City of Eyes
| City of Eyes | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | April 1989[1] | |||
| Recorded | January–November 1988 | |||
| Genre | Chamber jazz | |||
| Length | 46:53 | |||
| Label | ECM ECM 1388 | |||
| Producer | Manfred Eicher | |||
| Ralph Towner chronology | ||||
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City of Eyes is an album by American jazz guitarist Ralph Towner recorded in 1988 and released on ECM April the following year. The quintet features trumpeter, Markus Stockhausen, oboist Paul McCandless, and rhythm section Gary Peacock and Jerry Granelli.[2]
Reception[edit]
The AllMusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4 stars, stating, "City of Eyes shows Ralph Towner as a musical explorer again, a composer and instrumentalist who can persuasively create aural travelogues through time, space, and terrain."[3]
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [3] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [4] |
Track listing[edit]
- All compositions by Ralph Towner
- "Jamaica Stopover" - 4:11
- "Cascades' - 6:47
- "Les Douzilles" - 6:10
- "City of Eyes" - 4:11
- "Sipping the Past" 2:31
- "Far Cry" - 4:23
- "Janet" - 3:21
- "Sustained Release" - 5:03
- "Tundra" - 4:40
- "Blue Gown" - 5:36
Personnel[edit]
- Ralph Towner – twelve-string guitar, classical guitar, piano, synthesizer
- Markus Stockhausen – trumpet, piccolo trumpet, fluegelhorn
- Paul McCandless – oboe, English horn
- Gary Peacock – bass
- Jerry Granelli – drums, electronic drums
References[edit]
- ^ "City of Eyes". ECM.
- ^ ECM discography Archived 2010-12-01 at the Wayback Machine accessed September 29, 2011
- ^ a b Jurek, T. Allmusic Review accessed September 29, 2011
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1411. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
