Solstice (Ralph Towner Album)
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''Solstice'' is an album by the American guitarist
Ralph Towner Ralph Towner (born March 1, 1940) is an American multi-instrumentalist, composer, arranger and bandleader. He plays the twelve-string guitar, classical guitar, piano, synthesizer, percussion, trumpet and French horn. Biography Towner was born i ...
that was released on the ECM label in 1975. It features Towner with
Jan Garbarek Jan Garbarek () (born 4 March 1947) is a Norwegian jazz saxophonist, who is also active in classical music and world music. Garbarek was born in Mysen, Østfold, southeastern Norway, the only child of a former Polish prisoner of war, Czesław ...
,
Eberhard Weber Eberhard Weber (born 22 January 1940, in Stuttgart, Germany) is a German double bassist and composer. As a bass player, he is known for his highly distinctive tone and phrasing. Weber's compositions blend chamber jazz, European classical music, m ...
and Jon Christensen. The 1977 album, ''
Solstice/Sound and Shadows ''Solstice/Sound and Shadows '' is an album by American guitarist Ralph Towner that was released on the ECM label in 1977. It is the second album to feature the ''Solstice'' quartet of Towner with Jan Garbarek, Eberhard Weber and Jon Christense ...
'', was released by Towner on ECM with the same quartet.


Reception

Allmusic awarded the album with 4.5 stars and its review by Michael G. Nastos states: "Of the many excellent recordings he has offered, Solstice is Towner's crowning achievement as a leader fronting this definitive grouping of ECM stablemates who absolutely define the label's sound for the time frame, and for all time".Nastos, M. G. Allmusic Review: ''Solstice''accessed 10 March 2010


Track listing

All compositions by Ralph Towner except where noted. #"Oceanus" – 11:04 #"Visitation" – 2:36 #"Drifting Petals" – 7:01 #"Nimbus" – 6:31 #"Winter Solstice" – 4:02 #"Piscean Dance" – 4:15 #"Red and Black" – 1:19 #"Sand" (
Eberhard Weber Eberhard Weber (born 22 January 1940, in Stuttgart, Germany) is a German double bassist and composer. As a bass player, he is known for his highly distinctive tone and phrasing. Weber's compositions blend chamber jazz, European classical music, m ...
)
– 4:10


Personnel

*
Ralph Towner Ralph Towner (born March 1, 1940) is an American multi-instrumentalist, composer, arranger and bandleader. He plays the twelve-string guitar, classical guitar, piano, synthesizer, percussion, trumpet and French horn. Biography Towner was born i ...
– 12-string and classical guitar, piano *
Jan Garbarek Jan Garbarek () (born 4 March 1947) is a Norwegian jazz saxophonist, who is also active in classical music and world music. Garbarek was born in Mysen, Østfold, southeastern Norway, the only child of a former Polish prisoner of war, Czesław ...
– tenor and soprano saxophone, flute *
Eberhard Weber Eberhard Weber (born 22 January 1940, in Stuttgart, Germany) is a German double bassist and composer. As a bass player, he is known for his highly distinctive tone and phrasing. Weber's compositions blend chamber jazz, European classical music, m ...
– bass, cello * Jon Christensen – drums, percussion


Sampling

The American hip hop group Atmosphere used a sample of Jon Christensen's drum introduction to "Piscean Dance" on a track called "Shoes", which features on their 2003 album ''
Seven's Travels ''Seven's Travels'' is the third studio album by the Minneapolis hip hop group Atmosphere, their first and only for Epitaph. It was released on September 23, 2003. "Trying to Find a Balance" and "National Disgrace" were released as singles and m ...
''.


References

{{Authority control 1975 albums ECM Records albums Ralph Towner albums Albums produced by Manfred Eicher