The 14th album from this US band.
The band was a quartet with a lineup of guitars, drums, tabla, woodwinds and synths.
They were helped out by a female vocalist on one track.
Oregon is one of those jazz bands who crossover to raga and avant-garde prog. They are not a standard jazz band. Neither are they a standard fusion band. They are in fact not a fusion band at all. Not even a jazz- rock band.
Progressive jazz is their label and they given us a lot of very interesting albums. Perhaps not all of them has been good or great. But they have never been dull.
45th Parallel sees the band return more to standard jazz. As standard jazz as Oregon plays, that is.
There is also a lot of raga prog here too and a female vocals tune too.
The music is very melancholic and almost dark. Them music is made by acoustic guitars and woodwinds with some synths inbetween. And that works very good.
The proper song here with female vocals is a jazz tune with some folk rock influences. It is also a good track too.
Oregon has again delivered a fascinating and good album. An album which cement their status in my world as a band I should know better.
3 points
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