Paul McCandless, woodwinds, Art Lande, piano with Hans Halt on bass and Andy Heglund on drums.
A gifted multi-instrumentalist and composer, Paul McCandless specializes on the oboe, English horn, bass clarinet, soprano and sopranino saxophones and a collection of folk flutes reflecting his grounding in both classical and jazz disciplines. A student of Robert Bloom at the Manhattan School of Music, he was a finalist in the 1971 English horn auditions for the New York Philharmonic. As a collaborator and solo artist he is credited with more than 200 albums and performances... (Read more at www.paulmccandless.com.)
Grammy-nominated Art Lande is considered one of the premiere improvisational jazz pianists today. He began piano at age 4, studied at Williams College & moved to San Francisco in 1969. He has mostly carved out his own singular path throughout his career, taking the innovations of Bill Evans several steps further. In 1973 he recorded with Jan Garbarek and Ted Curson and in the mid-1970’s had started his own jazz school. (Read more at www.artlande.com.)
Search for and listen to Paul McCandless and Art Lande on YouTube.