Ralph Towner with Glen Moore - Trios, Solos '1973

Tracks list

Tracklist

01 - Brujo
02 - Winter Light
03 - Noctuary
04 - 1 x 12
05 - A Belt Of Asteroids
06 - Re: Person I Knew
07 - Suite: 3 x 12 (1)
08 - Suite: 3 x 12 (2)
09 - Suite: 3 x 12 (3)
10 - Ravens Wood
11 - Reach Me, Friend

personnel : 

Ralph Towner — twelve-string guitar, classical guitar, piano 
Glen Moore — bass 
Paul McCandless — oboe 
Colin Walcott — tabla 

Towner was, in the 1970s and early 80s, the consummate ECM artist. His classical
six-string and 12-string guitar playing lent itself well to Manfred Eichers
aesthetic. This abum is an odd collection of solos and trios, all played with
the members of his band, Oregon (which included the late Colin Walcott of
Codona). The album features Towner with Glen Moore and Walcott on the opener
Brujo, a driving piece for 12-string and tabla with Moores bass forging the
bridge between rhythm and melody. Towner is still full of verve and ambition
here, still trying to prove to himself that it is possible to touch the infinite
with music. A number of these tracks are taken from Oregons Vanguard albums, and
some of them are new originals. Also included is a stunningly beautiful cover of
Bill Evans Re: Person I Knew, with Towner doubling on guitar and piano, and
Moore playing a pizzicato bassline worthy of Scott LaFaro. If anything, Towner
overly sweetens the piece with his piano playing -- it seems he lacks Evans gift
for understatement -- but he more than compensates in the harmonic changes in
the middle section of 16 measures with his 12-string. Moore is solid throughout,
swinging like hell. Another notable track is the free improvisation of Noctuary,
where Towner and oboist Paul McCandless go head to subtle head, moving through
timbres, pitches, and octaves like they were spokes on a wheel. While
Trios/Solos has its moments of pure unadulterated noodling yawn, there are more
than enough dimensions where the four elements meet and spark to
compensate.~Thom Jurek

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