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Chiaroscuro (Ralph Towner album)

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Released
  
2009

Length
  
46:35

Release date
  
2008

Label
  
ECM Records

Recorded
  
October 2008

Artists
  
Paolo Fresu, Ralph Towner

Producer
  
Manfred Eicher

Genre
  
Jazz

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Ralph Towner albums, Jazz albums

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Chiaroscuro is an album by American guitarist Ralph Towner and Italian trumpeter Paolo Fresu recorded in 2008 and released on the ECM label.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review by Jeff Tamarkin awarded the album 4 stars stating "Chiaroscuro, naturally, boasts virtuosic musicianship, but it's never about that; it's about two artists coming together by chance and allowing their mutual respect to show them the way to something great".

Track listing

All compositions by Ralph Towner except as indicated
  1. "Wistful Thinking" - 4:19
  2. "Punta Giara" - 6:21
  3. "Chiaroscuro" - 6:31
  4. "Sacred Place" - 4:13
  5. "Blue in Green" (Miles Davis, Bill Evans) - 5:45
  6. "Doubled Up" - 4:56
  7. "Zephyr" - 7:29
  8. "The Sacred Place (Reprise)" - 1:59
  9. "Two Miniatures" (Paulo Fresu, Ralph Towner) - 2:38
  10. "Postlude" (Fresu, Towner) - 2:31
  • Recorded at Rainbow Studio in Oslo, Norway in October 2008.

    • Personnel

  • Ralph Towner — classical guitar, 12 string guitar, baritone guitar
  • Paolo Fresu — trumpet, flugelhorn

    • Songs

    1Wistful Thinking4:19
    2Punta Giara6:21
    3Chiaroscuro6:31

    References

    Chiaroscuro (Ralph Towner album) Wikipedia
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