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Oregon
Studio album by Oregon
Released	1983
Recorded	February 1983
Studio	Tonstudio Bauer Ludwigsburg, West Germany
Genre	Chamber jazz, ethno jazz, folk jazz, world fusion, jazz fusion, new-age
Length	44:38
Label	ECM 1258
Producer	Manfred Eicher
Oregon chronology
In Performance (1980) Oregon (1983) Crossing (1984)

Oregon is an album by American jazz fusion band Oregon recorded in February 1983 and released on ECM later that year. The quartet features guitarist Ralph Towner, reed player Paul McCandless, bassist Glen Moore, and sitarist Collin Walcott.

Reception and charting

The album reached number twenty one on Billboards Jazz Albums and Top Jazz Albums charts.

The AllMusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 1½ stars, stating, "If this disc was supposed to signal a new direction in the band's development, somewhere along the line they slipped off track".

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings

Jazz disc jockey Joe Lex uses "The Rapids" as the outro for his weekly radio show "Dr. Joe's Groove" on WPPM-LP, Philadelphia.

Track listing

All compositions by Oregon except as indicated

1. "The Rapids" (Ralph Towner) - 8:29
2. "Beacon" - 2:56
3. "Taos" - 6:15
4. "Beside a Brook" (Paul McCandless) - 4:26
5. "Arianna" (Glen Moore) - 6:29
6. "There Was No Moon That Night" - 7:19
7. "Skyline" - 1:19
8. "Impending Bloom" (Moore) - 7:51

Personnel

• Paul McCandless - soprano saxophone, oboe, tin flute, English horn, musette
• Glen Moore - bass, violin, piano
• Ralph Towner - classical guitar, 12 string guitar, piano, synthesizer
• Collin Walcott - sitar, percussion, bass drum, voice

Charts

References

1. ECM discography accessed September 22, 2011
2. ^ "Oregon - Oregon | Awards | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
3. ^ Jurek, T. Allmusic Review accessed September 22, 2011
4. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1099. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

• ECM Records albums
• Oregon (band) albums
• 1983 albums
• Albums produced by Manfred Eicher