''My Foolish Heart'' is a solo album by American guitarist Ralph Towner recorded in 2016 and released on the

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Production

Towner had long wanted to record the jazz standard, " My Foolish Heart", stating in an interview with National Public Radio "It's one of the first tunes I'd heard that combination of

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and Paul Motian play. So that tune had a lot of meaning for me and was very important for me starting out as a jazz musician." The composition "Blues As In Bley" is dedicated to the jazz pianist Paul Bley who died a month before the recordings. The album also includes two compositions from early

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albums: “Shard”, from ''Music of Another Present Era'' (1972) and “Rewind”, from ''Beyond Words'' (1995).

Reception

The

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review by Matt Collar awarded the album 4 stars, stating, "Ultimately, it's Towner's immense gift for portraying that kind of romantic drama that makes ''My Foolish Heart'' such an evocative listening experience."Collar, Mat
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/ref> Will Layman from ''PopMatters'' wrote positively that "Listeners with a hunger for subtlety will find a feast here, played on classical guitar but in several styles and modes." and "Towner is a tiny orchestra unto himself.""Ralph Towner: My Foolish Heart", by Will Layman, PopMatters February 10, 2017 https://www.popmatters.com/ralph-towner-my-foolish-heart-2495400892.html

Track listing

:''All compositions by Ralph Towner except as indicated'' # "Pilgrim" - 4:32 # "I'll Sing To You" - 4:33 # "Saunter" - 5:01 # "My Foolish Heart" (

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) - 4:14 # "Dolomiti Dance" - 4:24 # "Clarion Call" - 4:40 # "Two Poets" - 2:05 # "Shard" - 0:54 # "Ubi Sunt" - 1:21 # "Biding Time" - 1:29 # "Blues As In Bley" - 3:54 # "Rewind" - 3:44 :*Recorded at Auditorio Stelio Molo RSI in Lugano, Switzerland in February 2016

Personnel

* Ralph Towner —

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References

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