Whales Alive
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Whales Alive is a 1987 album of improvisational duets and sometimes trios between Paul Winter
, Paul Halley
, and recordings of singing humpback whales. Winter and Halley also collaborate with Leonard Nemoy, who reads poems and prose from various writers, including D.H. Lawrence and Roger Payne
.
Paul Winter
Paul Winter is an American saxophonist , and is a six-time Grammy Award nominee.- Biography :Paul Winter attended Altoona Area High School and graduated in 1957...
, Paul Halley
Paul Halley
Paul Halley is an organist, singer, pianist, and composer. He is perhaps best known as being a member of and composer for the Paul Winter Consort.- Biography :...
, and recordings of singing humpback whales. Winter and Halley also collaborate with Leonard Nemoy, who reads poems and prose from various writers, including D.H. Lawrence and Roger Payne
Roger Payne
Roger Searle Payne is a biologist and environmentalist famous for the 1967 discovery of Whale song among Humpback whales. Payne later became an important figure in the worldwide campaign to end commercial whaling.Payne studied at Harvard University and Cornell...
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Track listing
- "Whales Weep Not! Lullaby From The Great Mother Whale For The Baby Seal Pups"
- "Dawnwatch"
- "George and Gracie"
- "Turning"
- "Concerto For Whale And Organ"
- "Humphrey's Blues"
- "Qeeqeg And I - The Water Is Wide"
- "Ocean Dream"
- "The Voyage Home"