PAUL WINTER CONSORT

 

 

That Paul Winter should play the saxophone is not mere chance.
His father’s cousins were members of a famous vaudeville troupe
in the late 19th century, “The Musical Moses”, and are reported
to be among the first musicians to ever play the saxophone in
this country.

Paul, who plays soprano and alto sax, was brought up on
classical piano. While at Northwestern University, his Sextet won
First Prize at the 1961 Intercollegiate Jazz Festival. Perhaps a more
significant reward for their efforts was a contract with Columbia
Records awarded by one of the judges (and last year’s Berklee
Commencement speaker), John Hammond.

After living in Brazil for 11 months in 1964 and 1965, Paul
“began to develop a vision of a very different kind of instrumental
group — one which would embrace the voices and idioms I had
found most meaningful in all my experiences with jazz, symphonic
music, and the ethnic music of the countries I visited.” In 196%; the
first Paul Winter Consort emerged with cello, classical guitér, alto
flute, English horn, sax, bass and percussion. It was “concerned
with achieving an organic blend of improvising and ensemble
playing.”

Today, the Winter Consort is creating an original music using an
amalgam of rock and symphonic instruments. They have appeared
at the White House, the recent Inaugural Concerts at the Kennedy
Center, and at various environmental benefits in the United States
and Japan.

 

 

Personnel

Paul Winter Alto, Soprano Sax
David Darling Acoustic, Electric Cello
Tigger Benford Tabla, Tarang, Percussion ;
Robert Chappell Keyboards
Jeff Van Nostrand Fender Bass

This concert partially supported by funds from Tte

New England Touring Program, The Massachusetts

Council On The Arts And Humanities, and The
National Endowment For The Arts.