Time Line (Ralph Towner album)
| Time Line | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | March 2006[1] | |||
| Recorded | September 2005 | |||
| Studio | Propstei Sankt Gerold Sankt Gerold, Austria | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 43:46 | |||
| Label | ECM ECM 1968 | |||
| Producer | Manfred Eicher | |||
| Ralph Towner chronology | ||||
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Time Line is a solo album by American guitarist Ralph Towner recorded at the Propstei Sankt Gerold in September 2005 and released on ECM the following year.[2]
Reception[edit]
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [3] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [4] |
AllMusic awarded the album 4 star with the review by Thom Jurek, stating, "this is a brief but utterly captivating issue from one of the music's great composers and theorists that should not be missed by anyone interested in Towner, of course, but also in melodic improvisation and composition."[3]
The Penguin Jazz Guide said, "Time Line is a supremely professional record, mostly done in miniatures which couldn't be improved by so much as a note."[5]
Track listing[edit]
All compositions by Ralph Towner except where noted
- "The Pendant" - 4:11
- "Oleander Etude" - 1:59
- "Always By Your Side" - 2:52
- "The Hollows" - 3:23
- "Anniversary Song" - 1:53
- "If" - 4:38
- "Five Glimpses I" - 1:01
- "Five Glimpses II" - 0:47
- "Five Glimpses III" - 0:50
- "Five Glimpses IV" - 0:49
- "Five Glimpses V" - 0:25
- "The Lizards of Eraclea" - 2:38
- "Turning of the Leaves" - 3:45
- "Come Rain or Come Shine" (Harold Arlen) - 4:14
- "Freeze Frame" - 4:54
- "My Man's Gone Now" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 5:27
Personnel[edit]
- Ralph Towner – classical guitar, 12-string guitar
References[edit]
- ^ "Time Line". ECM.
- ^ ECM discography accessed October 26, 2011
- ^ a b Jurek, T. Allmusic Review accessed October 26, 2011
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1412. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
- ^ Morton, Brian; Richard Cook (2010) [1992]. The Penguin Jazz Guide: The History of the Music in the 1001 Best Albums. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (10th ed.). New York: Penguin. p. 709. ISBN 978-0-14-104831-4.
