Solstice/Sound and Shadows

Solstice/Sound and Shadows
Solstice/Sound and Shadows
Studio album by Ralph Towner
Released	1977
Recorded	February 1977
Studio	Talent Studio, Oslo
Genre	Jazz
Length	44:35
Label	ECM
Producer	Manfred Eicher
Ralph Towner chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[2]

Solstice/Sound and Shadows is an album by American guitarist Ralph Towner that was released on the ECM label in 1977. It is the second album to feature the Solstice quartet of Towner with Jan Garbarek, Eberhard Weber and Jon Christensen.

Reception[]

Allmusic awarded the album with 4 stars and its review by Michael G. Nastos states: "The playing here by Towner and a group of other ECM artists is what made the label so noteworthy: It is full of elegance and aplomb and the musicians are as aware of space as they are of what fills it".^[1]

Track listing[]

All tracks are written by Ralph Towner.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Distant Hills"	10:46
2.	"Balance Beam"	10:44
3.	"Along the Way"	5:14
4.	"Arion"	8:44
5.	"Song of the Shadows"	9:24

Personnel[]

Ralph Towner – 12-string and classical guitar, piano, French horn
Jan Garbarek – tenor and soprano saxophone, flute
Eberhard Weber – bass, cello
Jon Christensen – drums, percussion

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Nastos, M. G. Allmusic Review: Solstice/Sound and Shadows accessed 10 March 2010
^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1410. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

[Allmusic-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b Nastos, M. G. Allmusic Review: Solstice/Sound and Shadows accessed 10 March 2010

[Penguin-2] Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1410. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

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