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Matchbook (Ralph Towner and Gary Burton album)

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Released
  
1975

Length
  
38:58

Matchbook (1974)
  
Dreams So Real (1975)

Release date
  
1975

Label
  
ECM Records

Recorded
  
July, 26, 27, 1974

Matchbook (1974)
  
Solstice (1975)

Artists
  
Gary Burton, Ralph Towner

Producer
  
Manfred Eicher

Genre
  
Jazz

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Similar
  
Ralph Towner albums, Jazz albums

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Matchbook is an album by guitarist Ralph Towner and vibraphonist Gary Burton recorded in 1974 and released on the ECM label.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4½ stars stating "More tempo and mood variation would have uplifted the otherwise fine music".

Track listing

All compositions by Ralph Towner except as indicated
  1. "Drifting Petals" - 5:19
  2. "Some Other Time" (Leonard Bernstein, Betty Comden, Adolph Green) - 6:16
  3. "Brotherhood" (Gary Burton) - 1:12
  4. "Icarus" - 5:53
  5. "Song For a Friend" - 5:10
  6. "Matchbook" - 4:34
  7. "1 X 6" - 0:56
  8. "Aurora" - 5:11
  9. "Goodbye Pork Pie Hat" (Charles Mingus) - 4:22
  • Recorded at Studio Bauer in Ludwigsburg, West Germany on July, 26, 27, 1974

    • Personnel

  • Ralph Towner — twelve-string guitar, classical guitar
  • Gary Burton — vibraharp

    • Songs

    1Drifting Petals5:20
    2Some Other Time6:17
    3Brotherhood1:12

    References

    Matchbook (Ralph Towner & Gary Burton album) Wikipedia
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