My Foolish Heart
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Ralph Towner
My Foolish Heart
[ ECM / CD ]
Release Date: Friday 3 March 2017
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After critically-lauded projects with trumpeter Paolo Fresu (Chiaroscuro) and with fellow guitarists Wolfgang Muthspiel and Slava Grigoryan (Travel Guide), Ralph Towner returns to solo guitar for My Foolish Heart. Whether on classical guitar or 12-string guitar Towner's touch is immediately identifiable. Solo music is an important thread through his rich discography and this new album - recorded at Lugano's Auditorio Stelio Molo RSI in February 2016 and produced by Manfred Eicher - follows in the great tradition of Diary, Solo Concert, Ana, Anthem, and Time Line. It features finely-honed new compositions as well as a pair of tunes ("Shard" and "Rewind") from the songbook of Oregon, a dedication to the late Paul Bley ("Blue As In Bley") and a single standard - Victor Young's "My Foolish Heart" which Towner first came to love in Bill Evans's interpretation.
'Towner's originality and genre-transcending approach remains unique' BBC Music Jazz Recording of the Month May 2017
"The mood is beautifully contemplative and the pictures, even all in the mind, are never less than vivid. He makes positive use of space and quietude, occasionally keeping a rhythmic base by weaving around steady chords, and often spinning single-note streams into partita-like structures." AllAboutJazz.com
" Ultimately, it's Towner's immense gift for portraying that kind of romantic drama that makes My Foolish Heart such an evocative listening experience." All Music.com
Tracks:
Pilgrim
I'll Sing to You
Saunter
My Foolish Heart
Dolomiti Dance
Clarion Call
Two Poets
Shard
Ubi Sunt
Biding Time
Blue as in Bley
Rewind
