Icarus - Oregon (Ralph Towner, composer)

[@Gregorypeckory]

Some of the most beautiful and unique small group performances I ever saw were Oregon shows; always an incredible experience!

[@nealklein3181]

Some music I feel in my body. It takes me to a place where I am transformed. Every time. An enchanted journey.❤

[@jake5320]

During half of a cenntury,their music is glittering on.

[@garylehrer7610]

I saw them around the same time at UCSB. I met Ralph Towner after the show and he is the nicest person you would ever hope to meet. Quite an experience.

[@stratoleft]

People are sure lucky they have access to videos like this. Like I've mentioned many times, when I first heard of Ralph Towner, I didn't have any concept of how a guitar could be approached that way, or sound like he makes it sound. Nobody makes these beautiful chords and changes like that. You have to think and hear things that nobody else, no composer in music history, has ever thought of. And then, to actually do it?!

[@richpelto248]

I saw them at The Hole Coffee House in Minneapolis many years ago. What a wonderful experience ❤

[@nicholasurfe9568]

Icarus by Paul Winter Consort is the best record i've ever heard

[@if6was929]

I moved to Colorado in '81 so that I could take classes at the Naropa Institute in Boulder. Summer courses included a class taught by Ralph Towner but that particular summer John Abercrombie subbed for him. John was a good teacher and I greatly value what I learned from him but I will always be disappointed that I didn't get to learn from Ralph.

[@protrudamus]

I think having John Abercrombie as a substitute instructor is pretty damn good! 🙂

[@yelapa999]

First saw the original incarnation of this band on a stage no bigger than two shipping pallets at a sweet little neighborhood tavern in SE Portland called "The Hobbit." Long live The Hobbit!

[@parkmontsouris4381]

On atteint ici de telles hauteurs strastosphériques... Ça s'appelle le Paradis / You can call this Paradise, not less than that.

[@oregoncoastbeaches7855]

OMG....this is the town where I was born!!!! Had heard somewhere they seemed to gravitate towards this place. Met Ralph the second time in Lincoln City here in Oregon back in 2010, Glen's old home town. Whoa.....

[@darrylperry706]

I saw Oregon in 1978 at the Punch and Judy Theater in Grosse Pointe, just outside of Detroit. Mind blowing experience for a teenage Bass player!! This stuff was next level, Brilliant!!

[@rwearing1754]

Tremendous place to see them. Too bad it's now an office center for rich lawyers. LOL

[@darrylperry706]

@@rwearing1754 It was tremendous! You're right, too bad it's gone now. I'm glad someone else recalls that venue. A lot of that type of music went to Ann Arbor and is still presented there quite a bit at Hill Auditorium and other venues nearby. Oregon, still one of my favorite and inspirational Bands.

[@eottoe2001]

When I heard them in 1978 I thought they were revolutionary.

[@darrylperry706]

@@eottoe2001 same here my friend! Before they came onstage, I noticed there was no drum kit and wondered, how can Tabla drums fill in the percussion. Little did I know, It was VERY rhythmic and inspirational and gave my and my young musician pals(We were all in our teens) here in Detroit a new perspective on music!!

[@washingtonroad6738]

OMG. My now deceased friend, Jim Whitcomb, turned me onto Oregon in that time frame. I bet he was there. Oregon is so special to me.

[@martymetcalf]

I was just sight reading this song from the Real Book and now here it is in all it’s glory. Love. I wish I could have been there.

[@darrylperry706]

For me, an 18 year old musician in the late 70's, to see them Live was incredible!

[@edgardomartinez9732]

Desde algun lugar de las orillas del espacio cósmico contemplando la imposible pero real posibilidad de ver con sonidos... aquello intangible e inefable...

[@TheAnnaFisher]

Thank you so much, one of my greatest influences! ❤

[@chromabotia]

Thanks for posting, this is great to see and hear!

[@sullivan2339]

Mr Towner- do you remember performing at AMAZINGRACE in Evanston IL? Many remember you on their FB page!

[@sadredinesmaily8283]

Cool, men so live and full of spirit

[@yadgar1969]

American Synthesist Larry "Synergy" Fast covered this piece on his 1976 "Sequencer" album!

[@franbanish]

Yes!

[@markusmilianmuller]

What a beautiful performance of this tune. Will there be more footage from that era?

[@matmentzing1806]

Was this in Freiburg? looks like...