LATEST RELEASES from Paul Winter's World of Living Music
MOST RECENT RELEASES
CRESTONE: A CELEBRATION OF THE WORLD OF CRESTONE by the Paul Winter Consort
CRESTONE , Living Music's latest offering, was released on 25 September 2007 and celebrates the world of Crestone (The Sangre de Cristo Mountains, Great Sand Dunes, and San Luis Valley of Southern Colorado).
The Consort includes Paul Winter, soprano sax; Paul McCandless, oboe and bass clarinet; Eugene Friesen, cello; Glen Velez, percussion; Don Grusin, keyboard; Koji Nakamura, Japanese taiko drum; Peter May, conch shells; and Richard Cooke, voice.
SILVER SOLSTICE by Paul Winter and Friends Grammy Award Winner in February 2006
SILVER SOLSTICE by Paul Winter and Friends commemorates Paul Winter's 25th annual Winter Solstice Celebration at New York's Cathedral of St. John the Divine. Winner of the Grammy Award as Best New Age Album in February 2006, this box set plus a DVD-Audio disc in 5.1 Surround Sound contains 140 minutes of music, including 10 bonus tracks, and features 9 special guests.
SOLSTICE GEMS by The Paul Winter Consort with Special Guests
SOLSTICE GEMS is the limited-edition double-CD presenting highlights from 20 years of Paul Winter's Winter Solstice Celebrations.
The double album features the Paul Winter Consort and their special
guests Theresa Thomason, Pete Seeger, Susan Osborn,
Davy Spillane, Noirin Ni Riain,
Mickey Hart, Kecia Lewis-Evans, Luciana Souza, Oscar
Castro-Neves, and the Dmitri Pokrovsky Ensemble.
JOURNEY WITH THE SUN by Paul Winter and the Earth Band Nominated for a Grammy Award in the World Music Category in January 2001
Adventures of a caravan of world musicians, recorded in the great space of the world's largest Gothic cathedral- this is Living Music's latest release, JOURNEY WITH THE SUN, nominated for a Grammy Award in 2001. Paul Winter presents his new Earth Band, featuring the great Irish piper, Davy Spillane (of 'Riverdance'), legendary Armenian vocalist and percussionist Arto Tuncboyaciyan, cellist Eugene Friesen and keyboardist Paul Halley (long-time members of the Paul Winter Consort) along with special guest Mickey Hart (of the Grateful Dead) playing his new instrument, RAMU (Random Access Music Universe), and a caravan of 9 other world musicians, on a journey of new musical adventures born of Winter's renowned annual Solstice Celebrations.
EVERY DAY IS A NEW LIFE by Arto Tuncboyaciyan
The US debut by legendary Armenian musician, Arto Tuncboyaciyan. Arto sings, accompanying himself on the traditional 6-stringed sazebo, solos on the traditional double-reed duduk, and plays percussion. He has arranged 11 original compositions of a dynamic world music experience with his ensemble of ten players.
OTHER RECENT RELEASES
CELTIC SOLSTICE
GRAMMY WINNER
Winner in February 2000 of a Grammy Award as Best New Age Album,
CELTIC SOLSTICE is a rich and innovative album born from the creative interplay
of Irish and American musicians in a contemporary celebration of the Summer
Solstice and the longest day of the year, featuring renowned Uilleann piper
Davy Spillane, fiddler Eileen Ivers, vocalist Karan Casey, whistle-player
and flutist Joanie Madden, piper Jerry O'Sullivan, and members of the Paul
Winter Consort Paul Halley and Jamey Haddad, amongst others.
GREATEST HITS
Saxophonist, composer and bandleader, explorer of the world's
musical traditions, and founder of Living Music, Paul Winter has created
an award-winning body of work that transcends categories, Now, for the first
time, the milestones of his musical journey are gathered in one collection.
The double CD set includes six new tracks, and the US version includes a
journey into The World of Living Music, narrated by Paul on CD-ROM.