Release Date: 03 February 2017
Label: ECM
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 602557145823
Genres: Jazz  Contemporary  
Release Date: 03 February 2017
Label: ECM
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 602557145823
Genres: Jazz  Contemporary  
Description
After critically-lauded projects with trumpeter Paolo Fresu (Chiaroscuro) and with fellow guitarists Wolfgang Muthspiel and Slava Grigoryan (Travel Guide), Ralph Towner returns to solo guitar for My Foolish Heart.
Whether on classical guitar or 12-string guitar Towner's touch is immediately identifiable. Solo music is an important thread through his rich discography and this new album - recorded at Lugano's Auditorio Stelio Molo RSI in February 2016 and produced by Manfred Eicher - follows in the great tradition of Diary, Solo Concert, Ana, Anthem, and Time Line.
It features finely-honed new compositions as well as a pair of tunes ("Shard" and "Rewind") from the songbook of Oregon, a dedication to the late Paul Bley ("Blue As In Bley") and a single standard - Victor Young's "My Foolish Heart" which Towner first came to love in Bill Evans's interpretation.
Tracklisting
Norma Winstone & Kit Downes
Oded Tzur
Kenny Wheeler, Lee Konitz, Dave Holland & Bill Frisell
Fred Hersch
John Taylor, Norma Winstone & Kenny Wheeler
Keith Jarrett & Jan Garbarek
Jan Garbarek Quartet
John Surman
Ralph Towner
Ralph Towner
Ralph Towner
Ralph Towner, Wolfgang Muthspiel & Slava Grigoryan
Ralph Towner
Ralph Towner
Ralph Towner