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Monday, December 23, 2024

Paul Horn • Monday, Monday

Paul Horn began playing the piano at the age of four, the clarinet at ten, and the saxophone at twelve. He studied the clarinet and flute at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music in Ohio, earning a bachelor's degree. He gained a master's degree from the Manhattan School of Music. Moving to Los Angeles he played with Chico Hamilton's Quintet from 1956 to 1958 and recorded his debut album Something Blue in 1960. By now an established West Coast session player he played on the Duke Ellington Orchestra's Suite Thursday and worked with Nat King Cole, Tony Bennett and others. In 1970, he moved with his second wife Tryntje and two sons Marlen and Robin from his first marriage to Victoria, British Columbia on Vancouver Island. He formed his own quintet and has recorded film scores for the National Film Board of Canada. He was known for his innovations on both metal and traditional wooden flutes. Best known of his albums are his "Inside" recordings, which feature airy, echoing sounds created in places of spiritual importance. The series began with Horn sneaking a tape recorder into the Taj Mahal during a trip to India in 1968, (released as Inside) where he was with The Beatles at Rishikesh, and continued later with recordings inside the Great Pyramid of Giza, and a return to the Taj Mahal in 1989. Horn later made similar recordings in a cathedral, in the canyons of the Southwestern United States with Native American flautist R. Carlos Nakai, and with Orcas. In 1998 he was able to record within the walls of the Potala Palace in Lhasa, Tibet. Horn was the first westerner to be granted permission to perform inside this massive structure, considered the spiritual nexus of Tibetan Buddhism. Horn returned to Tibet in 2003 to film on the holy Mount Kailash, where he scattered the ashes of his former travelling companion, Buddhist monk Lama Tenzin. While well practiced as a jazz musician, many of his works defy such categorization. As well as the Inside series, he recorded other albums of jazz with musicians from a range of cultures and backgrounds including China and Africa. He lived in British Columbia and the American Southwest. He was married to the Canadian singer and songwriter Ann Mortifee.
https://www.allaboutjazz.com/musicians/paul-horn/

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Paul Horn empezó a tocar el piano a los cuatro años, el clarinete a los diez y el saxofón a los doce. Estudió clarinete y flauta en el Conservatorio de Música de Oberlin (Ohio), donde se licenció. Obtuvo un máster en la Manhattan School of Music. Se trasladó a Los Ángeles, donde tocó con el Quinteto de Chico Hamilton de 1956 a 1958 y grabó su álbum debut Something Blue en 1960. Convertido ya en un músico de sesión consolidado en la Costa Oeste, tocó en la Suite Thursday de la Orquesta de Duke Ellington y trabajó con Nat King Cole, Tony Bennett y otros. En 1970 se trasladó con su segunda esposa, Tryntje, y los dos hijos de su primer matrimonio, Marlen y Robin, a Victoria, en la Columbia Británica, en la isla de Vancouver. Formó su propio quinteto y grabó partituras para el National Film Board de Canadá. Fue conocido por sus innovaciones tanto en flautas de metal como en las tradicionales de madera. Sus álbumes más conocidos son las grabaciones «Inside», con sonidos aéreos y resonantes creados en lugares de importancia espiritual. La serie comenzó con Horn colando una grabadora en el Taj Mahal durante un viaje a la India en 1968 (publicado como Inside), donde estuvo con los Beatles en Rishikesh, y continuó después con grabaciones en el interior de la Gran Pirámide de Giza, y un regreso al Taj Mahal en 1989. Horn realizó grabaciones similares en una catedral, en los cañones del suroeste de Estados Unidos con el flautista nativo americano R. Carlos Nakai, y con Orcas. En 1998 pudo grabar entre los muros del Palacio de Potala, en Lhasa (Tíbet). Horn fue el primer occidental que obtuvo permiso para actuar en el interior de esta enorme estructura, considerada el nexo espiritual del budismo tibetano. Horn regresó al Tíbet en 2003 para rodar en el sagrado monte Kailash, donde esparció las cenizas de su antiguo compañero de viaje, el monje budista Lama Tenzin. Aunque se le conoce bien como músico de jazz, muchas de sus obras desafían tal categorización. Además de la serie Inside, grabó otros álbumes de jazz con músicos de diversas culturas y procedencias, como China y África. Vivió en la Columbia Británica y en el suroeste de Estados Unidos. Estuvo casado con la cantante y compositora canadiense Ann Mortifee.
https://www.allaboutjazz.com/musicians/paul-horn/

Tracks:
A1 - Monday, Monday - 2:21
A2 - Norwegian Wood (The Bird Has Flown) - 3:42
A3 - Acapulco Gold - 1:43
A4 - Girl - 3:10
A5 - Paramahansa - 3:22
B1 - (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction - 2:52
B2 - Karen's World - 3:18
B3 - You've Got Your Troubles - 2:25
B4 - Elusive Butterfly - 1:49
B5 - Guv-Gubi - 2:08
B6 - Eight Miles High - 4:00

Credits:
    Arranged By – Oliver Nelson (tracks: A1, A2, A4 to B1, B3, B4, B6), Paul Horn (tracks: A3, A5, B2, B5)
    Conductor – Oliver Nelson
    Engineer [Recording Engineer] – Dave Hassinger
    Liner Notes – Johnny Magnus
    Photography [Cover Photo] – Robert M. Jones
    Photography [Paul Horn] – Patrick Regan
    Producer – Al Schmitt

Recorded in RCA Victor's Music Center of the World, Hollywood, California.

Label: - RCA Victor – LPM-3613
Released: - 1966
Genre: - Jazz, Pop
Style: - Pop Rock, Easy Listening
https://www.discogs.com/release/2349437-The-Paul-Horn-Quintet-Monday-Monday