Ralph Towner, Anthem - 50m 44s

Tracks & Durations

1. Solitary Woman	6:57
2. Anthem	4:54
3. Haunted	3:08
4. The Lutemaker	4:21
5. Simone	6:03
6. Gloria's Step	2:51
7. Four Comets I	1:06
8. Four Comets II	1:12
9. Four Comets III	1:02
10. Four Comets IV	0:52
11. Raffish	4:14
12. Very Late	4:02
13. The Prowler	5:01
14. Three Comments I	1:32
15. Three Comments II	0:31
16. Three Comments III	0:54
17. Goodbye, Pork-Pie Hat	1:53

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Review

Ralph Towner is a guitarist's guitarist, and a whole generation of finger-pickers have absorbed his merging of classical technique, jazz voicings, and genre-defying improvisation. Usually heard with his chamber jazz group, Oregon, Towner has also kept a solo career going ever since the early 1970s. Anthem is his first purely solo recording since Ana in 1996. From the opening ballad, "Solitary Woman," Towner is at the height of his power with this haunting rumination that has a Renaissance air about it. Towner's classical background has always informed his music, but his fusion with jazz is inseparable. You can hear the influence of Antonio Carlos Jobim on "Haunted" and that of Bill Evans, a Towner touchstone, on "Gloria's Step," written by one-time Evans bassist Scott LaFaro. On "Simone," Towner captures the sultry yet imperious phrasing of Nina Simone. As a guitarist who plays with such precise and intricate technique, Towner can come off dry and cerebral at times, but in a music where it's often difficult to tell where composition leaves off and improvisation begins, he usually keeps you guessing. --John Diliberto

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Anthem

Tracks: 17, Disk length: 50m 44s

Anthem

Tracks: 17, Disk length: 50m 44s

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