Winter Consort - Icarus

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Total Tracks: 9   Total Length: 40:00

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Impossibly beautiful

timabouttown

At least parts of it. The title track became something of a standard in certain circles - in fact, there's a crater on the moon named for this song. (No kidding.) Inexplicably, the song Silence of a Candle has VOCALS. You'll find many other versions of that at emusic and elsewhere - NONE have vocals. Well anyway, this is one of the pivotal records blurring the lines between jazz and world music...at least among classically trained white musicians. Not meaning to put it down. I'm just saying.

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This, a reissue of saxophonist Paul Winter’s finest album, marks a transitional point in his career from jazz to his own brand of contemporary instrumental. But one can simply revel in the lovely melodies, the contemplative sounds, and the tasteful production of George Martin, especially on the justly famous title track by Ralph Towner. – William Ruhlmann