The Independent (Free subscription) | 15/11/2009
Spare and mournful, Sunday-morning coffee and croissants music from the duo of veteran guitarist and Oregon founder Towner and the superb Sardinian trumpeter Fresu, who also plays a mean flugelhorn.
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
Since moving to Italy over a decade ago, guitarist/pianist Ralph Towner's output as a leader has been woefully infrequent, with only two discs released this decade--2001's Anthem and 2006's Time Line, both on the label that's been his home for over 35 years, ECM. It's not that he hasn't been busy; he continues to work and record regularly with Oregon, the group that he co-founded nearly...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
... guitarist {{John Abercrombie = 3242}} and percussionist Michael Smith, but also features enlists {{Ralph Towner = 10866}} and, in one of his earliest date, pianist {{Marc Copland = 5913...
Line Out (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
... and Jack DeJohnette, keyboardist Jan Hammer, bassist Dave Holland, guitarists John Scofield and Ralph Towner, and brass specialists Randy and Michael Brecker. On records like Timeless and Gateway, Abercrombie flaunted a fluid, crystalline style that could chill and enflame with equal adroitness. His work is marked by subtle melodic beauty and a quiet intensity that recalls Terje Rypdal's...
