Paul Winter pinpoints hearing the sounds of humpback whales as the moment when he became aware of the whole symphony of nature. Soon after, he became fascinated by the songs of wolves. And so began the path he has followed for thirty years, combining his solid experience in the fields of jazz and Brazilian music with the sounds of the creatures and cultures of the whole earth, reawakening the natural resources of harmony and rhythm in his audiences, and bringing his audiences to an awareness of the greater symphony of nature and towards greater environmental responsability.

"Paul Winter inhabits a lone place in the world of music: the place where music meets wilderness. For two decades now he has been exploring sounds of nature and bringing them together with his own world of music. At the same time he has tried ceaselessly to assist in the struggle to preserve threatened places and endangered species of the earth"
(WILDERNESS)

"Winter believes that music is a tool not only to celebrate the vibrant aliveness of other creatures, but also to awaken greater levels of awareness and expressiveness in ourselves"
(SMITHSONIAN MAGAZINE)

CANYON LULLABY

CANYON

EARTH: VOICES OF A PLANET

PRAYER FOR THE WILD THINGS

CANYON LULLABY by Paul Winter
Nominated for a Grammy Award

CANYON LULLABY, Paul Winter's solo album recorded in the Grand Canyon in Surround Sound

Nominated for a Grammy Award, CANYON LULLABY is Paul Winter's long-awaited first solo sax album, and the first Surround Sound album of music recorded in the wilderness.
Lyrical and haunting, CANYON LULLABY showcases Winter's soulful soprano sax within the extraordinary acoustics of the Grand Canyon, among a symphony of wildlife voices.

PRAYER FOR THE WILD THINGS by Paul Winter and the Earth Band
Grammy Award Winner

PRAYER FOR THE WILD THINGS, Grammy Award-winning album of earth music

Commissioned to accompany Bev Doolittle's painting containing images of mammals from the Northern Rockies, PRAYER FOR THE WILD THINGS was conceived as an imaginary journey through a day and night in the Rocky Mountains. Recurring saxophone motifs link vignettes of animals depicted by symphonic instruments and the voices of the creatures themselves. Joining Paul Winter for this recording is the Earth Band, with the voices of twenty-seven mammals and birds, and Native American singing and drumming by Arlie Neskahi and the White Eagle Singers.

EARTH: VOICES OF A PLANET by Paul Winter
Grammy Award Nominee

EARTH: VOICES OF A PLANET, Grammy Award-nominated album of earth music

The recently-discovered basso-rumbles of the African elephant, the mimicry of the Australian lyrebird, a representative instrument and voice from each continent and the music of the Consort together with 18 guest artists are brought together in this celebration commissioned for the 20th anniversary of Earth Day and premiered in Times Square, New York. New compositions in tribute to the seven continents and oceans interweave the sounds of the wilderness musicians and the extended Paul Winter Consort in a far-reaching musical journey.

CANYON by Paul Winter
Grammy Award Nominee

CANYON, Grammy Award-nominated album recorded in the Grand Canyon

Paul Winter, Paul Halley, David Darling and Eugene Friesen, Paul McCandless and Nancy Rumbel, John Clark and Glen Velez respond to the grandeur of the Grand Canyon during four rafting-recording expeditions down the 279-mile length of the Colorado River, improvising in the resonant acoustics of the side-canyons, grottoes and natural amphitheatres, interweaving their music with the voices of the residents of this 'studio in the earth'.

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