I first became a Ralph Towner fan in 1981 when I heard one song on the radio, "Juggler's Etude" from Five Years Later, Ralph's second and (apparently) last...
Alas, ECM has not issued it on CD, dispite regular cries from various quarters over the years. Your best bet is to try to find a good vinyl copy and transfer...
The disc was never released on CD unfortunately. While ECM is reviving its reissue series this fall with four titles, alas the Towner/Abercrombie is not one...
I'm glad to hear that there are some reissues coming. I've recently been motivated to try to replace all my vinyl copies of ECM recordings on CD, as well as...
Rudolf has posted another great Oregon show at www.dimeadozen.org, this one a soundboard from 1984. Padova, Italy „Sala di Giganti" November, 2nd 1984 ...
I would add one more thing: Those who get their turn, please do you best to seed the material so others can download quickly. The more seeds the faster...
Hello to all. How do you (or Ralph) play the secondary voices (two smaller notes) in the transcription of The Reluctant Bride in Solo Guitar Works Vol.1? With...
That's excellent news. I've enjoyed the previous messages about reissues; I'm planning to keep looking for Northwest Passage, but was finally able to get a...
Pretty wild stuff at walmart.com (although no NW Passage by the time I got there, alas). Thanks for the tip. Somebody there clearly likes Oregon a lot. Here's...
... or you could have used www.half.com and bought Northwest Passage for between $8 and $9 (three copies up for sale there). Rick I noticed the discussion of 5...
I also have Five Years Later as my favorite Abercrombie/Towner collaboration. It is also one of my favorite albums of all time. I never tire of listening to...
Could I ask someone here to please re-seed the Towner-Garbarek shows from the 70s? I got about 75% complete, but now I'm orphaned. And if you haven't got it...
I just discovered that an MP3 of "Renewal" from the Maria Pia de Vito album "Verso", with Ralph Towner along with John Taylor and Gary Peacock, is available...
Just received the Ralph Towener Solo Guitar Works Music Book? I know all of the songs except Oleander Etude. I have most of ralph's Cds and oregon but dont...
David - Paul McCandless wrote a song called simply "Oleander" that's on Oregon's Always, Never and Forever album. Maybe this is a variation on that theme. ...
I was told the Oleander is used as a theme in the string quartet with guitar that Ralph composed but hasn't recorded yet. Secondly, don't expect Ralph to...
I bought a CD called "Journey to Donnafugata" by pianist Salvatore Bonafede and Ralph Towner plays on a great track called "Reputation and Character." John...
Hi guys, All About Jazz reviewed this disc a couple of months back, and it's a good one: http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=16473. Best! Dave ... ...
Gone are the days where I would visit this Newsgroup daily with daily updates and discussions. I know Ralph hasn't released anything since Anthem in 2001, but...
Good day fellow Towneresque's Gone are the days where I would visit this Newsgroup daily with regular updates and discussions about the genius of this here...
... Arild Andersen and Gary Peacock ... "A Closer View"(w/Peacock)and "If you look far enough"(w/Andersen) ... I think Ralph goes together very well with...
Greetings from Buenos Aires! ... Duets with Peacock (I'm a double bass player, after all...) ... That would be Oracle ... I like everything about those albums...
... Gismtoni & Peacock ... Sol do meio dia / A Closer View ... I love guitar/double bass combos! ... I would love to see Ralph & Egberto play together after...
... Gee, considering it's been going on for 35 years, I'd have to say Oregon. Their new disc, due out in September on the Italian CAM Jazz label (distributed...
1. Gary Burton. 2. Matchbox 3. The recording of Icarus. It's possibly my favorite recording of that song. 4. Mark Isham 5. On a recent long drive, I remembered...