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The Winter Consort

Formed by Paul Winter in 1967, The Winter Consort became one of the earliest exponents of world music, combining elements from various African, Asian, and South American cultures with jazz. By 1980 the group name had been changed to The Paul Winter Consort. The Consort has won a total of four Grammy Awards. The first was for the album "Spanish Angel" (1994), a live album recorded in Spain. That was followed by Silver Solstice (2005), Crestone (2007) and Miho: Journey to the Mountain (2010). The Consort has gone through numerous personnel changes in its more than 40 year history with sax player Paul Winter as the only constant member.

Members: David Darling, Glen Velez, Theresa Thomason, Ralph Towner, Nancy Rumbel, Oscar Castro-Neves, Sam Brown (2), Jamey Haddad, John Clark (2), John Beal, Arto Tuncboyaciyan, Glen Moore, Collin Walcott, Paul McCandless, Herb Bushler, Don Grusin, Steve Gorn, Kimati Dinizulu, Satoshi Takeishi, Dhruba Ghosh, Russ Landau, Ted Moore, Eugene Friesen, Paul Winter (2), Muruga Booker, Paul Halley, Susan Osborn, Bill Cahn, Virgil Scott, Rhonda Larson, Jim Scott (5), John Marshall (10), Eliot Wadopian, Scott Sloan, Paul Sullivan (2), Jeff Holmes (3), Richard Bock (2), John-Carlos Perea, and Tim Brumfield