In a message dated 4/18/02 3:28:02 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >Fred wrote: > >>Some of my best friends are oboe players, including the great master >Paul >McCandless. Now, *there's* an oboe player! > >I am a really big fan of Paul McC and Oregon. I started playing oboe after >listening to their music, and I still enjoy very much playing my "bitchy >oboe". I met Paul a couple of years ago, after a gig of the Oregon European >Tour. He was very kind and promised to send me a few scores of his compositions. >I sent him an E-mail or two, and his wife Robin replied that Paul was very >busy, and that maybe later on he would have sent the scores I asked him. >Unfortunately, he never found the time to reply. So, Fred, please greet >your friend from me and tell him he is one of the best musicians I ever >had the honour to see live!!! > >Mario (from Italy)
Mario, you should try Paul again. Speaking for myself, it sometimes takes me along time, even literally years (I'm embarrassed to say) to answer all the re quests I get, but I eventually get around to it. Paul has graced a couple of my own albums on oboe, English horn, and soprano sax. His musicality is supreme. Have you checked out the most recent Oregon albums, Oregon in Moscow (with symphony orchestra) and Northwest Passage? I think they're two of their best ever. Sublime music of the highest order. Fred (from the U.S.)
