The Paul Winter Sextet gave the first jazz performance in the White House at the invitation of Jackie Kennedy

THE PAUL WINTER SEXTET
Invited by Jackie Kennedy to play at the White House, the Sextet helped introduce the Bossa Nova in the USA

PAUL WINTER'S WORLD OF LIVING MUSIC:
21 Years Celebrating the Creatures and Cultures of the Earth

NEWS

THE PAUL WINTER SEXTET

EXPLORE PAUL WINTER'S
WORLD OF LIVING MUSIC:

http://www.livingmusic.com/sitemap.html

http://www.livingmusic.com/store/index.html

http://www.livingmusic.com/schedules.html

http://www.livingmusic.com/solstice/index.html

http://www.livingmusic.com/catalogue/index.html

http://www.livingmusic.com/biographies/index.html

http://www.livingmusic.com/biographies/pwinter.html

http://www.livingmusic.com/community/index.html

http://www.livingmusic.com/faq.html

http://www.livingmusic.com/contactinfo.html

http://www.livingmusic.com/search.html

http://www.livingmusic.com/store/freedraw.html

More about Paul Winter

From our Online Store - Paul Winter on Other Labels

Paul Winter's Early Brazilian Recordings

Paul Winter's recent Bossa Nova recording

Paul Winter's recent recordings of folk song

Paul Winter's discography

The Early Consort

MUSIC OF THE KENNEDY WHITEHOUSE featuring the Paul Winter Sextet

JAZZ MEETS THE BOSSA NOVA by the Paul Winter Sextet

JAZZ PREMIERE: WASHINGTON by the Paul Winter Sextet

NEW JAZZ ON CAMPUS by the Paul Winter Sextet

JAZZ MEETS THE FOLK SONG by the Paul Winter Sextet

Formed while Paul Winter was a student at Northwestern University in Chicago, the Paul Winter Sextet won the Intercollegiate Jazz Festival, held at Georgetown Universty, in May 1961. The judges at the Jazz Festival were Dizzy Gillespie and John Hammond. John Hammond signed the group to a recording contract with Columbia, which resulted in 5 albums.

In 1962, the Sextet became the first group to be sent abroad under the cultural exchange program sponsored by the US State Department when it was selected for a tour of Latin America for President Kennedy's Cultural Exchange Program. The six-month tour of 160 concerts in 23 countries was horizon-expanding, introducing the musicians to new music and, in particular, to the bossa nova music which was just emerging in Brazil. In the same year, the Paul Winter Sextet became the first jazz group to perform at the White House, invited by Jackie Kennedy.

1961 The Paul Winter Sextet The Paul Winter Sextet (Columbia 37228)

1962 Jazz Meets the Bossa Nova The Paul Winter Sextet (Columbia CS 8725)

1963 Jazz Premiere: Washington The Paul Winter Sextet (Columbia CS 8797)

1963 New Jazz on Campus The Paul Winter Sextet (Columbia CS 8864)

1963 Jazz Meets the Folk Song The Paul Winter Sextet (Columbia CS 8955)

RECORDINGS BY THE PAUL WINTER SEXTET

THE PAUL WINTER SEXTET

TRACKING

Blue Evil (Bobby Meyer)
The Thumper (Jimmy Heath)
Shenandoah (Traditional)
The Velvet Swing (Richard Evans)
Count Me In (Richard Evans)
Theme from 'El Cid' (Miklos Rozsa)
Ain't the News (Norman Simmons)
Pastel (Fred Kaz)
Winter's Song (Bill Mathieu)
The Hustling Song (Richard Evans)

ARTISTS

Paul Winter - alto sax and soprano sax
Warren Bernhardt - piano
Dick Whitsell - trumpet
Les Rout - barritone sax
Harold Jones - drums
Richard Evans - bass

JAZZ MEETS THE BOSSA NOVA

Produced by John Hammond
Recorded in Rio de Janeiro and New York

ARTISTS

Paul Winter - alto sax and soprano sax
Warren Bernhardt - piano
Dick Whitsell - trumpet
Les Rout - barritone sax
Harold Jones - drums
Richard Evans - bass

TRACKING

Journey to Recife
Con Alma
The Spell of the Samba (Samba da Minha Terra)
Maria Nobody (Maria Ninguem)
The Anguish of Longing (Chega de Saudade)
Foolish One (Insensatez)
Little Boat (O Barquinho)
Longing for Bahia (Saudade da Bahia)
Don't Play Games With Me (Bolinha de Papel)
Song of the Sad Eyes (Cancao dos Olhos Tristes)
Adeus, Passaro Preto (Bye Bye Blackbird)
Only You and I (Voce e Eu)

JAZZ PREMIERE: WASHINGTON

Recorded in Washington, DC and Chicago, Dec. 1961-Jan. 1962.

TRACKING

Pony express (W. Bernhardt)
Casa Camara (R. Evans)
The Thumper (J. Heath)
The Hustling Song (R. Evans)
Them Nasty Hurtin' Blues (R. Evans)
Papa Zimbi (W. Bernhardt)
A Bun Dance (N. Simmons)
Shenandoah (Arr. Paul Winter)
Blue Evil (B. Meyer)
Count Me In (R. Evans)

ARTISTS

Paul Winter - alto sax
Warren Bernhardt - piano
Les Rout - baritone sax
Dick Whitsell - trumpet
Richard Evans - bass
Harold Jones - drums

NEW JAZZ ON CAMPUS

Recorded in 1963 at concerts at the Universities of Colorado, Kansas and Kansas City

ARTISTS

Paul Winter - alto sax and soprano sax
Warren Bernhardt - piano
Jay Cameron - baritone sax
Dick Whitsell - trumpet
Chuck Israels - bass
Ben Riley - drums

TRACKING

Cupbearers (T.McIntosh)
Childhood's End (W.Bernhardt)
Ally (T.NcIntosh)
Quem Quizer Encontrar O Amor (C.Lyra)
Marilia (W.Bernhardt)
The Sheriff (G.Melle)
With Malice Toward None (T.McIntosh)
All Members (J.Heath).

JAZZ MEETS THE FOLK SONG

TRACKING

Blue Mountain
Scarlet Ribbons (for Her Hair)
Guantanamera
Greenwood Side
Lass from the Low Countrie
Aruanda
Repeat
Waltzing Matilda
The Legend of Lord Thomas
John Henry
We Shall Overcome
Gotta Travel On

ARTISTS

Paul Winter - alto sax and soprano sax
Warren Bernhardt - piano
Dick Whitsell - trumpet
Cecil McBee - bass
Frederick Waits - drums
Sam Brown - guitar

Jeremy Steig - flute (replaces Dick Whitsell on 'Lass from the Low Countrie', 'The Legend of Lord Thomas' and 'Gotta Travel On')
Jay Cameron - baritone sax (instead of Sam Brown on 'Greenwood Wide', 'Blue Mountain', 'Repeat', 'John Henry' and 'We Shall Overcome')
Jose Cigno - latin drums (on 'Aruanda' and 'Guantanamera')

Questions? Comments?
Please contact us