Earthbeat by Paul Winter Consort with the Dmitri Pokrovsky Singers
1988 Grammy Nominee
The First Album of Original Music
Created by Americans and Russians Together
This milestone collaboration, recorded in Moscow and New York in 1987, was the first album of original music created by Americans and Russians together. The Consort's western harmonies and Afro-Brazilian rhythms floating over the ancient circle songs and village chants revitalized by the dynamic Russian singers make this into an energetic, reverberating layering of sound.
"Paul's fusion of this 1,000-year old Russian ethnic choral tradition with the personal style of his group is a forceful statement of his belief in the oneness of our earth song." (DAVE BRUBECK)
"For centuries, trained composers have tried rearranging fok music. In this ground-breaking album, Paul Winter does something that may set a new path - of juxtaposing and superimposing different idioms. It may raise eyebrows. I think it's great." (PETE SEEGER)
Tracklist
| 1. | Kurski Funk | 3:31 |
| 2. | The Horse Walked In the Grass | 4:18 |
| 3. | Kyrie | 4:05 |
| 4. | Steambath | 3:41 |
| 5. | Song for the World | 3:29 |
| 6. | Down In Belgorod | 3:03 |
| 7. | The Lake | 4:21 |
| 8. | Epic Song | 3:06 |
| 9. | Green Dreams | 4:01 |
| 10. | Garden of the Earth | 3:49 |
Credits
Produced by: Paul Winter, Oscar Castro-Neves, Ted Levin
THE PAUL WINTER CONSORT
Paul Winter (soprano sax)
Eugen Friesen (cello)
Paul Halley (keyboards)
Oscar Castro-Neves (guitar)
Russ Landau (bass)
Ted Moore (percussion)
Glen Velez (percussion)
(with Neil Clark (percussion) on 'Kyrie' and 'Down in Belgorod')
THE DIMITRI POKROVSKY SINGERS
Dimitri Pokrovsky
Maria Nefedova
Alexander Danilov
Elena Sidorenko
Sergei Zhirkov
Tamara Smyslova
Arthur Partosh Anna Knoukhova
Andrei Kotov
Nina Savistskaya
Dimitri Fokin
Vladimir Teplov
Irina Ponomaryova
Sergei Grigoriev
License
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Paul Winter is a seven-time Grammy-winning saxophonist, whose sextet was the first jazz group to perform at the White House in 1962. His second group, the Paul Winter Consort, interweaves sounds from the natural world with classical and ethnic traditions, and the spontaneous spirit of jazz. Their annual Winter Solstice Celebrations and Earth Mass are among the most popular events in New York.