Oracle (Gary Peacock and Ralph Towner album)

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Oracle
Oracle (Gary Peacock and Ralph Towner album).jpg
Studio album by
Gary Peacock and Ralph Towner
Released1994
RecordedMay 1993
GenreChamber jazz
Length49:51
LabelECM
ProducerManfred Eicher
Gary Peacock chronology
Partners
(1991) 		Oracle
(1994) 		Just So Happens
(1994)
Ralph Towner chronology
Open Letter
(1992) 		Oracle
(1993) 		Lost and Found
(1994)

Oracle is an album by American jazz bassist Gary Peacock and guitarist Ralph Towner recorded in 1993 and released on the ECM label.[1][2]

Reception[]

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4½ stars, stating, "there is a surprising amount of ferocious interplay between the two musicians. They may play at a consistently low volume, but the set of originals has a few rather passionate grooves and a little more energy than one would have predicted".[3]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic4.5/5 stars[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings3/4 stars[4]
Tom Hull – on the WebB+ ((2-star Honorable Mention)(2-star Honorable Mention))[5]

Track listing[]

All compositions by Gary Peacock except as indicated
  1. "Gaya" - 5:45
  2. "Flutter Step" - 5:45
  3. "Empty Carrousel" 5:48
  4. "Hat and Cane" (Ralph Towner) - 5:12
  5. "Inside Inside" - 5:55
  6. "St. Helens" - 1:52
  7. "Oracle" (Peacock, Towner) - 7:20
  8. "Burly Hello" - 5:53
  9. "Tramonto" (Towner) - 6:21
  • Recorded at Rainbow Studio in Oslo, Norway in May 1993.

Personnel[]

References[]

  1. ^ ECM discography accessed October 6, 2011
  2. ^ "Gary Peacock Catalog". jazzdisco.org. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed October 6, 2011
  4. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1137. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  5. ^ Hull, Tom (September 8, 2020). "Music Week". Tom Hull – on the Web. Retrieved September 9, 2020.
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