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For over three decades Oregon has inspired audiences in renowned concert halls including Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Berlin Philharmonic Hall, and Vienna’s Mozartsaal; at international jazz clubs and major festivals such as Montreux, Pori, Berlin, Montreal, and Newport Jazz; and on tours throughout the U.S., Canada, Mexico, South America, Eastern and Western Europe, India, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Algeria, and Australia.
Oregon began in 1960 at the University of Oregon with undergraduate students Ralph Towner and Glen Moore, who formed a musical friendship on bass and piano inspired by Bill Evans and Scott LaFaro and later by Brazilian music. Moore earned a degree in history and literature and Towner completed his in composition, taking up guitar in the process. In the mid '60s, they both traveled to Europe. Towner studied classical guitar in Vienna with Karl Scheit; Moore studied classical bass in Copenhagen and sat in with such greats as Ben Webster and Dexter Gordon. By 1969, both were living in New York City, playing with a community of young musicians who formed the great fusion bands of the ‘70s including Weather Report and the Mahavishnu Orchestra.
Music of Another Present Era (Vanguard, 1973)
Distant Hills (Vanguard, 1973)
Winter Light (Vanguard, 1974)
In Concert (Vanguard, 1975)
Together (with Elvin Jones) (Vanguard, 1976)
Friends (Vanguard, 1977)
Violin (with Zbigniew Seifert) (Vanguard, 1978)
Out of the Woods (Elektra, 978)
Moon and Mind (Vanguard, 1979)
Roots in the Sky (Elektra,1979)
In Performance (Elektra, 1980)
Oregon (ECM, 1983)
Crossings (ECM, 1985)
Ecotopia (ECM, 1987)
45th Parallel (CBS/Portrait, 1989)
Always, Never and Forever (Intuition, 1992)
Beyond Words (Chesky, 1995)
Troika (Intuition, 1995)
Northwest Passage (Intuition, 1997)
Music for a Midsummer Night’s Dream (Oregon Music, 1998)
Oregon in Moscow (Intuition, 2000)
Live at Yoshi’s (Intuition, 2002)
Prime (Cam Jazz, 2005)
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