Premonition (Paul McCandless album)

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Premonition
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Studio album by
Released1992
RecordedOctober–December 1991
Genre New-age, [1] jazz fusion
Label Windham Hill
Producer Paul McCandless, Steve Rodby
Paul McCandless chronology
Heresay
(1988)
Premonition
(1992)

Premonition is an album by the American jazz instrumentalist Paul McCandless, recorded in 1992 for Windham Hill Records. [2] [3]

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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The Washington Post noted that the music falls in "the emotionally evocative but unchallenging territory that lies between new age and fusion." [5] The Gazette determined that "at times the dreaded contemporary beat moves into MoR territory." [6]

Track listing

  1. "Robin" - 3:54
  2. "Punch" - 5:48
  3. "Rainland" - 4:53
  4. "Two Moons" - 5:32
  5. "At First Sight" - 4:36
  6. "Winter Creeper" - 4:56
  7. "Last Bloom" - 3:01
  8. "Rendezvous" - 4:26
  9. "Can't Stop The Wind" - 5:13
  10. "Premonition" - 2:17
  11. "Turning To You" - 5:28
  12. "Robin Reprise" - 1:14
  • Recorded and mixed October - December 1991 at Chicago Recording Co., Chicago, IL, October 1991

Personnel

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References

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  3. Levesque, Roger (18 Nov 1993). "Improv takes jazzman's art to 'high level'". Edmonton Journal. p. C4.
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  5. Zibart, Eve (4 Sep 1992). "Safe Sax". The Washington Post. p. N17.
  6. Hadekel, Peter (30 Jan 1993). "Brazil to Bay of Fundy: jazz inspiration spans world". The Gazette. p. E6.