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Release Date: 26-10-1998
Label: Celestial Harmonies
Catalog Number: 11086-2
Barcode: 13711108620
Musical Style: Meditation
Track Listing:
| Disc 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Traveler [05:14] | 7 | Soul Travel [07:50] |
| 2 | Astral Travel [05:30] | 8 | Earth Song [04:02] |
| 3 | Journey [04:46] | 9 | Voyager I [02:01] |
| 4 | Time Travel / Cantiones Duarum Vocum [01:38] | 10 | Voyager II [03:17] |
| 5 | Mini Voyage [02:04] | 11 | Voyager IV [01:46] |
| 6 | Metropolis [05:23] | 12 | Transitions/Voyager III/Feelin' Good [09:37] |
Description:
Traveler, nominated for 1987's Best New Age Grammy® award, incorporates virtually all of flutist Paul Horn's personal experiences and musical styles - his travels to Europe, India, China, Russia and Egypt and his continuing interest in jazz, classical, pop, new age and world music. Drawing from traditions of many cultures and musical periods, Traveler bridges time and distance with the language of music. Instrumentation on Traveler includes sitar and tablas from India, a European string quartet, a Chinese bamboo flute, members of the San Francisco Boys' Choir and ancient instruments blended with synthesizers. On Traveler, Horn improvises contemporary music on flute and saxophone. Horn and co-composer/arranger, Christopher Hedge, also showcase a classical piece composed by Orlando de Lassus in the 15th century. Metropolis features the fast-paced sounds of urban traffic, while Astral Travel and Soul Travel are extended meditative pieces. In addition to the entirety of Traveler, this release includes four bonus tracks selected from Horn's 1983 album, Jupiter 3. We journey externally from country to country,' said Horn, 'reflecting the continual merging of world cultures. We travel in historical time, from the present to the distant past. As well, we travel inwardly, through the music of meditation.'
Biography:
A classically trained flautist, Paul Horn played jazz with Chico Hamilton, served as a top studio musician in Los Angeles and recorded with his own quintet in the early 1960s. During that time, he won two Grammy® Awards for his Jazz Suite On The Mass Texts. Increasing dissatisfaction with the Hollywood lifestyle led Horn to India on his search for alternatives, where he studied meditation and began to explore other ways of playing his instrument. The success of his intuitive and contemplative improvisations on Inside the Taj Mahal proved that audiences were ready for a new approach and opened the door to a series of recordings inside acoustic and architectural wonders around the world, including Inside the Great Pyramid and Inside the Cathedral. Both Horn's cross–cultural collaborations and his highly refined works for more conventional Western ensembles have garnered much critical acclaim.
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