Grammy Award-Winning Paul Winter Brings Consort To South Britain Coffee House, Tuesday

SOUTH BRITAIN — The Gate House Coffee House will present Grammy Award-winner Paul Winter Consort in a free outdoor concert on Tuesday, July 23, from 6:30 to 8:30 pm. The Coffee House is on Route 172 on the grounds of Southbury Training School, three miles north of I-84 Exit 14. For information call 586-2144.

In case of rain, the concert will be held under the pavilion; signs will be posted to the rain location.

Paul Winter’s musical realm has long embraced the traditions of many cultures, interweaving instruments of many kinds with voices of whales, wolves, eagles and other members of what he refers to as “the greater symphony of the Earth.”

Born and raised in Altoona, Penn., Paul Winter began musical studies at the age of five, first on drums, then piano, clarinet, and later saxophone. He formed his first ensemble, The Little German Band, at the age of 12. This soon evolved into a nine-piece dance band called The Silver Liners.

At Northwestern University, ostensibly majoring in English composition, Mr Winter studied jazz by frequenting Chicago-area clubs. He organized a bebop sextet which won the 1961 Intercollegiate Jazz Festival and was signed to Columbia Records by legendary A&R man John Hammond.

Having recorded 12 albums for major record labels during the 1960s and ’70s, Mr Winter in 1980 formed Living Music Records as a context for creating albums that expressed the full range of his musical imagination. The label has produced 35 albums, ten of which have received Grammy nominations. Mr Winter won Grammys in 1995 for his album Spanish Angel, in 1996 for Prayer For The Wild Things, and for Celtic Solstice in 1999.

Members of The Paul Winter Consort, in addition to Mr Winter on sax, are cellist Eugene Friesen, keyboardist Paul Sullivan, and percussionist Satoshi Takeishi.