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Open Letter (Ralph Towner album)

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Released
  
1992

Open Letter (1992)
  
Oracle (1994)

Release date
  
1992

Label
  
ECM Records

Length
  
53:40

Artist
  
Ralph Towner

Producer
  
Manfred Eicher

Genre
  
Jazz

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Recorded
  
July 1991 and February 1992

Similar
  
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Open Letter is an album by guitarist Ralph Towner recorded in 1991 and 1992 and released on the ECM label.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review by Rick Anderson awarded the album 3 stars stating "Ralph Towner's a difficult case. The snoozy noodlings of his former band Oregon can be downright stupefying, but his solo work is often, though not always, quite a bit more interesting. Open Letter walks both sides of the line, but succeeds more often than it fails.

Track listing

All compositions by Ralph Towner except as indicated
  1. "The Sigh" - 5:13
  2. "Wistful Thinking" - 3:58
  3. "Adrift" - 6:10
  4. "Infection" (Peter Erskine, Ralph Towner) - 3:18
  5. "Alar" - 7:14
  6. "Short 'n Stout" - 3:04
  7. "Waltz For Debby" (Bill Evans) - 4:16
  8. "I Fall in Love Too Easily" (Jules Styne, Sammy Cahn) - 4:19
  9. "Magic Pouch" - 5:06
  10. "Magnolia Island" - 4:35
  11. "Nightfall" - 6:27
  • Recorded at Rainbow Studio in Oslo, Norway in July 1991 and February 1992

    • Personnel

  • Ralph Towner — twelve-string guitar, classical guitar, synthesizer
  • Peter Erskine — drums

    • Songs

    1The Sigh5:13
    2Wishful Thinking3:58
    3Adrift6:10

    References

    Open Letter (Ralph Towner album) Wikipedia
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