biography
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Winter, Paul (Theodore)
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| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1939– )
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| biography:
| Bandleader and composer, born in Altoona, Pennsylvania, USA. A child musician, he learned saxophone and toured with the Ringling Brothers Circus at age 17, and in 1961 his college sextet won a 23-country tour of Latin America. He formed the Paul Winter Consort (1967) and began mixing folk, classical, ethnic, and jazz forms, creating what he called ‘Earth music’, a prototype of New Age music. Dedicated to worldwide cultural and environmental issues, the Consort performs in many benefit concerts and has won many humanitarian awards. |
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