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David Becker, Paul Wertico and Tuxedo Man
by Colin Muirhead
Special guests David Becker and Paul Wertico talk about their new album Tuxedo Man. Featuring tracks from that album, plus music by David Becker, the Pat Metheny Group, Bill Bruford with Ralph Towner and Eddie Gomez, and Joe Steels. Playlist David Becker & Paul Wertico “Interview, part 1" from () 00:00 David Becker & ...
Ralph Towner: The Accidental Guitarist
by Mario Calvitti
This article was first published on All About Jazz on May 16, 2017. Ralph Towner is a rather atypical figure in the vast world of jazz guitar. His instruments of choice are the classical guitar, which when he started, in the '60s, was played almost exclusively by guitarists related to Brazilian music like Charlie ...
Ralph Towner, 1940-2026
Ralph Towner, guitarist of unique sensibility, writer of highly original compositions, and an ECM artist for more than fifty years, has died, aged 85. Towner, who once described himself as an improvising “raconteur of the abstract” was born into a musical family in the small town of Chehalis, Washington. He started playing music at the age ...
Due esempi italiani di world jazz da camera
by Mario Calvitti
Tra i tanti meriti ascrivibili al gruppo degli Oregon rientra sicuramente anche quello di aver fatto da modello per un tipo specifico di ensemble cameristico caratterizzato dall'uso di strumenti quasi esclusivamente acustici e dal proporre una musica in cui si fondono elementi classici, jazz, world e folk in un mix di composizione e improvvisazione. Da allora ...
Dan Weiss, David Kikoski, and Enrique Haneine
by Jerome Wilson
This program covers a wide range of sounds. There is new music from drummers Dan Weiss and Enrique Haneine as well as older work from Duke Ellington, Ralph Towner, Dave Douglas, David Kikoski and others. (Note: on the selection “Trouble," I transposed the names of the group and album when I spoke.)Playlist Henry Threadgill ...
Köln 75
by Paul Reynolds
Köln 75One Two Films / Extreme Emotions / Gretchenfilm / MMC Studios Köln GmbHDIrector: Ido Fluk2025 November, 2025 marks the 50th anniversary of the release of The Köln Concert (ECM Records, 1975), the live recording by Keith Jarrett that stands as the biggest-selling solo album--and piano album--in jazz history. To mark ...
John Taylor: Tramonto
by Neil Duggan
British pianist John Taylor (1942-2015) possessed a remarkable talent for eluding the global recognition his skills warranted. A former house pianist at London's Ronnie Scott's club, Taylor probably achieved his widest acclaim through Azimuth, the group he formed with vocalist Norma Winstone (his wife) and trumpeter Kenny Wheeler. His trio recordings with drummer Peter Erskine and ...
David Binney Action Trio At Joe Henderson Lab
by Steven Roby
David Binney Action Trio Joe Henderson Lab San Francisco, CA August 9, 2025 With its two glass walls--one facing busy Franklin Street--the Joe Henderson Lab at the SFJAZZ Center feels like an open studio. At 7 p.m., the sold-out David Binney Action Trio made the most of that intimacy: all 100 ...
Patricio Morales: La Tierra Canta
by Richard J Salvucci
If it has been some time since you listened to Ralph Towner, like a few decades or so, it may not be immediately obvious what classical guitarist Patricio Morales is doing. It may not even be obvious that he is playing jazz, although, by Morales' own account, Towner was a mentor and huge influence when he ...
Ronny Wiesauer: Figures and Shapes
by Geno Thackara
Amidst his occasional outings with combinations of other players, Ronny Wiesauer keeps drifting back to a personal niche that is reliably comfortable and comforting. When settled in alone with a guitar, he spins pastoral meditations with the easy-flowing smoothness of a daydream--this is contemplative territory sometimes reminiscent of Ralph Towner or Pat Metheny, though without making ...
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