2024 Journey with the Sun by Paul Winter NEUF

Tracks:
Caravan at Dawn
First Oasis
Broken Arm
Mountain Wedding
Cave of the Winds
Pas de Deux
Singing To The Mountain
Middle Oasis
Yabu
Green Grass, It Grows Bonny
Last Oasis
Land Of The Pipers
Oror Bubrik

Performer Notes:

• The Earth Band: Paul Winter (soprano saxophone); Arto Tuncboyaciyan (vocals, sazabo, percussion); Eugene Friesen (cello); Davy Spillane (whistle, Uilleann pipes); Paul Halley (keyboards).
• Additional personnel: Mickey Hart, Niamh Parsons (vocals); Zan McLeod (guitar); Damian Draghici (panflute); Jerry OSullivam (Uilleann pipes); Dorothy Papadakos (organ); Jordan Rudess, Jim Beard (keyboards); Eliot Wadopian (bass); Vardan Grigoryan (zurna).
• Recorded at the Cathedral of St. John The Divine, New York, New York. Includes liner notes by Paul Winter.
• JOURNEY WITH THE SUN was nominated for the 2001 Grammy Award for Best World Music Album.
• Personnel: Paul Winter (soprano saxophone); Arto Tuncboyaciyan (vocals, percussion); Niamh Parsons (vocals); Zan McLeod (guitar); Eugene Friesen (cello); Damian (pan flute, panpipes); Davy Spillane, Jerry OSullivan (Uilleann pipe); Vardan Grigoryan (zurna); Dixon Van Winkle (recorder); Jim Beard, Jordan Rudess, Paul Halley (keyboards).
• Audio Mixer: Dixon Van Winkle.
• Recording information: Dixon Van Winkle, Cathedral of St. John the Devine, New (1999).
• Unknown Contributor Role: Mickey Hart.
• JOURNEY WITH THE SUN invokes a plethora of musical styles. From Turkey to Ireland, West Africa to Romania, Armenia to The United States, this album contains musical spices from many different countries.
• Long time Earth Band members Paul Halley (piano) and Eugene Friesen (cello) offer familiar atmospherics. However, Mickey Hart (Grateful Dead drummer) and Davy Spillane (Riverdance uilleann piper) add new color to the bands sound. Harts percussive acumen and Spillanes piping skills are especially effective on the Celtic pieces "Last Oasis" and "Land of the Pipers." Nonetheless, the albums brightest star is singer and percussionist Arto Tuncboyaciyan. Using a polyglot of languages, Tuncboyaciyan soliloquizes beautifully over the euphoric "Caravan of Dawn" and the mournful "Oror Bubrik." Paul Winters own soprano saxophone adds further dimension to this music. His playing on "Mountain Wedding" is particularly inspired in its mixing of Balkan folk music with light jazz. Overall, JOURNEY WITH THE SUN is more than just a cultural experiment; it encourages listeners to contemplate music from a deeper, more universal perspective.

Producer: Dixon VanWinkle, Paul Winter

Format: CD (1 Disc); Stereo

Country: USA

Studio/Live: Studio

Guest Artist: Mickey Hart; Eugene Friesen; Jordan Rudes; Paul Halley; Arto Tuncboyaciyan; Davy Spillane

Release Date: 4 April, 2006

Label: Living Music