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City of Eyes

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Released
  
1989

Length
  
46:53

Artist
  
Ralph Towner

Producer
  
Manfred Eicher

Genres
  
Jazz, Chamber jazz

Recorded
  
January-November 1988

City of Eyes (1988)
  
Open Letter (1991)

Release date
  
1989

Label
  
ECM Records

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Similar
  
Ralph Towner albums, Jazz albums

City of Eyes is an album by guitarist Ralph Towner recorded in 1988 and released on the ECM label.

Contents

Reception

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".

Track listing

All compositions by Ralph Towner
  1. "Jamaica Stopover" - 4:11
  2. "Cascades' - 6:47
  3. "Les Douzilles" - 6:10
  4. "City of Eyes" - 4:11
  5. "Sipping the Past" 2:31
  6. "Far Cry" - 4:23
  7. "Janet" - 3:21
  8. "Sustained Release" - 5:03
  9. "Tundra" - 4:40
  10. "Blue Gown" - 5:36

Personnel

  • 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

    • Songs

    1Jamaica Stopover4:15
    2Cascades6:51
    3Les Douzilles6:14

    References

    City of Eyes Wikipedia
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