The Paul Horn Quintet – Here’s That Rainy Day (1966/2016) [Official Digital Download 24bit/192kHz]

The Paul Horn Quintet – Here’s That Rainy Day (1966/2016)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 31:39 minutes | 1,18 GB | Genre: Jazz, Easy Listening
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © RCA – Legacy

When one evaluates Paul Horn’s career, it is as if he were two people, pre- and post-1967. In his early days, Horn was an excellent cool-toned altoist and flutist, while later he became a new age flutist whose music is often best used as background music for meditation. Horn started on piano when he was four and switched to alto at the age of 12. After a stint with the Sauter-Finegan Orchestra on tenor, Horn was Buddy Collette’s replacement with the popular Chico Hamilton Quintet (1956-1958), playing alto, flute, and clarinet. He became a studio musician in Los Angeles, but also found time during 1957-1966 to record cool jazz albums for Dot (later reissued on Impulse), World Pacific, Hi Fi Jazz, Columbia, and RCA, and he participated in a memorable live session with Cal Tjader in 1959. In addition, in 1964, Horn recorded one of the first Jazz Masses, utilizing an orchestra arranged by Lalo Schifrin.

In 1967, the second part of Paul Horn’s career began; he studied transcendental meditation in India and became a teacher. The following year, he recorded unaccompanied flute solos at the Taj Mahal (where he enjoyed interacting with the echoes), and went on to record in the Great Pyramid, tour China (1979) and the Soviet Union, record using the sounds of killer whales as “accompaniment,” and found his own label Golden Flute. –Artist Biography by Scott Yanow

Tracklist:
01. The Paul Horn Quintet – Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me) (02:38)
02. The Paul Horn Quintet – Here’s That Rainy Day (02:22)
03. The Paul Horn Quintet – How Insensitive (Insensatez) (02:47)
04. The Paul Horn Quintet – The Shadow of Your Smile (Love Theme from ‘The Sandpiper’) (03:18)
05. The Paul Horn Quintet – In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning (03:56)
06. The Paul Horn Quintet – Girl Talk (03:14)
07. The Paul Horn Quintet – Moment to Moment (01:55)
08. The Paul Horn Quintet – Ecstasy (04:41)
09. The Paul Horn Quintet – Laura (03:19)
10. The Paul Horn Quintet – On a Clear Day (You Can See Forever) (03:23)

Personnel:
Paul Horn – alto flute, flute, bass flute, clarinet
Lynn Blessing – vibraphone
Mike Lang – piano
Bill Plummer – bass
Bill Goodwin – drums
Unidentified choir arranged and conducted by Ralph Carmichael

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