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Oregon

For over three decades OREGON has inspired audiences in renowned concert halls including Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Berlin Philharmonic Hall, and Vienna’s Mozartsaal; at international jazz clubs and major festivals such as Montreux, Pori, Berlin, Montreal, and Newport Jazz; and on tours throughout the U.S., Canada, Mexico, South America, Eastern and Western Europe, India, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Algeria, and Australia. OREGON began in 1960 at the University of Oregon with undergraduate students Ralph Towner and Glen Moore who formed a musical friendship on bass and piano inspired by Bill Evans and Scott LaFaro and later by Brazilian music

Rahul Mukerji: Mridhangit

by Maciej Stasiowski
May 31, 2026

Mridhangit is a portmanteau of the instrument mridangam, employed extensively on the new record by Rahul Mukerji, and the Hindi word for song or music (git/geet). First ignited on the artist's 2017 release Ma De Re Sha (Self Produced, 2017), the project has solidified into a recognisable signature: guitar-led instrumentals anchored in Indian percussive rhythms, shaped ...

Mike Murray Sounds

Born: September 19, 1965

Elements of jazz, rock, noise, microtonal and various world traditions have all made their way into the music of Mike Murray. Whether involved in original composition, free improvisation, the great American songbook or somewhere in between he is always pushing to explore new territory.

Mike is a graduate of the Berklee College of Music having received a degree in jazz composition while studying guitar with Jon Damien. He has also received a masters degree in jazz studies from the New England Conservatory having studied with Jimmy Giuffre, George Russell, Mick Goodrick and Dominique Eade

Vadim Neselovskyi: The Beauty Of Music And The Scourge Of War

by Frank Housh
February 18, 2026

Ukrainian-born, Brooklyn-based pianist and composer Vadim Neselovskyi's art emerged from a fairly traditional path. He was classically trained at conservatories in his native Odessa and Germany, then received a scholarship to Berklee School of Music where he developed a distinct, sophisticated style that bridges jazz and classical music. His compositions have been performed by Randy Brecker, Antonio ...

Ralph Towner (RIP), Brandon Sanders, and Anat Fort

by Jerome Wilson
February 11, 2026

This episode features the music of the recently deceased Ralph Towner. It also includes the work of Anat Fort, Sarah Jane Morris, Brandon Sanders, and Amancio D'Silva.Playlist Henry Threadgill Sextett “I Can't Wait Till I Get Home" from The Complete Novus & Columbia Recordings of Henry Threadgill & Air (Mosiac) 00:00 Dizzy Gillespie “You ...

Ralph Towner: Unconcerned With What Genre His Music Is Labeled

by Jim Trageser
January 29, 2026

This interview was originally published in San Diego Troubadour magazine in the March, 2017 edition. You'll excuse Ralph Towner if he's not particularly interested in debates over genres and how to define them. The guitarist grew up playing swing jazz on trumpet, then studied classical piano in college, discovered guitar at age ...

Ralph Towner: The Accidental Guitarist

by Mario Calvitti
January 20, 2026

This article was first published on All About Jazz on May 16, 2017. Ralph Towner is a rather atypical figure in the vast world of jazz guitar. His instruments of choice are the classical guitar, which when he started, in the '60s, was played almost exclusively by guitarists related to Brazilian music like Charlie ...

Ralph Towner, 1940-2026

January 20, 2026

Ralph Towner, guitarist of unique sensibility, writer of highly original compositions, and an ECM artist for more than fifty years, has died, aged 85. Towner, who once described himself as an improvising “raconteur of the abstract” was born into a musical family in the small town of Chehalis, Washington. He started playing music at the age ...

John Hadfield: An Open Concept

by Katchie Cartwright
November 26, 2025

John Hadfield's sound is instantly recognizable, due in part to his unique drum kit, which reflects the musics he has studied and with which he continues to engage. Hadfield's formal degrees are in jazz (University of Nevada, Las Vegas) and Western classical music (University of Missouri, Kansas City), but he also studied frame drumming and world ...

Due esempi italiani di world jazz da camera

by Mario Calvitti
October 28, 2025

Tra i tanti meriti ascrivibili al gruppo degli Oregon rientra sicuramente anche quello di aver fatto da modello per un tipo specifico di ensemble cameristico caratterizzato dall'uso di strumenti quasi esclusivamente acustici e dal proporre una musica in cui si fondono elementi classici, jazz, world e folk in un mix di composizione e improvvisazione. Da allora ...