... I remember Ralph bitching at a concert about the first ECM cover -- "It doesn't really look like us." And "Ecotopia" seemed to vanish from the stores...
I seem to recall reading that Eicher and Walcott were close, and that when Trilok Gurtu joined the band, he and Eicher didn't see eye to eye. Awkward position...
Not really. Ralph's relationship with ECM has, with the exception of that relatively brief period in the '80s, been completely independent of Oregon. Oregon...
Ralph told me once that Manfred just doesn't like his piano playing, which kind of takes Oregon out of the picture. Sandy Prager www.sandypragermusic.com...
... I seem to recall reading (or hearing a radio reproduction of) an interview with Ralph in which he was asked that question. If memory serves, his reply was...
That was my understanding - they needed more time to record as they all live very far from each other and rehearsals are minimal. I don't agree with Manfred...
... I agree about Ralph's piano playing. It's more than icing on the cake; it's yet another weapon in a formidable musical arsenal. In the early days (e.g.,...
Hi all, A review of a new DVD documentary, Play Your Own Thing: A Story of Jazz in Europe, may be of interest to those here who feel the European contribution ...
... does)? ... For what its worth, I think that some of the Oregon releases on CamJazz and Intuition would easily have sounded at home on ECM. Those other ...
Hi all, For those interested, a lengthy analysis of Bill Frisell's latest two-disc set is up at AAJ today: http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=29671...
Well, this is a provocative paragraph from a review of a recent performance by singer Jacqui Dankworth: "Her part-rewrite of Ella Fitzgerald's Baby Won't You...
"Ralph Towner's Beppo becomes a previously unsuspected dance hit " I heard Oregon do this song eons ago. Ralph introduced it by saying that Beppo was the name...
... **It's on his album w. Gary Peacock, 'A Closer View.' I think on one of the Oregon albums w. Gurtu-- 'Always Never and Forever' perhaps-- have to check ...
... Yes, "Always, Never, and Forever". I too heard him tell the dog story, at a solo show 13 or 14 years ago at Blues Alley in Washington, D.C. He opened the...
Sorry I can't delete some of the extraneous advertisement at the bottom of this (it's a Yahoo formatting thing). Ed - You're right about the two places where...
Yup. I'll concur with that story about Beppo. With me, it was when I saw him with Abercrombie in Cambridge, Ma. a bunch of years ago. Also, I think Beppo just...
I notice that Solstice has been released on CD several different times and it seems (based on pre-order info from amazon.com) that ECM is about to release it...
I don't think there's any difference between the albums. There seems to be a number of currently out-of-print ECM releases. And I don't mean the usual,...
It's never been out of print - just out of distribution in the US. ECM discs, for the most part, never go out of print direct from the label, only here where...
Sandy, I'll accept your challenge. 1. Joyful Departure 2. Green and Golden 3. Icarus 4. Juniper Bear* 5. Anthem 6. The Silence of a Candle 7. Jamaica Stopover ...
Ralph Towner said about the song "Beppo" in a concert on Slovenian TV: " I named that after a little dog I had when I was 3 years old. Unfortunately it was cut...
Nice list-- I'll have to have a real think on this one!! :) Ed ************** Gas prices getting you down? Search AOL Autos for fuel-efficient used cars. ...
Nice list and I'd hesitate a guess that it would be about 90% accurate after any poll of Ralph's top tunes (we can argue about the ordering) One tune I'd put...
No, Mauro, you can't add to a top 10 list. You have to replace two songs with the two you added. The challenge is still yours! Rick ... From: Mauro Namías ...
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