Biography of Paul Horn (1930-2014)
17.03.1930
Born in New York
Studies flute and clarinet at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music and at the Manhattan School of Music
Flutist of a military band
1956
Member of the Chico Hamilton Quintet in Los Angeles
1964
Wins two grammys for his composition Jazz Suite on the Mass Texts
25.04.1968
Does recordings inside the Taj Mahal in India.
He is said to be one of the inventors of New Age music
29.06.2014
Dies in Vancouver
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CDs with/from Paul Horn
Paul Horn
Paul Horn - Inside (1968)
- Prologue/Inside (03:56:00)
- Mantra/Meditation (02:16:00)
- Mumtaz Mahal (03:21:00)
- Unity (04:30:00)
- Agra (01:37:00)
- Vibrations (01:38:00)
- Akasha (02:50:00)
- Jumna (02:44:00)
- Jumna (02:44:00)
- Seah Jahan (05:36:00)
- Mantra II/Duality (02:22:00)
- Ustad Isa/Mantra III (02:24:00)
Die Aufnahme wurde im Taj Mahal gemacht. Andere Platten von Horn nutzen andere spezielle Raumakustiken wie das Monument Valley.
Literature von/über Paul Horn
- Flöteninstrumente und ihre Baugeschichte - Spielpraxis - Komponisten und ihre Werke - Interpreten1. edition Laaber: Laaber-Verlag,2009. - ISBN: 978-3-89007-545-7
- Westbrook, Peter: The Flute in JazzWindow on World Music2. edition Harmonia Books,2011. - ISBN: 978-0-615-31087-9
Last edit 17.01.2020