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PUBLICATIONS:

Notes on publications: Divided into Reviews, Down Beat Polls, Articles, Books, & Obits. I have included anything from the slightest mention of Collin's name to full blown articles. The reviews are of recordings that Collin was involved with, he is not mentioned in many of the reviews on other artist's work.

Review format is as follows: Format: "Artist: Title," Magazine title, volume, issue #, date, pages, author. If a title appears more than once, the artist is not repeated. Articles follow same format. For books: Title. Author. Place of publication: publisher, year, pages.

REVIEWS:

Book: "Ravi Shankar (& Collin Walcott): My Music, My Life," Music Educator's Journal, v. 55, 5/69, p. 105.

"My Music, My Life," The Musical Times, v. 110, 6/69, p. 633.

"My Music, My Life," Music Teacher & Piano Student, v. 48, 8/69, p. 17.

"My Music, My Life," The School Musician, v. 41, 10/69, pp. 28+.

"My Music, My Life," High Fidelity/Musical America Edition, v. 19, 12/69, p. MA 6.

LP: "Tony Scott: Tony Scott," Down Beat, v. 37, 5/19/70, p. 28, Dan Morgenstern.

Concerts: "Talent in Action: Paul Winter Consort," Billboard, 8/1/70, p. 24, Eliot Tiegel.

Book: "My Music, My Life," Pan Pipes, v. 62, #4, 1970, p. 30.

"My Music, My Life," Jazz Hot, #269, 2/71, p. 30.

"My Music, My Life," NeueZeitschrift fuer Musik, v. 132, 3/71, p. 165.

"My Music, My Life," Tempo, #96, Spring 1971, p. 26.

LP: "Kathy Smith: Some Songs I've Saved," Stereo Review, v. 26, 4/71, p. 96.

Book: "My Music, My Life," Schweizerische Musikzeitung, v. 111, #4, 1971, pp. 252-253.

Concert: "Talent in Action: Procul Harum, Winter Consort, Teegarden, & Van Winkle," Billboard, 5/8/71, p. 30, Fred Kirby.

LP: "Tony Scott," Jazz Hot, #190, 6-7/71, p. 41.

CD: "Tim Hardin: Bird on a Wire," Rolling Stone, 8/19/71, p. 39, J. R. Young.

Film: "Ravi Shankar: Raga," Crawdaddy, #4, 1/30/72, p. 24.

CD: "Miles Davis: On the Corner," Rolling Stone, #123, 12/7/72, p. 62.

Concert: "Miles Davis, Winter Consort," Variety, 1/24/73, p. 50, Kirb.

CDs: "Paul Winter Consort: Icarus," Crawdaddy, v. 21, 2/73, pp. 80-81, Patrick Snyder-Scumpy.

"Icarus," Down Beat, 3/1/73, p. 26, Bourne & Welding.

Concert: "New Acts: Oregon," Variety, 3/7/73, p. 68, Kirb.

CDs: "Oregon: Music of Another Present Era," Rolling Stone, 8/2/73, p. 48, 50, Bob Palmer.

"Oregon: Trios, Solos," Melody Maker, v. 48, 8/11/73, p. 43, Chris Welch.

Concerts: "The Axeman Commeth," Melody Maker, 11/17/73, p. 53.

"Hall of Obscurity," Stereo Review, 4/75, p. 58.

LP: "Rachel Faro: Refugees," Rolling Stone, #184, 4/10/75, p. 68.

Concerts: "Troubadour, LA (Coryell's 11th House, Oregon)," Variety, 5/14/75, p. 158, May.

"Steve Kuhn und Oregon in Freiburg," Jazz Podium, 8/75, p. 17.

"Talent in Action: Gary Burton Quintet, Oregon," Billboard, 11/1/75, p. 36, Lawrence Frost.

"Heard and Seen," Coda, 12/75, pp. 36-37.

LP: "Oregon: In Concert," Down Beat, v. 43, #3, 2/12/76, p. 22, Gilmore.

Concerts: "Caught in the Act," Melody Maker, 3/20/76, p. 27.

"Talent in Action: Gary Burton, Oregon," Billboard, 3/27/76, p. 48, Conrad Silvert.

LP: "In Concert: Oregon," Melody Maker, v. 51, 5/15/76, p. 28, S.L.

CD: "Collin Walcott: Cloud Dance," Down Beat, v. 43, #13, 7/15/76, pp. 31-32, Berg.

Concert: "Caught in the Act," Melody Maker, 7/31/76, p. 20.

LPs: "Oregon & Elvin Jones: Together," Down Beat, v. 44, 1/13/77, pp. 20, 22, Rozek.

"Vasant Rai: Spring Flowers," Down Beat, v. 44, #8, 4/21/77, p. 26, Berg.

CDs: "Oregon: Friends," Cadence, 7/77, p. 44.

"Friends," Music Gig, 7/77, p. 53.

"Friends," Down Beat, v. 44, #18, 11/3/77, p. 21, Gilmore.

"Collin Walcott: Grazing Dreams," Cadence, 11/77, p. 38.

"Grazing Dreams," Music Gig, 11/77, p.53.

"Grazing Dreams," Down Beat, v. 44, #21, 12/15/77, p. 27, Berg.

LPs: "Don Cherry: Hear & Now," Jazz Magazine, v. 2, #1, 1977, pp. 56-57.

"Together," Musician, Player & Listener, v. 1, #8, 1977, p. 27.

CD: "Friends," Jazz Magazine, #2, 1978, pp. 59-60.

LPs: "Paul Winter Consort: Earthdance," Down Beat, v. 45, #9, 5/4/78, p. 26, Clark.

"Oregon: Violin," Down Beat, v. 45, #13, 7/13/78, p. 30, Stern.

Concert: "Oregon," Variety, 11/29/78, p. 82, Kirb.

CD: "Oregon: Out of the Woods," Down Beat, 1/25/79, p. 20, Douglass Clark.

Concerts: "Caught: Oregon: Great American Music Hall San Francisco," Down Beat, v. 46, #3, 2/8/79, p. 42, Michael Zipkin.

"Jazz: Oregon: An Ever-changing State of Music," Rolling Stone, 2/22/79, p. 30, Robert Palmer.

"Codona," Variety, 5/30/79, p. 82.

CDs: "Oregon: Moon and Mind," Radio Free Jazz, v. 20, 7/23/79, p. 23, Miles Jordan.

"Collin Walcott, Don Cherry, Nana Vasconcelos: Codona," Melody Maker, v. 54, 8/11/79, p. 26.

"Codona," Jazz Journal International, v. 32, 8/79, p. 30.

"Codona," Music Journal, v. 37, #6, 9-10/79, p. 64, Robert Henschen.

"Out of the Woods," Music Journal, v. 37, #6, 9-10/79, p. 65, Bob Allard.

Concert: "Sun Ra, Oregon, Carla Bley," Variety, 10/3/79, p. 64.

LP: "Vasant Rai: Autumn Song," Jazz Journal International, v. 32, 12/79, p. 43.

CDs: "Codona," Down Beat, v. 46, 12/79, p. 42, Robert Henschen.

"Oregon Comes Out of the Woods (Roots in the Sky)," The Village Voice, 12/17/79, pp. 101-102, David Breskin.

Concerts: "Beat Goes on at Kleinert (Aiyb Dieng & Collin Walcott)," The Daily Freeman, June 27, 1980, p. 10.

"A Discussion via Percussion (Aiyb Dieng & Collin Walcott)," The Daily Freeman, July 1, 1980, p. 7, Kitty Montgomery.

"Newport Fest Ends in Black After 10-Day NY Stand," Variety, v. 299, 7/9/80, p. 76.

LPs: "Oregon: In Performance," Jazztimes, 9/80, p. 17.

"Oregon in Performance," Jazz Journal International, v. 33, 10/80, p. 35, Matthew Bateson.

Concert: "Codona 2," The Village Voice, v. 26, 3/11/81, pp. 66, 68, John Piccarella.

CD: "Codona 2," Melody Maker, v. 56, 6/20/81, p. 26, Hannah Charlton.

LP: "Oregon In Performance," Down Beat, v. 48, 6/81, p. 34, Jon Balleras.

Concert: "Music: Folkies Break Out (Bear Mountain Festival of World Music and Dance)," The Village Voice, v. 26, 8/12/81, p. 62, Tom Johnson.

CDs: "Meredith Monk: Dolmen Music," The Village Voice, v. 26, 10/28/81, pp. 69-76.

"Codona 2," Down Beat, v. 48, 11/81, pp. 32-33, Howard Mandel.

"Meredith Monk: Turtle Dreams," Perspectives of New Music, v. 20, #1-2, 1981-1982, pp. 612+, 619.

"Dolmen Music," Down Beat, v. 49, 4/82, p. 41.

Concerts: "Codona," Variety, 7/14/82, p. 108.

"Jazz: Making Do," New Yorker, v. 58, #23, 7/26/82, pp. 56-58, 60-62, Whitney Balliett (Codona at Kool Jazz Festival w/Jim Pepper).

CDs: "David Darling: Cycles," Jazz Journal International, v. 36, 1/83, p. 22, Matthew Bateson.

"Codona 3," Down Beat, v. 50, 6/83, pp. 36-37, Frank-John Hadley.

Concert: "Les quatre d'Oregon," Jazz Magazine International, v. 320, 6-7/83, p. 11, Sir. Ali.

CDs: "Turtle Dreams," Rolling Stone, #410, 12/8/83, p. 60.

"Oregon," Down Beat, v. 51, 2/84, p. 34, John Diliberto.

Concert: "Charlie Mariano, Jasper van't Hof, Collin Walcott, Trilok Gurtu," Jazz Podium, v. 33, 4/84, pp. 22-23, Andreas Kohrs.

CDs: "Jim Pepper: Comin' and Goin' ," Op Magazine, #W, 1984, p. 77.

"Jan Garbarek: Works," Jazz Journal International, v. 38, 4/85, p. 25.

Theater: "Lanny Harisson & Collin Walcott: Cooking up a Storm," Woodstock Times, July 12, 1984, p. 40, Peter Blum.

"Egberto Gismonti: Works," Jazz Journal International, v. 38, #5, 5/85, Simon Adams.

Concert: "Tribute to Collin Walcott," Down Beat, v. 52, 8/85, p. 52, Howard Mandel.

CDs: "Oregon: Crossing," Cadence, v. 11, 12/85, pp. 78-79, Neil Haverstick.

"Crossing," Down Beat, v. 52, 12/85, pp. 28-29, John Diliberto.

"Crossing," Jazz Journal International, v. 38, #12, 12/85, p. 25, Simon Adams.

"Crossing," Modern Percussionist, v. 2, #1, 12/85, p. 32, Richard Egart.

"Turtle Dreams," The Village Voice, v. 31, 5/20/86, p. 82.

"Meredith Monk: Our Lady of Late," Neue Musikzeitung, v. 35, 10-11/86, p. 36.

"Comin' and Goin' ," Option, #N2, 1987, p. 101.

"Oregon: Ecotopia," Cadence, 2/88, pp. 30-31.

"Ecotopia," Musician, v. 113, 3/88, p. 102, Chip Stern.

"Ecotopia," Down Beat, v. 55, 4/88, p. 39, John Diliberto.

"Collin Walcott: Works," Jazz Journal International, v. 41, #2, 12/88, Michael Tucker.

"Tony Scott: Music for Yoga Meditation and Other Joys," Jazz Magazine, #377, 12/88, p. 63.

"Miles Davis: The Columbia Years 1955-1985," Billboard, v. 101, 1/7/89, p. 39.

"Collin Walcott: Works," Jazz Magazine, v. 380, 3/89, p. 52, Bernard Amiard.

"The Columbia Years 1955-1985," Down Beat, v. 56, 4/89, p. 85.

"On The Corner," Down Beat, v. 56, 9/89, p. 85.

"Oregon: Always, Never, and Forever," Jazz Special, 1/91, p. 34.

"On The Corner," Melody Maker, v. 67, 8/17/91, p. 31.

"Oregon: Always, Never, & Forever," Stereoplay, 11/91.

"Always, Never, and Forever," Jazz Journal International, 1/92, p. 33, David Lands.

"On the Corner," Jazzthetik, 2/92, p. 50.

"Always, Never, and Forever," Musica Jazz, 2/92, p. 72.

"Always, Never, and Forever," Orkester Journalen, 3/92, p. 52.

"Always, Never, and Forever," Jazz Podium, 3/92.

"Always, Never, and Forever," Puls, 6/92, p. 43.

"Always, Never, and Forever," The Wire, #96, 1992, p. 64.

"Always, Never, and Forever," Notes, #40, 1992, p. 34.

"Always, Never, and Forever," Jazz Magazine, #415, 1992, p. 57.

"Always, Never, and Forever," Cuadernos de Jazz, #10, 1992, p. 53.

Video: "Raga," Reflex, #24, 1992, p. 58.

CDs: "On the Corner," Record Collector, #153, 1992, p. 154.

"Out of the Woods & Roots in the Sky," Cadence, v. 19, 1/93, pp. 33-36.

"Oregon.But Not Forgotten (Roots in the Sky, Out of the Woods, Ecotopia)," Down Beat, v. 60, 3/93, p. 39, Jon Andrews.

"Always, Never, and Forever," Down Beat, 3/93, p. 39.

"Always, Never, and Forever," Jazztimes, v. 23, 6/93, p. 70, Bill Shoemaker.

"Always, Never, and Forever," Guitar Player, 7/93, p. 121.

"Always, Never, and Forever," Bass Player, 8/93, p. 79.

"Always, Never, and Forever," Cadence, v. 19, 9/93, p. 25, Larry Hollis.

"Stephen Roane: Portraits," Cadence, v. 19, 12/ 93, pp. 24-25.

"On the Corner," Musician, #182, 1993, p. 95.

"On the Corner," Cadence, v. 20, 2/94, pp. 30-34.

"On the Corner," Musica Jazz, 3/94, p. 68.

"Portraits," Jazztimes, v. 24, 1994, pp. 85-86.

"On the Corner," Orkester Journalen, 7-8/94, p. 25.

"On the Corner," Buttrag, #9, 1994, p. 43.

"Collin Walcott: Works," Octopus, 3/95, p. 40.

"Cycles," Octopus, 3/95.

"On the Corner," Saxophone Journal, v. 20, #2, 1995, p. 34.

"Oregon: Beyond Words," Jazznu, #200, 1995, p. 53.

"Jim Pepper: Comin' and Goin' ," Orkester Journalen, 4/96, p. 39.

"Oregon: Beyond Words," Cadence, v. 22, 5/96, pp. 98-99, Leonard J. Bukowski.

"Larry Coryell: The Essential Larry Coryell," Orkester Journalen, 4/97, p. 28.

DOWN BEAT ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL JAZZ CRITICS POLLS:

"22nd ...Poll: Miscellaneous Instrument-Talent Deserving Wider Recognition: Collin Walcott (sitar)-4th," Down Beat, v. 41, #14, 8/15/74, p. 18.

"23rd ...Poll: Misc. Instr.-TDWR: Collin Walcott (sitar)-6th," Down Beat, v. 42, #14, 8/14/75, p. 17.

"24th .Poll: Misc. Instr.-TDWR: Collin Walcott (sitar)-2nd," Down Beat, v. 43, #14, 8/12/76, p. 21.

"26th .Poll: Misc. Instr.-Established Talent: Collin Walcott (sitar)-5th & Percussion-ET: Collin Walcott-7th, TDWR: Collin Walcott-4th," Down Beat, v. 45, #14, 8/10/78, p. 19.

"27th .Poll: Percussion-ET: Collin Walcott-5th, TDWR: Collin Walcott & Nana Vasconcelos-1st & Misc. Instr.-ET: Collin Walcott (sitar, tabla)-4th, TDWR: Collin Walcott (sitar)-2nd," Down Beat, v. 46, #14, 8/9/79, p. 20.

"28th .Poll: Percussion-TDWR: Collin Walcott-5th," Down Beat, v. 47, #8, 8/80, p. 19.

"29th .Poll: Percussion-ET: Collin Walcott-5th, TDWR: Collin Walcott-3rd," Down Beat, v.48, #8, 8/81, p. 22.

"31st .Poll: Percussion-TDWR: Collin Walcott-3rd," Down Beat, v. 50, #8, 8/83, p. 17.


DOWN BEAT ANNUAL READERS POLL:

“1975 Poll: Percussion-Collin Walcott #13, Miscellaneous Instrument (sitar) #10,” Down Beat v. 42, #21, 12/18/75, pp. 13, 20.

“1976 Poll: ?”

“1977 Poll: Percussion-Collin Walcott #8, MI-Collin Walcott (sitar) #9,” Down Beat, v. 44, #21, 12/15/77, p. 19.

“1978 Poll: Percussion –Collin Walcott #5, MI-Collin Walcott (sitar, tabla) #6,” Down Beat, v. 45, #21, 12/21/78, pp. 23-24.

“1979 Poll: Percussion-Collin Walcott #4,” Down Beat v. 46, #12, 12/79, p. 24.

“1980 Poll: Percussion-Collin Walcott #6 & MI: Collin Walcott (sitar) #8,” Down Bat v. 47, #12, 12/80, p. 19.

“1981 Poll: Percussion-Collin Walcott #6,” Down Beat, v. 48, #12, 12/81, p. 23.

“1982 Poll: Percussion-Collin Walcott #8,” Down Beat, v. 49, #12, 12/82, p. 21.


ARTICLES:

"The Natural Timbre of Oregon," Down Beat, 10/10/74, pp. 14-15, 38, Michael Bourne.

"Egberto Gismonti," Down Beat, 9/78, v. 45, #15, pp. 24-25, Herb Nolan.

"The Musical Worlds Meet in Oregon," Music Journal, 2/79, v. 37, pp. 5-7, Robert Henschen.

"Out of the Woods, Into the World," Down Beat, 3/8/79, pp. 13-14, 42, Michael Zipkin.

"Master Percussionist: Oregon's Collin Walcott," Modern Drummer, 4/81, v. 5, pp. 24-26, 39, 64-65, 70, Harold Howland.

"Goodbye, Oregon," Musician, Player & Listener , no. 29, 1981.

"Yellow Bell and a Jazz Paradigm," In Theory Only, 4/82, v.6, #3, pp. 31-46, Steve Larson.

"Oregon's Collin Walcott & Glen Moore," Musician, 8/84, pp. 68, 84, Freff.

"Modern Music Pays Tribute to Innovator: Collin Walcott," The New Manhattan Review, Fall 1985, pp. 12-14, Karen Campbell.

"Oregon: Acoustic State of Music," Jazz Research, v.18 1986, pp. 86-121, Hans U. Werner & Karen Bettermann.

"Zwischen, "Ethno-Pop" und "Weltmusik": Eurozentrische Grundstrukturen im Umgang mit auBereuropaischer Musik," Neue Zeitschrift feur Musik, 5/87, v. 5, pp. 5-8, Peter Niklas Wilson.

"Codona-Like Glue," Hartbeat, #14, 1992, pp. 6-7, HJK.

"The Challenger: Jerry Granelli," Down Beat, 4/97, v. 64, p. 44, Dan Ouellette.

"My One Conversation with Collin Walcott," Terra Nova: Nature & Culture, v. 2, #3, Summer 1997, pp. 28-35, David James Duncan (reprint from the book "River Teeth").


MA THESES:

"Some Aspects of the Album 'Out of the Woods' by the Chamber Ensemble 'Oregon'." M. A. thesis by Steve Larson, University of Oregon, 1981.

"The New Percussionist in Jazz: Organological and Technical Expansion." M. A. thesis by N. Scott Robinson, Kent State University, 2002.


BOOKS:

My Music, My Life. Ravi Shankar (transcription section by Collin Walcott). New York: Simon and Schuster, 1968.

Lookout Farm: A Case Study of Improvisation for Small Jazz Group. David Liebman. Hollywood: Almo Publications, 1978, p. 98.

The New Grove Dictionary of American Music, v. 3 L to Q. H. Wiley Hitchcock & Stanley Sadie. New York: Macmillan Press Limited, 1986, pp. 444-445.

The New Grove Dictionary of American Music, v. 4 R to Z. H. Wiley Hitchcock & Stanley Sadie. New York: Macmillan Press Limited, 1986, p. 467.

New Sounds: A Listener's Guide to World Music. John Schaefer. New York: Harper & Row, 1987, pp. xiv, 113-123, 125, 129,132, 134-135, 192, 210, 217-218, 222-223.

The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, v. 2 L to Z. Barry Kernfeld. New York: Macmillan Limited, 1988, p. 588.

The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music, vols. 1-6. Colin Larkin. Middlesex, England: Guinness Publishing Limited, 1992, pp. 783, 871, 1303, 1660, 1776, 2602, 2903, 3121, 3574, 4310, 4358, 4528.

The Jazz Book: From Ragtime to Fusion to Beyond, 6th Edition. Joachim E. Berendt & Gunther Huesmann. Brooklyn: Lawrence Hill Books, 1992, pp. 45, 46, 55, 357, 370, 437, 447, 449.

The Blackwell Guide to Recorded Jazz. pp. 504-507.

River Teeth: Stories & Writings, David James Duncan. New York: Double Day, 1995, pp. 189-200 ("My One Conversation with Collin Walcott").

Jazz: The Rough Guide. Ian Carr, Digby Fairweather, & Brian Priestley. New York: Penguin Books, 1995, p. 112, 113, 660, 666.

Music Universe Music Mind: Revisiting the Creative Music Studio, Woodstock, New York. Robert E. Sweet. Ann Arbor: Arborville Publishing, 1996.

The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD, LP, & Cassette, 3rd Edition. Richard Cook & Brian Morton. New York: Penguin Books, 1996, pp. 256, 321, 335, 1001, 1274, 1312.

All Music Guide: The Best CDs, Albums, & Tapes, 3rd Edition. Michael Erlewine, Vladimir Bogdanov, Chris Woodstra & Stephen Thomas Erlewine. San Francisco: Miller Freeman Books, 1997, pp. 1184, 1344, 1400, 1404.

Jazz Rock: A History. Stuart Nicholson. New York: Schirmer Books, 1998, pp. 122, 335.

The Dawn of Indian Music in the West. Peter Lavezzoli. New York: Continuum International Publishing Group, 2006.

OBITUARIES: Collin Walcott

The New York Times, 11/10/84, p. 30.

Variety, 11/14/84, p. 111.

The Daily Star, 11/15/84.

The Boston Globe, 11/19/84, Fernando Gonzalez.

The Weekly Seattle, 11/21/84, Paul de Barros.

Billboard, 11/24/84, p. 63.

Jazz Magazine, v. 33, 12/84, p. 7.

Cadence, 12/84, p. 76.

Jazz Forum, v. 91, 1984, p. 29.

Jazz Journal International, v. 38, 1/85, p. 5.

Mens en Melodie, 1/85.

Vajradhatu Sangha News, 1/85, "Collin Walcott: In Memory," Sidney Goldfarb.

Orkester Journalen, v. 53, 1/85, p. 38.

Coda, v. 200, 2/1/85, p. 39, John Norris.

Down Beat, v. 52, 2/85, p. 14.

International Musician: Official Journal of the American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada, v. 83, 2/85, p. 11.

Modern Percussionist, v. 1, #2, 3/85, p. 66.

Ear Magazine East, v. 9, #4, March/April 1985, p. 2, Stephen Clorfeine, Meredith Monk, & Bill Buchen.

Contact Quarterly, Spring/Summer 1985, pp. 5-6, Stephen Clorfeine.

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