Hi John, Thanks for checked out my website and for appreciating my music. "L'Etang des Iris" is not directly influenced by "Distant Hills" but, I analyze this...
Hi everyone, Thanks for writing to me and excuse me for answering so lately, I was for a couple a days "out" of my Computer. Ok I have and use "Transcribe" but...
Thanks for posting that. We saw the Assads and Turtle Island String Quartet playing Ecotopia this weekend. They played music from around the world, but ended...
Thanks for Tucker's article-- really on Oregon (this part anyway). He says a lot I agree with, if I also like "Friends" & "Violin" much more than him-- & ...
Reading the piece on Ralph at http://www.furious.com/perfect/ralphtowner.html my eyes tripped over this: "Unfortunately, though, recent years, which should...
I too tripped over this. Perhaps seasons of life direct every mature person into different corners of exploration and focus but, certainly, there has been no...
... **It seems there'll be a part 2 to the article, so maybe we'll learn the authors's concerns. I agree though that RT's playing/powers have INCREASED over...
Replying to: "Reading the piece on Ralph at http://www.furious.com/perfect/ralphtowner.html my eyes tripped over this: "Unfortunately, though, recent years,...
... I'm going to play the devil's advocate here and partly agree with Tucker, though I would have put it differently. I am not a musician and will not pass...
I asked Ralph a few years ago about doing another recording with Abercrombie. He said that they did a few shows together several years back that a promoter had...
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Feb 2, 2007 4:58 pm
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Having read those responses which suggest that perhaps part 2 of Mr. Tucker's piece on Towner and Oregon will clarify what he means about some recent,...
Now that is some great writing, albeit scathing... ... some ... him the ... sophomoric ... work it ... with ... fuels ... accuracy than ... he, ... from ... ...
... **When I think about it, you make a good point -- the writing style here is so bad the substance becomes questionable too. There are some facts in that ...
... Agreed! It seems that Mr. Towner is suffering from an inexplicable diminishment of his powers to stop pompous fools from writing about him. May I never...
...and yet none of John's "scathing" smackdown engaged the substance and arc of Towner's career, as Tucker had the courage to do, even if he ended up saying...
I second John's opinion on Tucker's review of Ralph's work. Tucker writes like a pretentious student in a freshman composition course. His only hope of ...
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Steve, I appreciated your assessment of the string of Towner solo releases and the potential "Jarrettizing" of Ralph. But when it comes to Tucker's "courage",...
I really hope I'm not initiating a flame war here, Steve, but I don't think Tucker stating that Ralph Towner's career has taken a downward turn reflects...
A fair criticism. Though the point of my screed (and, I confess, it is that) was simply to emphasize the Tucker piece comes across as style masquerading as...
First; When I attended The University of Oregon at the time Ralph Towner was there, an English prof. crucified a student after the first few weeks for his...
If you knew Ralph back when he was a student, please share with us any insights, anecdotes, etc. Are you still in touch with him? Oh, and I believe his early...
You may well be right about his early mentor. Ralph said he lived in an attic the year he was there taking lessons. Little did I know that an attic was among...
... **Fascinating story-- thanks. By the way, I really dig Lauren-- great vocalist!!! :) Ed In a message dated 2/7/07 5:17:47 PM, newtonslawgolf@......
Thank you! She has risen to that level I mentioned before. A height to which I only reach towards and, I suspect, will never attain. I enjoyed her concert in...
Hi folks. Just wanted to inform you that the great Nancy King, was nominated for best jazz vocalist for her duet album with Fred Hersch. She has strong...
... **Great album too IMO-- she also appears on sev. tracks on the Karrin Allyson "Footprints' album also nominated. Glad to see NK getting some deserved ...
"smittey44" smittey44@... wrote: Hi folks. Just wanted to inform you that the great Nancy King, was nominated for best jazz vocalist for her duet album...
I'm sending this to all groups as there are people on all of them interested in Ralph Towner and Oregon. A recent remastered (and dirt cheap) two-fer reissue...
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