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Oregon set lists .
This is our attempt to create a database of all known Oregon set lists from recorded concerts ,since none seems to be available on the net. I have become extremely frustrated trying to compile Oregon setlists as,unlike many other groups , there has been no repository of sets available on the web .
So this small list is now here for all you Oregon collectors to use .Hopefully some of you will contribute your knowledge to build this base so it becomes more comprehensive.
This page is a tribute to Oregon, the fabulous jazz - world music -fusion quartet which has, over the past 30 years -featured Ralph Towner, Paul McCandless, Colin Walcott, Glen Moore ,Trilok Gurtu and Mark Walker.
Jazz fusion is not an adequate description of Oregons sublime music, which can vary from beautifully melodic pieces that are almost classical in form , to long dark, dangerous improvised numbers that defy classification.Other numbers have a distinctly Indian feel , where sitar and tablas mingle with jazz forms.This is why the Live Oregon experience is probably superior to their studio albums, as each concert is very different ,even if the same pieces are played each night .
If you can contribute towards updating this base , which is by no means complete- or 100% correct, or if you want to trade, please Contact us
Oregon setlists 1972-1979
1972
2-9-72 Free Music Store - WBAI New York NY
- Set 1
- Introduction
- Brujo
- Land of Hearts Desire
- 1 x 12 (Ralph solo)
- Aheer
- Ralph/Paul duo
- Free Piece
- Icarus
- Paul/Glen duo
- Blue in Green
- North Star
- Tabla solo
- Recuerdos
- Free Improvisation
- Spring Is Really Coming
- Canyon Song
1974
3/??/74 Freiburg, Germany SBD CD 2
- Brujo
- Dark Spirit
- ???> Silence of a candle
- Tabla Solo> ???
- Distant Hills
- Improvisation
- Song for a friend
- Aurora
3-15-74 Funkhaus Hannover FM
- Opening
- Brujo
- Dark Spirit
- Distant Hills
- Ravens Wood ( two tracks unidentified-Improvisations ?)
3-19-74 Stuttgart Germany ( With Paul Bley)
- Set 1
- Paul Bley & Glen Moore- Carla
- Paul Bley & Glen Moore- Mister Joy
- Oregon & Paul Bley- Icarus
- Oregon & Paul Bley- Raven's Wood (fade out)
- Ghost Beads
- Canyon Song
- Dark Spirit
- Song For A Friend
- Silence Of A Candle
- Aurora
- Free Improvisation (w P Bley )
- Icarus (w P Bley )
03-21-74 Koln, Germany
- Opening > Brujo
- Tabla Solo >Ghost Beads
- Freeform piece >Deer Path
- Aurora
- Dark Spirit
- Improvisation
- Land of Hearts Desire
- Distant Hills
- Ravens Wood
- Silence of a Candle
9-24-74 S.U.N.Y Binghampton SBD 95 mins
- Rainmaker
- Icarus
- Ghost Beads
- Improvisation
- Ravenswood
- Aurora
- Brujo
- North Star
10-9-74 Free Music Store New York, NY
- Deer Path
- Sail
- Ogden Road
- Ghost Beads
- Dark Spirit
- Tide Pool
- (free improvisation)
- Rainmaker
1975
2-7-75 The Great Southeast Music Hall Atlanta GA AUD
- Imaginary Movie Theme (George Schultz)
- Brujo
- Ghost Beads
- Fond Libre (I think)
- Ravens Wood
- Improvisation #1
- Collin's Remarks
- Aurora
- Rainmaker
- The Silence of a Candle
- Undertow
- Solstice
- Improvisation #2
- Canyon Song
3-?-75 S.U.N.Y Binghampton SBD
- Rainmaker
- Icarus
- Ghost Dance
- Space
- Raven's Wood
- Aurora
5-10-75
Timeless
5-30-75 Worcester MA 62 min ( early )
- Tide Pool
- Summer Solstice
- Drifting Pebbles
- Improvisation
- Free Piece
- Drums >Witchi-Tai-To.
5-28-75 Molde TV 45
- ?
- Witchi Tai To (minor speed problems )
- Yet To Be
- ?
- ?
Quality fluctuates and some interference on the copy I have heard .
1976
1-18-76 (Unknown Venue) Chicago, IL FM 68:30
Broadcast has some distortion problems on some instruments .
- Witchi-Tai-To 10:52
- Brujo 7:52
- Cloud Dance 23:44
- Rainmaker 10:30
- (unidentified) 9:26
- Yet To Be 6:03 (fade out before end)
10-12-76 Cleveland Ohio FM, 45m
- Timeless
- Summer Solstice>Improvisation
- Nimbus
- Rainmaker
12-9-76 Erica’s New Haven
- Opening
- Grazing Dreams
- Rainmaker
- North Star
- Free Improvisation >
- Sail >
- Nightglider
- Interstate
1977
1-12-77 Space De Cardinal Paris
- Ghost Beads>Free Piece>Yellow Bell
- Opening (incomplete)
- Witchi-Tai-To
1-16-77 Vienna Austria FM
- Ghost Dance
- Silence Of A Candle
- Free Piece >Along The Way
- Yellow Bell
- Yet To Be
1978
2-24-25-78 Rosie’s New Orleans . SBD 60 mins
- Opening > Icarus > Free Piece
- Yellow Bell
- Ravenswood
- Witchi Tai To
3-16-78 Toledo Ohio Aud
- Waterwheel >
- Improvisation >
- Turn
- Timeless >
- Improvisation >
- Dance To The Morning Star >
- Yet To Be
10-25-78 Seattle, WA SBD
- Along the Way
- Witchi-Tai-To
11-10-78 The Back Door - Late Show CSU San Diego , Ca Aud
- Canyon Song
- Buzzbox > Junebug
- Sitar solo >????
- Bass clarinet / bass duet
- Improvisation
- Along The Way
1978 Hill Auditorium Ann Arbor
- Longing, So Long >
- Improvisation >
- Vessel
- Grazing Dreams
- Ravens Wood >
- Improvisation
- Distant Hills
1979
3-31-79 The Modern Theater Boston, Mass. U.S.A. Aud
Early (91 mins )
- June bug > improvisation >
- House of wax >
- Icarus
- Gloria's step
- Paul/collin duet (mccandless/walcott)
- Along the way >
- Improvisation >
- interstate
- Silence of a candle
Late (88 mins)
- Nimbus
- Waterwheel >
- Improvisation >
- Fall 77
- Moon and Mind
- At the hawk's well
- Yet to be
- Deer path
5-02-79 Royce Hall, Los Angeles, CA
- Waterwheel
- House Of Wax >
- Improvisation >
- North Star
- Ralph & Collin Duet
- Ogden Road
5-06-79 Sherwood Hall La Jolla, CA
- Improvisation
- Augden Road
- No Title At Time Of Performance (Glen Moore piece)
- Gloria's Steps (Scott Lafaro)
- ??
- Paul Colin Duet
- Yellow Bell
9-22-79 Music Hall East Troy FM
- ?
- Celeste
- ?
- ?
- Roots In The Sky
- Waterwheel
- The Swarm
- At The Hearts Well
- Encore: Hand In Hand