Ecotopia
Studio album by
Oregon
Released1987
RecordedMarch 1987
StudioTonstudio Bauer
Ludwigsburg, W. Germany
Genre
Length48:22
LabelECM 1354
ProducerManfred Eicher
Oregon chronology
Crossing
(1984)		 Ecotopia
(1987)		 45th Parallel
(1988)

Ecotopia is an album by jazz fusion band Oregon recorded in March 1987 and released on ECM later that year. The quartet consists reed player Paul McCandless, guitarist Ralph Towner, bassist Glen Moore, and percussionist Trilok Gurtu—replacing Collin Walcott following his accidental death.[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[3]

The AllMusic review by Thom Jurek states, "there is no excuse for this waste of studio time and Manfred Eicher's energy. It is no wonder that he began the ECM New Series a few years before, given the junk churned out by some of label's stable between 1983 and 1988, and this record is a stellar example. Simply put, this is a trite, new age piece of dreck slopped out by a group of musicians whose combined creativity should always take them to stellar heights. There are no redeeming tracks on this disc, and few redeeming moments."[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Ralph Towner except as indicated
  1. "Twice Around the Sun" – 10:31
  2. "Innocente" – 6:24
  3. "WBAI" (Trilok Gurtu, Paul McCandless, Glen Moore, Ralph Towner) – 2:02
  4. "Zephyr" – 5:55
  5. "Ecotopia" – 5:06
  6. "Leather Cats" (Glen Moore, Samantha Moore) – 7:39
  7. "ReDial" – 5:59
  8. "Song of the Morrow" (Collin Walcott) – 5:16

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ ECM discography Archived 2013-02-05 at the Wayback Machine accessed September 28, 2011
  2. 1 2 Jurek, T. Allmusic Review accessed September 28, 2011
  3. ↑ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1099. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
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