Results for "Ralph Towner"

Take Five With Guitares Cinematiques

by AAJ Staff
August 10, 2009

Meet Guitares Cinématiques: Studied physics, classical guitar, and foreign languages in college. I was always a huge fan of the group Oregon. Instrument(s):Classical guitar.Teachers and/or influences?My early guitar teachers were Gene Watson and Mario Abril. I attended the FSU School of Music and studied with Bruce ...

Take Five With Domina Catrina

by AAJ Staff
July 16, 2009

Instrument(s):Left-handed acoustic guitar, high-strung acoustic guitar, virtual instruments (basses, percussions, ethnic instruments, etc) triggered from M-Audio oxygen-8 keyboard into MacBook using Apple loops (usually modified in some way), Indonesian flute (suling), soprano recorder, alto recorder.Teachers and/or influences? I spent six or seven months from September '86 studying guitar at the Musicians' Institute. ...

Andy Sheppard: Movements in Colour

by John Kelman
June 23, 2009

Familiar to ECM fans for his work with Carla Bley including the small group The Lost Chords Find Paolo Fresu (WATT, 2007) and large ensemble Appearing Nightly (WATT, 2008), Andy Sheppard has also proven comfortable in ultra ultra large ensembles like the 200 saxophone strong Saxophone Massive that he led at Mai Jazz 2008 in Stavanger, ...

Julian Lage: Sounding Point

by John Kelman
March 23, 2009

Despite being just 21, Julian Lage has clocked up some impressive credentials. The guitarist has worked with vibraphonist Gary Burton's recent quintet, appearing on Generations (Concord, 2004) and Next Generation (Concord, 2005); appeared with another jazz wunderkind, Taylor Eigsti, on the pianist's Lucky To Be Me (Concord, 2006) and Let It Come To You (Concord, 2008); ...

MGT: Wolfgang Muthspiel / Slava Grigoryan / Ralph Towner: From a Dream

by John Kelman
March 6, 2009

For over a decade now--at least on record--guitarist/pianist Ralph Towner has worked exclusively in two contexts: solo guitar albums under his own name for ECM, including Time Line (2006), and collaboratively with his longstanding group Oregon, last heard on 1000 Kilometers (Cam Jazz, 2007). Though never less than satisfied, many of his fans have hoped he'd ...

Bill Bruford: The Autobiography

by John Kelman
March 2, 2009

The Autobiography Bill Bruford Trade Paperback; 352 pages ISBN: 978-1-906002-23-7 Jawbone Press 2009 “Veteran drummer Bill Bruford Retires From Public Performance“ the AAJ news item announced on January 26, 2009. At progressive rock boards like Progressive Ears it was enough to cause considerable consternation amongst fans who date back ...

Nardis

Featuring the music of Ralph Towner
Duration: 6:25
March 1, 2009

Time Line

By Ralph Towner

Label: ECM Records
Released: 2006
Track listing: The Pendant; Oleander Etude; Always By Your Side; The Hollows; Anniversary Song; If; Five Glimpses (I, II, III, IV, V); The Lizards Of Eraclea; Turning Of The Leaves; Come Rain Or Come Shine; Freeze Frame; My Man

Timeline

By Ralph Towner

Label: ECM Records
Released: 2006
Track listing: 01. The Pendant - 4:11; 02. Oleander Etude - 1:59; 03. Always by Your Side - 2:52; 04. The Hollows - 3:23; 05. Anniversary Song - 1:53; 06. If - 4:38; Five Glimpses: 07. I - 1:01; 08. II - 0:47; 09. III - 0:50; 10. IV - 0:49; 11. V - 0:25; 12. The Lizard of Eraclea - 2:38; 13. Turning of the Leaves - 3:45; 14. Come Rain or Come Shine (Arlen) - 4:14; 15. Freeze Frame - 4:54; 16. My Man's Gone Now (Gershwin) - 5:27

Ralph Towner: Timeline

by AAJ Italy Staff
October 16, 2006

I dischi di Ralph Towner per sola chitarra si sono fatti più frequenti nel tempo, come se la dimensione intima ad essi collegata fosse diventata quella privilegiata, e la presenza di altri musicisti con cui confrontarsi non più necessaria. Successivo ad Ana e ad Anthem, questo Time Line ne prosegue la linea, con composizioni originali eseguite ...