Out of the Woods (Oregon album)

Out of the Woods
Studio album by Oregon
Released	April 1978 (1978)
Genre	Jazz
Length	42:37
Label	Elektra
Producer	Oregon
Oregon chronology
Violin (1977) Out of the Woods (1978) Roots in the Sky (1978)

Out of the Woods is a studio album by the American jazz group Oregon released in April 1978. The album peaked at number 17 on the Billboard Jazz Albums chart the same year.^[1]

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
All About Jazz	(very favorable)[3]
AllMusic	[2]

The Bay State Banner wrote that "Oregon's acoustic beauty and mastery of such difficult reed instruments as the English horn and the oboe are impressive, as are the harmonic abilities of guitarist Ralph Towner."^[4]

Track listing

1. "Yellow Bell" (Ralph Towner) – 7:02
2. "Fall 77" (Glen Moore) – 4:26
3. "Reprise" (Ralph Towner) – 1:02
4. "Cane Fields" (Paul McCandless) – 4:35
5. "Dance to the Morning Star" (Collin Walcott) – 5:36
6. "Vision of a Dancer" (Ralph Towner) – 4:03
7. "Story Telling" (Collin Walcott) – 1:03
8. "Waterwheel" (Ralph Towner) – 6:26
9. "Witchi-Tai-To" (Jim Pepper) – 8:24

Personnel

Musicians

• Paul McCandless – bass clarinet, English horn, oboe
• Glen Moore – bass, guitar
• Ralph Towner – flugelhorn, guitar, 12 String guitar, classical guitar, percussion, piano
• Collin Walcott – guitar, percussion, sitar, tabla

Other credits

• Hayward Connor – liner notes
• Ron Coro – design
• Joe Gastwirt – mastering
• David Greene – engineer
• Jesse Henderson – associate engineer
• Johnny Lee – design
• Matt Murray – associate engineer
• Boe Overlock – photography
• David Wilcox – illustrations

Charts

References

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