Paul McCandless: Biography

• Overview
• Discography
• Biography
• Related Artists

• Orison
• Metamora
• Schönerz & Scott
• Paul Halley
• Nightnoise

• Jazz
• Fusion
• Paul Winter

• Stein & Walder

• Kit Walker
• Ensemble Ainulindale
• Andrea Pellegrini

• Carla Bley
• Spencer Brewer

• Oregon

• David Darling
• Glen Moore
• Ralph Towner
• Michael Manring
• Collin Walcott
• Glen Velez

Born:

Mar 24, 1947 in Indiana, PA

Genres:

Music, Jazz Music, Fusion Jazz Music, Classical Music

Decades Active:

1960's|1970's|1980's|1990's|2000's

Artistic Quality

Medium

Cultural Impact

Medium

Popularity

Low

Ratings Guide

A talented multi-instrumentalist, Paul McCandless is best-known for his longtime association with Oregon and for the floating and meditative sounds that he achieves out of his unusual combination of instruments. McCandless played in Paul Winter's band the Winter Consort (1968-1973) and then (with Ralph Towner, Glen Moore, and Collin Walcott) he left the group to form Oregon. McCandless is primarily associated with Oregon (which was operating on a part-time basis in the 1990s), although he has also played and recorded with Gallery and Eberhard Weber and has led sessions of his own for Elektra, Landslide, and Windham Hill.

- Scott Yanow, All Music Guide