Cat No:
5438142
Release Date: 19 December 2008
Label: ECM Records
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 731454381420
Genres: Jazz
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Description
A new solo album from one of the great masters of the acoustic guitar. Ralph Towner has appeared in many contexts for ECM since 1972, but it is perhaps his outstanding solo recitals which most clearly emphasise both his improvisational brilliance and his finely-wrought compositional sense. The dictionary defines an anthem as a solemn song of praise; there are several on this disc. Most are written by Towner himself and played with the almost oriental sense of balance and dignity" that the New York Times long ago singled out as hallmarks of Ralph's work, but the repertoire here also includes Charles Mingus's solemn song of praise in memory of Lester Young, "Goodbye, Pork Pie Hat" as well as "Gloria's Step", written by the late Scott LaFaro." -
Tracklisting
- 1. Solitary Woman
- 2. Anthem
- 3. Haunted
- 4. The Lutemaker
- 5. Simone
- 6. Gloria's Step
- 7. Four Comets: I.
- 8. Four Comets: II.
- 9. Four Comets: III.
- 10. Four Comets: IV.
- 11. Raffish
- 12. Very Late
- 13. The Prowler
- 14. Three Comments: I.
- 15. Three Comments: II.
- 16. Three Comments: III.
- 17. Goodbye, Pork-Pie Hat
Disc 1
Side 1
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Vijay Iyer & Wadada Leo Smith: Defiant Life
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Anouar Brahem: After the Last Sky
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Alexander Knaifel: Chapter Eight
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Nicolas Masson: Renaissance
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Ecm New Series: A Compendium
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Yuval Cohen Quartet: Winter Poems
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Thomas Stronen: Relations
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Stephan Micus: To The Rising Moon
Stephan Micus
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At First Light
Ralph Towner
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Diary
Ralph Towner
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Ana
Ralph Towner
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Ralph Towner, Wolfgang Muthspiel & Slava Grigoryan
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My Foolish Heart
Ralph Towner
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Solstice
Ralph Towner
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Ralph Towner
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