Facts: - website: -lsb- http://www.oregonband.com/ www.oregonband.com -rsb- - years active: 1970 -- 1984 , 1987 -- present - past members: colin walcott , trilok gurtu , glen moore - origin: university of oregon , eugene , oregon - genre: chamber world fusion , jazz fusion , new-age , third stream jazz , ethno jazz , folk jazz , - notable instruments: guitar instruments , double bass , violin , percussion , sitar , , tabla piano , synthesizer , trumpet , woodwind - name: oregon - background: group_or_band - label: vanguard portrait records , intuition music & media , verabra records records , chesky records , cam jazz , elektra records , ecm records , - current members: ralph , mark walker towner , paul mccandless , paolino della porta - associated acts: paul , tchaikovsky symphony orchestra of moscow radio winter consort , elvin jones , zbigniew seifert Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of oregon -lrb- band -rrb- .
oregon is an american jazz and world music group , originally formed in 1971 by ralph towner -lrb- guitar , piano , synthesizer , trumpet -rrb- , paul mccandless -lrb- woodwind instruments -rrb- , glen moore -lrb- double bass , violin , piano -rrb- , and collin walcott -lrb- percussion , sitar , tabla -rrb- .