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Ralph Towner: Winter Solstice

By Geno Thackara
December 21, 2023
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It's a thoughtful, pastoral yet playful album—an early touchstone of the ECM label's sound, for good reason—and right in the middle, Ralph Towner decides to take a breather a bit more sparse than the rest. The quartet lineup drops to just a duo, and he and Jan Garbarek spin a cozy little tone poem evoking the season's quiet while keeping a fun skip in their step. The darkest day of the year doesn't mean there isn't still a little space to focus on the daylight while it lasts.

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