Here's a news item I picked off allaboutjazz.com this morning: Warner Brothers Jazz will cease to exist at the end of March according to reputable sources. It...
In a message dated 3/4/04 4:22:51 AM, david.binder@... writes: << Warner Brothers Jazz will cease to exist at the end of March according to reputable...
I guess this means that it's just a matter of time before Manfred Eicher starts wearing FUBU and PHAT PHARM, huh? But seriously, a move like that by Warner...
I'm not sure this is such a bad thing. Smaller jazz labels tend to give musicians and their material more consideration and freedom. The big labels have...
The following is from a 2000 interview published on Innerview http://www.innerviews.org/inner/towner.html Does anyone know anything about the piece described...
John Barr
barr_john@...
Mar 8, 2004 12:55 pm
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Well, I finally ordered Solstice from Amazon last night. I think this was the first Towner album I ever heard, back in the mid or late 80's, and I remember...
I know nothing of Chris O'Reilly but I heard a live recording of him playing the Sonata that Ralph had at his place in Palermo - who now lives in Rome, by the...
In a message dated 3/8/04 10:40:37 AM, kohntarkosz@... writes: << Well, I finally ordered Solstice from Amazon last night. >> **Great-- I think you'll...
recorded in 1975, i first listen for this album in the beginning of the '80s and 'solstice' is still one of my all time favourites and one of the best ten ecm...
May be in a Weather Report record (late 60s / early 70s) ? but i dont' remember wich SJ...
Sebastien J
sebj@...
Mar 11, 2004 7:42 am
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dear sebastian j, i think it was 'the moors' or 'unknown soldier' from 'i sing the body electric' in 1971. but it was also acoustic guitar there... raul dubyk ...
I Sing the Body Electric is the Weather Report album, but he plays 12-string acoustic on it. Dave ... From: Sebastien J [mailto:sebj@...] Sent: March...
For all of about 2 minutes as I remember. (well, OK, more than than, but his part is pretty limited) He could hardly have been more than 20 at the time. Joe...
John Barr
barr_john@...
Mar 11, 2004 12:46 pm
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i put this question because i'm really curious the way ralph towner could sound as an electric guitarist. i love his music very much generally, and especially...
He opens the track solo, but is still there when the group comes in, to be honest. Not a long track, but not a bad performance to have in a young guy's...
... From the offical discography: Weather Report I Sing the Body Electric <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00000273B/minor7th> Columbia PC 31352...
No Kidding! Thanks for posting this David. I had it in my head that he was just a young guy at the time. Consider the facts adjusted. Didn't he play piano or ...
An appropriate anecdote: Sharing a stage a few years ago in Washington, D.C. with John Abercrombie, Ralph and he engaged in some good-natured repartee about...
<<Funny thing, the very first album I recorded on, I had a similar experience. I was trying to cut a solo, had spent an entire afternoon trying and getting...
Solstice was also my first RT experience. I had a show on KPFT Pacifica radio in Houston, TX. Another DJ at the station handed me the album and said, "I...
My name is Raul Dubyk, I'm from Romania and I live in a small town. I love very much Oregon and especially Ralph Towner's music. Also, I'm the producer of a...
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