Previous Page (Galleries).Paul Winter, solo or with his Paul Winter Consort, is one of the best representatives of the new instrumental music. Born in Pennsylvania, this American musician is a virtuoso of the saxo and the clarinet, instruments whose sounds have made him famous and have made his music into an easily recognisable entity. Winter, who from a very young age has worked in several bands, has matured his style up to a truly personal, inimitable point.
Winter formed his Paul Winter Sextet in the early sixties, almost always performing in jazz environments. His first tour put him in contact with other cultures, something that would influence him forever. In 1967, he started the Paul Winter Consort, where he fused his jazzy roots with instrumental voices from other genres and cultural styles. Nature, the songs of whales, ethnic music and other sources for inspiration would shape step by step what Winter and his musicians call "Earth Music", the music from our planet.
In 1980, this composer creates his own label, Living Music Records, where he has released his great works of the eighties and the nineties. Awarded with three Grammy prizes and nominated in eight different further occassions, Paul and his Consort reached their maximum difusion and popularity. Specially interesting are his annual concerts at the St. John the Divine cathedral, as well as his tours and over 2,000 concerts all over the world.
Essential recordings:
-ICARUS (PW Consort)
-CALLINGS
-MISSA GAIA / EARTH MASS
-SUN SINGER
-COMMON GROUND
-CONCERT FOR THE EARTH (PW Consort)
-CANYON
-LIVING MUSIC COLLECTION 1 (PW Consort)
-WINTERSONG (PW Consort)
-WHALES ALIVE! (& Paul Halley/Leonard Nimoy)
-EARTHBEAT (PW Consort & Dmitri Pokrovsky Singers)
-LIVING MUSIC COLLECTION II (PW Consort)
-WOLF EYES: A RETROSPECTIVE
-EARTH:VOICES OF A PLANET
-THE MAN WHO PLANTED TREES (PW Consort)
-TURTLE ISLAND (PW Consort & Gary Snyder)
-ANTHEMS: 10 YEARS OF LIVING MUSIC (& friends)
-SOLSTICE LIVE! (PW Consort with Special Guests)
-SPANISH ANGEL (PW Consort)
-PRAYER FOR THE WILD THINGS (& Earth Band)
-CANYON LULLABY
-SOLSTICE LIVE! (1998) (PW Consort with Special
Guests)
-BRAZILIAN DAYS (& Oscar Castro-Neves)
-GREATEST HITS + BONUS DISC
-CELTIC SOLSTICE
-JOURNEY WITH THE SUN
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