Oregon: Timeless (Friends 1977)

From my personal vinyl's collection.
Oregon is a jazz and world music group, with core members Ralph Towner (guitar, piano, synthesizer, trumpet), Paul McCandless (woodwind instruments), Glen Moore (double bass, violin, piano), and Collin Walcott (percussion, sitar, tabla).
This song is "Timeless" ("Friends", 1977)
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• oregon
• John
• Abercrombie
• timeless
• 1977
• jazz
• world
• ethnic
• mastazza
• rivolution
• altroquando

[NYCBG]

It is 1980. Copenhagen. Oregon are playing at the Montmartre Club. I rush there right after my stupid restaurant gig. As I walk into the club I run right into Towner and Moore!!! Ayyyyyyyyyy! Of course, I had three of their albums with me, so I asked them if they would sign them for me. Ralph said, "Wow,he's actually buying our records!!! " I asked if they still played "Timeless". "No, we haven't in a long time" said Moore.

Second set starts and... the intro to Timeless seeps into my veins. Ah

[BluesdesJours]

john's tmeless album will go down in history as an all time great, like kind of blue for miles

[PianoVideoTips]

This is one of my favorite songs too.

[MsMafster]

I was introduced to Oregon in 1978-79. A kid from the southside of chicago never heard music like this. This album (Friends) still shakes my core

[myrg450]

Timeless is one of my two favorite tunes, the other being the Dixie Dregs's Night Meets Light. In addition to Oregon and Ralph Towner, Gerry Niewood, a flute player, also recorded Timeless.

[ElectricMusicNeed]

sounds like acoustic mahavishnu

[barrett5169]

Nice! Ralph Towner does a version of this on the ECM album 'Solo Concert' from 1980. the original is still my favourite though.

[orangefunk]

@DoubleTakeJazzDuo : yes John Abercrombie on his Timeless ECM release in 1975 I think... Jan Hammer and Jack De Johnette...

Another great version can be heard on a 1976 "ECM Live at the Village Gate" radio broadcast... not publicly available...

[orangefunk]

Beautiful!  I have played this over and over...

[ecmcomichael]

Sitar.