Classical and 12-string guitars, piano, mellophone . Paul McCandless: Oboe, English horn . Glen Moore: Double bass, piano, flute . Collin Walcott: Sitar, tabla, percussion, piano . Essential Tracklist
Best enjoyed with open-back headphones or a wide-stage 2.0 speaker system to fully appreciate the "Present Era" atmosphere. Oregon Music of Another Present Era 1972 FLAC
Music of Another Present Era remains a high-water mark for acoustic jazz fusion and world music integration. It is an album that demands active listening, rewarding the audience with intricate counterpoint and profound atmospheric depth. The availability of this work in FLAC format Classical and 12-string guitars, piano, mellophone
Recorded in December 1971 and released in 1972 on Vanguard Records, Music of Another Present Era was a statement of intent. The title itself is paradoxical: it is music of another present era, suggesting a future that has already arrived, or a past that never existed. It is folk music from a fictional continent, jazz without swing, classical without an orchestra, and world music before the term was coined. Collin Walcott: Sitar, tabla, percussion, piano
Improvisation and Form: Solos tend to be motivically economical; improvisation privileges thematic development and timbral exploration over virtuoso runs. When a solo unfolds, it usually emerges from a shared motif and expands through intervallic transformations and textural contrasts. Forms are fluid—composed heads segue into collective improvisation and return, creating extended arc forms rather than fixed AABA structures.