Musikrezension | Werke von Paul Winter & Paul Winter Consort

Paul Winter Solo-Alben

Calling (Living Music, 1980)

„Lullaby from the Great Mother Whale for the Baby Seal Pups“ ist ein ruhiger und nicht rhythmischer Song, der aus Winters Sopransaxophon-Solo in Verbindung mit Gitarrenbegleitung, Pad-Akkorden und dem Gemurmel eines Wals besteht.

„Magdalena“ ist eine Fusion mit Bossa Nova-Geschmack, bei der Winters Sopransaxophon-Solo improvisiert.

„Love Swim“ ist eine Ballade mit süßen Instrumenten im New-Age-Stil.

„Blues’ Cathedral“ ist ein New-Age-Meditationslied mit einer vagen Saxophon-Improvisation und Pad-Akkord-Begleitung

„Sea Wolf“ ist ein New-Age-Song mit Folk-Geschmack. Es beginnt mit dem Murmeln von Sea Wolf, dann folgen Gitarren-Arpeggio, Pad-Akkord und Saxophon-Solo.

„Sea Joy“ ist ein mystischer Song mit ethnischem und traditionellem Musikgeschmack, mit Steeldrum, Handclaps und afrikanischen Percussions.

„Dance of the Silkies“ ist ein sanftes und nostalgisches Lied mit schottischem oder irischem Einschlag und einigen Bläserimprovisationen.

„Seal Eyes“ ist ein sanftes und mystisches New-Age-Lied im Folk-Stil mit Sopran- und Tenorsaxophon-Improvisationen und Streicher- und Klavierbegleitung.

Ein hochwertiges New Age Meditationsalbum eines Jazzmusikers.

Sun Singer (Living Music, 1983)

Ein gutes, anspruchsvolles New-Age-Album.

„Sun Singer“ ist ein Track, der nur von Winters Solo gespielt wird.

„Hymn to the Sun“ ist der Coversong von J. S. Bach, der mit Winters Sopransaxophon-Solo und Klavier-Arpeggio eine sehr erfrischende und etwas sentimentale Vertonung ist. Der beste Song des Albums.

„Dolphin Morning“ ist ein verträumter und sanfter New-Age-Song mit Winters mutigem Solo, feinem Piano-Arpeggio und Synthesizer-Pad-Akkorduntermalung.

„Reflections In A Summer Pond“ ist ein trauriger Song mit Winters Solo und der Stimmung und der Komposition, die an „A Remark You Made“ von The Wether Report erinnert. Der spätere Teil „Dancing Particles“ ist ein melancholisches, aber auch leidenschaftliches Stimmungslied.

„Winter’s Dream“ ist eine Pop-Ballade mit sanftem Fusion-Geschmack und Winters sanftem Solo.

„Heaven Within“ ist ein ruhiger und sakraler, langsamer und schöner Song. Winters Saxophon-Solo ist melodisch und spielerisch hervorragend.

„Sun Singer“ ist ein sanftes und leidenschaftliches sowie sentimentales Lied mit einem beeindruckenden Thema. Winters Spiel ist schön und brillant.

Fast alle Songs bestehen nur aus Saxophon(en), Klavier und Synthesizer-Pads, aber so kommt Winters New-Age-Sinn und Sanftheit auf diesem Album zum Vorschein. Eines der besten Alben von Paul Winter.

Canyon (Living Music, 1985)

Dieses Album wurde in einem kleinen Seitencanyon im Grand Canyon aufgenommen und nutzt den natürlichen Hall und die Klanglandschaft der Umgebung.

„Grand Canyon Sunrise“ beginnt mit einer ethnischen Perkussionsschleife. Später kommen ein erfrischendes Sopransaxophon-Solo von Winter und eine Pad-Akkord-Begleitung hinzu.

„Morning Echoes“ besteht aus dem wunderschönen Sopransaxophon von Winter, das wie ein Ruf und eine Antwort synchronisiert wird, mit Vogelstimmen-Samples.

„Bright Angel“ ist ein eleganter, erfrischender und natürlicher Fusion-Song mit Sopransaxophon, Klavier und Percussions.

„River Run“ ist ein mutiges und fröhliches Lied mit ethnischem Geschmack, das die Größe der Natur preist.

„Elves Chasm“ ist ein Lied, das nur aus Winters geschickter und energiegeladener Improvisation und einem Sample von Wassertropfen besteht.

„Air“ ist eine „Aria“ von Bach, die nur von Winters Sopransolo gespielt wird, mit Umgebungsgeräuschen des Grand Canyon.

„Grand Canyon Sunset“ beginnt mit einer Schleife aus rhythmischen Maschinenpercussions, dann folgen leidenschaftliche Alt- und Sopransoli von Winter und eine Akkordbegleitung mit Pads.

Ein New Age Meditationsalbum von einem großartigen und einzigartigen Jazzmusiker. Es gibt Liebe und Lob für die Natur und Gott.

Wintersong (Living Music, 1986)

„Tomorrow Is My Dancing Day“ ist ein traditionelles englisches Lied und ein erfrischender Fusion-Folk-Dance mit einem fröhlichen Arrangement und Winters dynamischer Soloimprovisation.

„Swedish Song“ ist eine helle und sanfte Ballade mit Streicherensemble und Winters Solo.

„The Cherry Tree“ ist ein traditionelles Lied aus den Appalachen, ein nostalgisches und traditionelles Lied mit einem zeitgenössischen dynamischen Arrangement.

„Little One“ ist ein traditionelles Lied aus den Appalachen und ein Folk-Geschmackslied mit Harmonie und sopransaxophonähnlichem Gesang.

„Peasant Revels“ ist ein deutsches und englisches traditionelles Lied mit Sopransaxophon, Streicherensemble und Klavier, das wie ein Cornemuse-Lied klingt.

„Dance Of The Golden Bough“ ist ein italienisches traditionelles Lied, ein sentimentales Lied wie „Green Sleeves“.

„Beautiful Star“ ist ein helles, sanftes, aber auch trauriges Lied mit Volksmusikgeschmack in Moll.

„Wintersong“ ist ein französisches traditionelles Lied und eine sanfte, instrumentale Fusion-Ballade, in der Winters Sopransaxophon-Solo voll zur Geltung kommt.

„Joy“ ist eine Komposition von Bachs „Cantata: Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring“, aber das Arrangement ist fröhliche Latin Fusion.

Ein erfrischendes und sanftes akustisches New-Age-Album, das viele traditionelle Lieder aufnimmt, eignet sich für das tägliche Leben.

Paul Winter Consort

Icarus (Epic, 1972)

„Icarus“ ist das vierte Album des Paul Winter Consort von Epic Records. Zu den Mitgliedern gehören David Darling, Ralph Towner, Collin Walcott, Billy Cobham und so weiter. Sie sind einzigartige Musiker, die New Age und zeitgenössische Merkmale besitzen.

„Icarus“ ist ein berühmtes Lied des Paul Winter Consort und eines der Hauptstücke aus dem Repertoire von Paul Winter, komponiert von Ralph Towner. Das Lied ist hell und erfrischend, assoziiert Sonnenschein und Strand und wird von Winters Sopransaxophon und David Darlings Cellosoli begleitet.

„The Silence of Candle“ ist ein sentimentaler Vokal-Pop-Song.

„Sunwheel“ ist ein nostalgischer und fröhlicher Fusion-Song mit einem großartigen Arrangement, mit Rock-Elementen, einem Clavinet-Solo und Latin-Percussions.

„Jupiter Bear“ ist eine Komposition nach europäischem traditionellem Geschmack mit Gitarre und Sitar und indischen Percussions.

„All Mornings Beings“ ist eine mystische, traditionelle Komposition mit Bläserensemble und Winters beeindruckendem, wunderbarem Solo.

„Chehalis and Other Voices“ ist ein mystisches und seltsames traditionelles und folkloristisches Lied, das aus einem Gitarren-Arpeggio, einem Bläserensemble und Soli und Percussions besteht.

„Minuit“ ist ein optimistischer Folk- und Country-Song mit Gesang.

Ein amerikanisches Jazz-Fusion-Album im Stil der Gegenkultur und des New Age. Die Musik basiert auf Jazz, aber es gibt keine rauchige Stimmung des Jazz. Die Stimmung und der Geschmack dieses Albums lassen sich nicht leicht definieren. Es ist eine einzigartige Musik, bei der Jazz kein Jazz ist und New-Age-Musik nicht nur eine New-Age-Musik ist. Dies ist die Musik von nirgendwo und irgendwo.

Ressourcen und Links

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Paul Winter Solo Albums

Calling (Living Music, 1980)

“Lullaby from the Great Mother Whale for the Baby Seal Pups” is a calm and non rhythm song song is consist of Winter’s soprano saxophone solo associates guitar backing, pad chord and murmurs of a whales.

“Magdalena” is a Bossa Nova taste Fusion features Winter’s smooth soprano saxophone solo improvisation.

“Love Swim” is a New Age taste sweet instruments Ballad.

“Blues’ Cathedral” is a New Age meditation song with a vague saxophone improvisation and pad chord accompaniment

“Sea Wolf” is a Folk taste New Age song. It begins Sea Wolf’s murmurs, then guitar arpeggio, pad chord and saxophone solo follow.

“Sea Joy” is a mystic song has some ethnic and traditional music taste, features steel drum, hand claps and African percussions.

“Dance of the Silkies” is a gentle and nostalgic Scottish or Irish taste song features some wind instruments improvisations.

“Seal Eyes” is a gentle and mystic Folk taste New Age song with soprano and tenor saxophones improvisations and strings and piano accompaniment.

A good quality New Age meditation album by a Jazz musician.

Sun Singer (Living Music, 1983)

A good sophisticated New Age album.

“Sun Singer” is a track only by Winter’s solo.

“Hymn to the Sun” is the cover song of J. S. Bach, which is a very refreshing and bit sentimental arraignment with Winter’s soprano saxophone solo and piano arpeggio. The best song of this album.

“Dolphin Morning” is a dreamy and gentle New Age song with Winter’s brave solo, fine piano arpeggio and synthesizer pad chord backing.

“Reflections In A Summer Pond” is a sorrowful song features Winter’s solo and the mood and the composition associate “A Remark You Made” by the Wether Report. The later part “Dancing Particles” is a melancholic also passionate mood song.

“Winter’s Dream” is a Pop Ballad taste gentle Fusion song features Winter’s smooth solo.

“Heaven Within” is a calm and sacred mood slow beautiful song. Winter’s saxophone solo melody and play are excellent.

“Sun Singer” is a gentle and passionate also sentimental song with the impressive theme. Winter’s play is beautiful and brilliant.

Almost songs are consist of saxophone(s), piano and synthesizer pad only but, so Winter’s New Age sense and gentleness appeared on thins album. One of the greatest album of Paul Winter.

Canyon (Living Music, 1985)

This album was recorded in a small side canyon located in the Grand Canyon, and make use of the natural environmental reverb and soundscape.

“Grand Canyon Sunrise” it begins with ethnic percussion loop. Later part, refreshing Winter’s soprano saxophone solo and pad chord accompaniment taka part in.

“Morning Echoes” is consist of beautiful Winter’s soprano saxophone dubbing like a call and response, with sample(s) of bird(s) singing(s).

“Bright Angel” is an elegant, refreshing and natural Fusion song with soprano saxophone, piano and percussions.

“River Run” is a brave and joyful song ethnic taste Fusion, which praises the greatness of the Nature.

“Elves Chasm” is a song consist of only Winter’s skilful and energy improvisation and sample of water drops.

“Air” is a “Aria” of Bach played only by Winter’s soprano solo with environmental sound of the Grand Canyon.

“Grand Canyon Sunset”, it begins with low tone rhythm machine percussion(s) loop, then passionate Winter’s alto and soprano solos and pad chord accompaniment follow and cross them.

A New Age meditation album by great and unique Jazz musician. There are love and praise for the Nature and God.

Wintersong (Living Music, 1986)

“Tomorrow Is My Dancing Day” is an English traditional song, and Folk Dance taste refreshing Fusion features a joyful arrangement and Winter’s dynamic solo improvisation.

“Swedish Song” is a bright and smooth Ballad song features string ensemble and Winter’s solo.

“The Cherry Tree” is an Appalachian traditional song, a nostalgic and traditional taste song with a contemporary dynamic arrangement.

“Little One” is an Appalachian traditional song and Folk taste song with harmony and soprano saxophone like singing.

“Peasant Revels” is a German and English traditional song like a cornemuse song by soprano saxophone, string ensemble and piano.

“Dance Of The Golden Bough” is an Italian traditional song, a sentimental song like “Green Sleeves”.

“Beautiful Star” is a minor key bright, gentle also sorrowful Folk taste song.

“Wintersong” is a French traditional song, and a smooth Fusion instrumental Ballad features Winter’s soprano saxophone solo entirely.

“Joy” is a composition of Bach “Cantata: Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring”, but the arrangement is joyful Latin Fusion.

A refreshing and smooth acoustic New Age album adopted many traditional songs, is suitable for a daily life.

Paul Winter Consort

Icarus (Epic, 1972)

“Icarus” is the fourth album of Paul Winter Consort from Epic Records. The members include David Darling, Ralph Towner, Collin Walcott, Billy Cobham and so on. They are unique musicians own New Age and contemporary characteristics.

“Icarus” is a famous song of the Paul Winter Consort and one of main repertory of Paul Winter, composed by Ralph Towner. The song is bright and refreshing taste associates a sunshine and a beach, features Winter’s soprano saxophone and David Darling’s cello solos.

“The Silence of Candle” is a sentimental vocal Pop song.

“Sunwheel” is nostalgic and bright Fusion song with a gorgeous arrangement, has elements of Rock, features Clavinet solo and Latin percussions.

“Jupiter Bear” is a song of European traditional taste composition with guitar and sitar plays with Indian Percussions.

“All Mornings Beings” is a mystic traditional taste composition features wind instruments ensemble and Winter’s impressive wonderful solo.

“Chehalis and Other Voices” is a mystic and odd traditional and Folk taste song is consist of guitar arpeggio, wind instruments ensemble and solos and percussions.

“Minuit” is a Folk and Country taste optimistic vocal song.

An American counter culture and New Age taste Jazz Fusion album. The music is based on Jazz, but there’s no smoky mood of Jazz. The mood and taste of this album can’t be defined easily. It’s unique music that Jazz isn’t a Jazz, and New Age music is not only a New Age music. This is the music of nowhere and somewhere.

Resources and Links

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– Post-classical / Neoklassik Artists

Nils Frahm

Nils Frahm is German composer, multi-instrumentalist and music producer, and the greatest and representative musician in the current Post-classical music scene.

He is multi-instrumentalist, and he have many acoustic, electric and electronic instruments, and own a big studio.

His characteristics is composition deeply influenced by Classical Music and using synthesizers and, electronic instruments, electric instruments and multiple instruments. He covers a wide-ranging genres from Classical piano solo and ensemble, to electronic music or experimental music.

His iconic performance is the improvisational performance by Roland JUNO-60 and Fender Rhodes. Also he is also popular in the Electronic music scene and its club and festival scene.

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Max Richter

Max Richter is the representative musician, the leading figure and the pioneer of today’s Post-classical music and the Contemporary Classical scenes. He is German born, British composer, multi-instrumentalist and music producer. He is active from the middle of 90’s, produced and performed various genres and types of music such as studio recording albums, experimental performances, ballet, and many cinema scores and music for television. And a member of the six pianist group, the repertory of the group is Contemporary Classic and Minimal Music, “Piano Circus”.

His characteristics is mixture of the orthodox Classical Music and its way of composition and instruments, and electronic and computer technologies. Especially the string composition with synthesizer pads and sequences, and electronic noises.

Already his compositions were played as “Classical Music” by some pianists.

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Ólafur Arnalds

Ólafur Arnalds is one of representative musicians in today’s Post-classical music scene, is from Mosfellsbær, Iceland and now lives in Reykjavík.

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Jóhann Jóhannsson

Jóhann Jóhannsson is an Icelandic composer, a pioneer and one of representative musician in today’s Post-classical scene. He produced many solo works and music for cinema, play, dance and television from the beginning of 00’s.

His characteristics is Classical also Icelandic and European taste of composition and harmonie, and the mixture of Classical instruments, sythesizers and electronic technologies.

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Hildur Guðnadóttir

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Akira Kosemura

Akira Kosemura is a Japanese composer and music producer born in Tokyo. He was debut by a piano featured Electronica album “It’s On Everything” from Australian Label “someone good” in 2007.
He runs his own label SCHOLE.
Many soundtrack and BGM works. In June 2023, he major debut the English famous traditional classical label DECCA.

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Carlos Cipa

Carlos Cipa is a Münich based composer-pianist. His piano technique and expression is equal to classical concert pianists. He trained classical piano, played drums on various bands and studied composition at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Munich. In 2012, he debut by “The Monarch and the Viceroy” from Denovali Records. He was major debut by “Retronyms” from Warner Classics in 2019.

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Dustin O’Halloran

Dustin O’Halloran is an American composer-pianist born in 1971. He wrote many film scores and TV soundtracks, released five solo albums. O’Halloran major debuted by an EP “Sundoor” from Deutsche Grammophon in 2019, and release the album “Sifur” in 2021.

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A Winged Victory for the Sullen

A Winged Victory for the Sullen is a Post-classical, Ambient and Drone Ambient duo of Dustin O’Halloran and Adam Wiltzie.

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Fabrizio Paterlini

Fabrizio Paterlini is an Italian composer and pianist. He was a bass player of a band, then he became an orthodox composer and pianist.

His characteristics is the composition has a melancholic and sorrowful tone (but there’s slight hope and will), and his simple and stable piano playing has a tender echo. It suggests abandoned streets and cities, and wild fields which dried up in Europe.

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Henning Schmiedt

Henning Schmiedt is Berlin based composer-pianist, born in 1965. His characteristics is the combination of orthodox piano composing and harmony, piano playing deeply influenced by jazz improvisation and sound and recording approaches of new and digital technologies.

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Quentin Sirjacq

Quentin Sirjacq is a French composer, pianist, multi-instrument-player and music producer. He studied He studied piano in earnest and academically at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague (Netherlands). He had been worked with many bands, artists, jazz ensembles, and orchestras, and made many film scores and television BGMs.

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Lubomyr Melnyk

Lubomyr Melnyk born in Ukraine 1948, is mystic Ukrainian composer pianist. His characteristics is the hi-tempo, many touches and perfectly precise virtuoso arpeggio technique. It’s like a weave or a torrent of piano. His music is called “Continuous Piano Music”.

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Hauschka (Volker Bertelmann)

Volker Bertelmann a.k.a. Hauschka is a German pianist-composer. Hauschka is the alias for his original works. Volker Bertelmann is his real name, and the name for making film scores.

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Rachel Grimes

Rachel Grimes is an American pianist and composer. Also she was a member of Post-classical, chamber music and Post-rock ensemble “Rachel’s”.

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Joep Beving

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Sebastian Plano

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Sophie Hutchings

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Federico Albanese

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Anne Müller

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Oskar Schuster

Oskar Schuster is a German composer and artist lives in Berlin. His characteristics is the composing has European fantastic, nostalgic, sweet and melancholic taste, and the mechanical but illusional, pretty and warm arrangement. His music suggests fantasy novels, children’s literature, fantasy tabletop and computer role-playing games and scenery of Europe in medieval times. His musical forms are piano solo, ensemble, Electronica and soundtrack.

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Hideyuki Hashimoto

Hideyuki Hashimoto is Japanese pianist composer who lives in a local city, Kagawa. He released his original piano solo pieces played by himself only. His characteristics in his compositions and recordings, is Japanese oriental and calm taste coexist with a stateless apathetic mood. And it in his piano playings, is simple and minimal number of tones and delicate and gentle touches.

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Piano Praises

Piano Praises is an anonymous piano solo composer-pianist who write songs for praise and worship God and to tell the benefit by Christianity.

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Shida Shahabi

Shida Shahabi is female Iranian root Swedish pianist-composer.

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William Haviland

William Haviland is a British pianist and composer. His characteristic is bright and gentle, Classical and orthodox also modern composition, and clear and bright tone piano play.

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Nunu

Nunu (Nunu Kiefer) is (must be) an enigmatic female composer-pianist lives in Berlin. She released only two piano solo albums only from Schole, the label run by Japanese composer and music producer Akira Kosemura. Her songs are very simple and minimal, melancholic but pure and very precious. I think her compositions and performances are perpetual treasures in the world. But her information doesn’t exist in the internet or books at all…

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Gonzales a.k.a. Chilly Gonzales

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Other Post-classical Artists

Rolo Rossi, J. G. Robinson / Dead the Long Year, Ryan Teague, Starling, jazzD, Eluvium, Bruno Bavota

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Post-classical Piano Solo Masterpieces (EN)

– New Age & Contemporary

George Winston

George Winston was an American pianist and composer born in 1949. He was a pioneer of the contemporary instrumental music and New Age music.

His musical roots are various. The melodic approach he developed, that is called “rural folk piano”. And he is influenced by stride piano and New Orleans Rhythm and Blues. Besides his music and spirit was inspired by the Doors.

He found and established his unique contemporary piano style (neither Classical nor Jazz, as well as Classical and Jazz) by “Autumn”, “Winter into Spring” and “December” were released by Windham Hill.

His chord progressions, harmonies and backings are basic and usual. But his melodies and emotional piano play style are very unique and only one. Sentimental and walling but gentle and relaxing also serious.

His music, especially the albums “Winter into Spring” and “December”, is the most precious, pure, respectable and sweet music in the world, I think.

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Ryuichi Sakamoto

Ryuichi Sakamoto was composer, pianist and music producer from Nakano, Tokyo, Japan. He graduated the master grade of National Tokyo Art University, then he became a session musician. In the activity of the years, he knew Haruomi Hosono and Yukihiro Takahashi, then the suggestion by Hosono, they organized the Yellow Magic Orchestra (YMO). YMO made a big success in Japan and became known to the all around the world. YMO was the pioneer of Synth Pop or Techno Pop equal to Kraftwerk, Devo and Telex. And Sakamoto’s career as the composer begun simultaneously, and his name is known worldwide by sound tracks of “Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence” and “The Last Emperor”. And he appeared as an actor on both movies.

In 1987 he moved to New York. He composed vast amount of motion picture soundtracks, and produced many solo and collaboration works. His works had many genres, tastes and styles from Classical Music especially Impressionist Music as Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel, Crossover, Avantgarde Music, Techno Pop, Dub, Minimal Music, New Wave, Jazz, Ethnic Music (Gamelan, Okinawa Minyo, and Japanese, Chinese, Korean and African Traditional Music), House Music, Hip Hop, Pop Music (J-Pop), Ambient, Bossa Nova, Electronica, Drone to Post-Classical Music. His characteristics was the mixture of them and was put in shape by his sophisticated Classical method and impressive sense of making melodies. He always had been pursued new and eternal music by his passed away. He worked on many art projects, publishing books, political messages and vast amount of activities in media such as television, radio, magazine, art book, art box and the internet.

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Ludovico Einaudi

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Brian Eno Ambient Works

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Roger Eno

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Harold Budd

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Micheal Nyman

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Wim Mertens

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Joe Hisaishi

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Mike Oldfield

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– Minimal Music

Steve Reich

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Philip Glass

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– Jazz / Fusion

Pat Metheny Solo & Collaboration Works

Pat Metheny (1954 – ) is American Jazz Fusion guitarist. The characteristics of his guitar play is orthodox also has no blue and smoky tone of Jazz, and the tone is soft and beautiful because he uses almost only front pickup of hollow body Jazz electric guitar. Also his composition has no blue and smoky taste of Jazz, and is wonderful and mystic, which associates the forests, streets, towns and scenes in Southern and Central US.

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Pat Metheny Group

The Pat Metheny Group was a Jazz Fusion band founded in 1977 by guitarist Pat Metheny and keyboardist Lyle Mays. Other principal members were bassist Steve Rodny, drummer Paul Wertico and Argentine vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Pedro Aznar. The characteristic of Pat Metheny Group, contrast to Pat Metheny solo works, was the taste of a typical American and 80’s or 90’s Fusion with Latin music elements. But the compositions, the plays, the arrangements and the moods of the works were more sophisticated, elegant and pure than other usual Fusion musicians.

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Lyle Mays

Lyle Mays (1953 – 2020) was a Jazz Fusion musician, keyboardist and a core member of the Pat Metheny Group. Equal to Metheny, the musical taste of Mays had no smoky and blue taste of Jazz. It’s wonderful and mystic and was more graceful and calm than Metheny. His characteristics were the elegant and smooth piano play, the iconic lyrical lead tone like flute or pan flute by Roland JX-10 synthesizer and his composition had wonderful and refreshing mood.

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Paul Winter & Paul Winter Consort

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Ralph Towner

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Solo Jazz Piano Albums

Thelonious Monk, Lennie Tristano, Bill Evans, John Coates Jr.

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– Electronic Music / Synth Pop / Krautrock

Jean-Michel Jarre

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– Electronica

Manual

Manual is an alias or a project of a music producer Jonas Munk Jensen from Odense, Denmark.

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Green-House

Green-House is the project of Los Angeles based Environmental and Ambient artist Olive Ardizoni. Her characteristic is natural, peaceful and wonderful mood, but using electric and electronic instruments and technologies.

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Best Classical Recordings
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Best Classical Recordings
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