idea who Paul Winter was, so I figured it was some pop/rock singer. How does this album sound?

 

[Dave]

Seeing Paul Winter perform a few years ago inspired me to pick this one up again; it was a fairly easy find... I also bought his subsequent effort, Something In The Wind, which had a removable Decal Sticker stating Artist, Title, and of course the A&M SP#... The cover otherwise only sported the picture... Too bad I didn't have either of these albums for him to sign when I saw him...

As the Liner Notes state: "Why must a song always be A SONG???!!!" --In that the music is a bit of a Jazz/Renaissance/Classical/World Beat type of blend, in the sense that there is no particular structure, just a flowing melody and distant harmonics, of which "a song", or "songs" just seem to be in sort of a 'disguise'...

What New Age music is, in other words...



Dave

 

[Captain Bacardi]

This is a rather unusual album, a precursor to what would be eventually called New Age. It's a mix of chamber, Brazilian, folk and just enough improvisation to consider it jazz. As suggested in the title, "Koto Piece" is completely improvised. I really loved the Brazilian rhythms on "Little Train Of The Caipira". One of the more pleasant pieces is Jobim's "Canta Canta Mais", which - with a little more work - could've made a nice pop tune. Some unique bass playing is evident on "Ballad in 7/8". I really didn't care much for "Both Sides Now" - it just doesn't seem to fit with the rest of the album. This album will require some effort to listen to, but there's enough to make it somewhat worthwhile. 3 stars.



Capt. Bacardi

 

[LPJim]

"Canta Canta Mais" was performed when the Consort played in Knoxville TN a couple of years ago ... much to my delight.
JB

 

[Dave]

11. Forlorn Hope (Dowland)

--Which on Gabor Szabo's Gypsy '66 (impulse! A/AS-9105) is known as "The Echo Of Love" written by vibist/producer/arranger Gary McFarland... inkshield:

http://dougpayne.com/gypsy.htm​

Dave