Title: Better than ever
Product review: I've followed Oregon's career from the beginning, and though one might guess that after thirty-five years (and with three of the original members still present), the band might have lost its edge, 'tain't so. Oregon's brand of jazz is timeless. Ralph Towner's guitar and keyboard work are as fluent as ever, Paul McCandless's reed improvisations are endlessly inventive, Glen Moore's imaginative bass lines provide far, far more than just support, and the propulsive drums and percussion of Mark Walker (the "newer kid" in the group) makes the rhythm sizzle and simmer as needed. The compositions, most of them Towner's (with a few gems by Moore), are all compelling and offer a wide range of melodies and rhythms in which the band can work its magic. The sound engineering equals the performances, and the vitality and presence is astonishing. A real triumph that makes me look forward to the *next* thirty-five years.
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