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	E.J.N. - RALPH TOWNER (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Ralph Towner was born in Washington state in 1940, moved to Oregon at age five and grew ap there.
		The Towner family were all musicians, and instruments from the brass, string and woodwind groups were all represented in the family orchestra.
		Ralph began formal study on trumpet, and began playing in dixieland, swing and polka bands at age seven.
	www.ejn.it /mus/towner.htm (494 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Ralph Towner (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Towner also obtains a percussive effect (e.g., "Donkey Jamboree," from Slideshow with Gary Burton) from the guitar by weaving a feather among the strings at the neck of the instrument.
		Ralph Towner was born in 1940 in Chehalis, Washington.
		Ralph Towner was born in Washington state in 1940, moved to Oregon at age five and grew ap there.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Ralph-Towner (1231 words)

	Ralph Towner - Music Downloads - Online
		Bio: One of the founders of Oregon, Ralph Towner is one of the few modern jazz musicians to specialize on acoustic guitar.
		In the latter group, Towner first met up with Collin Walcott, Glen Moore, and Paul McCandless, and in 1971 they broke away to form Oregon, a highly versatile group that ranges from jazz and free improvisations to folk music.
		Towner (who guested with Weather Report in 1971 and played with Gary Burton a bit during 1974-1975) has performed and recorded with Oregon extensively since its formation, in addition to recording as a leader and with many other artists on the ECM label.
	musicstore.connect.com /artist/764/Ralph-Towner/30005418.html (194 words)

	Ralph Towner - Ana \| Best price for Music on CD Album
		It is clear to me Mr Towner spent a long time composing these great works as you will note there was a significant period of time between this release and the one prior.
		Thank you Mr Towner for such an intense piece of beauty and artistry, may you always be remembered for your creativity, originality, and emotional offerings.
		This is a solid set of some of Ralph's most melodic compositions, performed beautifully on the classical guitar, followed by a small, interesting set of more improvisatory pieces performed on 12-string.
	shop0nline.com /b000024hk9.htm (458 words)

	Ralph Towner Biography
		Ralph Towner is such an innovator on the modern musical landscape, his ideas ever fresh, though they span a career of more than thirty years.
		Towner was born in Chehalis, Washington on March 1st, 1940 into a musical family, his mother a piano teacher and his father a trumpet player.
		Towner and his siblings were raised in a nurturing and empowering environment that encouraged free musical experimentation and expression.
	www.ralphtowner.com /biography.htm (768 words)

	YouTube - Ralph Towner 2
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		Acoustic guitar player ECM recording artist Ralph Towner plays a live solo (The name of the tune is "Toledo").
		Alberto Pala - Ralph Towner - The Reluctant Bride
	www.youtube.com /watch?v=xvLSr5lXEko (439 words)

	Ralph Towner, acoustic guitar - Time Line - ECM
		Towner recorded without the usual headphones, and he reports that projecting the music into the very large space he was conscious of the natural reverberation of the church and worked with that as part of the total sound.
		Towner describes the CD as "really about my path with the guitar, aspects of this long journey that is still developing - looking backwards and forwards." To illustrate that theme the CD photography both on the jewel box and the note booklet is semi-blurred shots of a landscape seen from a moving train or car.
		There are five very short improvisations, selected from many more that Towner played during the recording sessions with a view toward "changing the density of the record." This is a most satisfying album; a recital which would probably appeal to classical guitar fans as much as to jazz fans.
	www.audaud.com /article.php?ArticleID=1459 (437 words)

	Time Line - Ralph Towner, Music Downloads - Online
		Towner's a restless artist, he pushes his boundaries on the classical and 12-string guitars.
		Evans has been forever associated with the former tune since his 1961 trio performance of it at the Village Vanguard; the latter is a tune he played live fairly often in the '60s and even the '70s.
		In sum, this is a brief but utterly captivating issue from one of the music's great composers and theorists that should not be missed by anyone interested in Towner, of course, but also in melodic improvisation and composition.
	musicstore.connect.com /album/764/Ralph-Towner/Time-Line/500000000000020321069.html (315 words)

	Guitar Player - Ralph Towner
		Ralph Towner began playing classical guitar after being persuaded to buy one by an enterprising music store salesman in the early ’60s.
		Towner relocated to New York in 1968, at a time when the Big Apple’s vibrant jazz scene was transitioning away from bebop, and towards new forms that incorporated elements from musical traditions around the globe, as well as modern classical harmonies.
		Towner’s latest CD, Time Line [ECM], is a collection of 16 solo guitar pieces recorded within the serene confines of Propstei St. Gerold, a monastery located high in the Austrian mountains, and listening to it one might imagine that the place’s spiritual atmosphere entered the music along with its acoustics.
	www.guitarplayer.com /story.asp?sectioncode=4&storycode=14232 (1499 words)

	NPR : The Worlds of Ralph Towner
		Performance Today, July 28, 2006 · Veteran guitarist Ralph Towner founded the influential group Oregon decades ago.
		His unique style of playing, and his compositions, are inspired by a wide array of influences, from Bach to Brazil and jazz.
		Towner joins host Fred Child in the Performance Today studio to play an original piece, "Anniversary Song," followed by his own arrangement of George Gershwin's "My Man's Gone Now," from Porgy and Bess.
	www.npr.org /templates/story/story.php?storyId=5589559&ft=1&f=1041 (133 words)

	Solstice/Sound and Shadows - Ralph Towner - Music Reviews (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Ralph Towner is in fine form on this set of five tracks, the first of which, "Distant Hills," is an Oregon standard from the band's Vanguard period.
		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.
		Towner, at least at this point in his career, and again much later, was a master of understatement.
	www.mp3.com /albums/115178/reviews.html (742 words)

	Guitar Tabs: Ralph Towner Licks
		Ralph Towner is one of the few jazz guitarists who's specialized in acoustic guitar (another one is Charlie Byrd).
		Ralph Towner made a lot of recordings for ECM, mostly as a leader of duets or trios.
		The theme is brilliant in it's simplicity and has got a great bass line (click the album title to listen to the theme).
	www.jazzguitar.be /ralph_towner_guitar_tabs.html (277 words)

	Amazon.com: Anthem: Music: Ralph Towner (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Ralph Towner is a guitarist's guitarist, and a whole generation of finger-pickers have absorbed his merging of classical technique, jazz voicings, and genre-defying improvisation.
		Towner's playing style is more about touch and tone than the number of notes per minute he can coax out of his instrument.
		Ralph Towner can be a difficult artist to approach - often introverted, highly improvisational and complex - and solo guitar collections are somewhat of a specialty area in any case, so this album is perhaps not for everybody.
	www.amazon.com /Anthem-Ralph-Towner/dp/B000059OB9 (1804 words)

	Ralph Towner : City of Eyes - Listen, Review and Buy at ARTISTdirect (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Towner kicks it into classical gear on "Les Douzilles," before moving into a hot improv duet with Gary Peacock, who -- believe it -- plays his bass like a guitarist.
		The fretwork by Towner and the pizzicato by Peacock are among the most intricate, complex, and purely "musical" duets in recent history between the two instruments.
		This is where Towner shines, when challenged by a musician equal to, or greater than, his own abilities.
	www.artistdirect.com /nad/store/artist/album/0,,176620,00.html (480 words)

	Anthem (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Ralph Towner recently turned 60, and his age has only made him more eloquent, more imaginative, more able to cast a spell.
		The improvisational energy and highly involved counterpoint that Towner brings to all his pieces is cut from an entirely different cloth.
		Moreover, Towner's restless straddling of genres speaks to a depth of musical knowledge that purveyors of “mood music” rarely possess, if ever.
	www.allaboutjazz.com /reviews/r0501_020.htm (308 words)

	Perfect Sound Forever: Ralph Towner (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Towner developed a breathy ostinato much ignored by fellow string pluckers but a suspension nonetheless lending an ambiance unobtainable with any other instrument, It was complex (fingerpicked in such instances) while muted and cloudy, a cluster later slowed down to reveal its elements before being inserted back into the song.
		Ralph further chose what has since been covered by others and may eventually become a standard, the classic "Timeless," a John Abercrombie tune from an album of the same name two years earlier.
		Towner had competition in Walcott this time around: the percussionist's sitar playing had improved dramatically, best shown doubled with Moore on "Rejoicing." The LP was also the group's moodiest outing in years.
	www.furious.com /perfect/ralphtowner.html (3286 words)

	Frets - Ralph Towner
		Ralph Towner is globally renowned as a classical and 12-string guitar virtuoso, but he would rather be known as an aural novelist.
		The album is Towner’s fifth solo-guitar release in a vast catalog of more than 20 titles stretching across nearly four decades on the ECM label.
		In addition to his voluminous solo output, Towner is the principal composer, guitarist, and keyboardist for Oregon, a pioneering, boundary-breaking act known for merging world music, jazz, and classical elements.
	www.fretsmag.com /story.asp?storycode=14813 (1975 words)

	Ralph Towner: Unfolding stories
		As a solo artist, Towner, 61, is equally prolific.
		But despite Towner’s resounding mastery of classical and 12 string guitar, only four of his albums for ECM are entirely solo guitar, including 1997’s Ana and his most recent recording Anthem.
		Whether solo or in collaboration, Towner’s music usually finds him pursuing a balance between his compositional and improvisational tendencies.
	www.innerviews.org /inner/towner.html (6065 words)

	Variety.com - Reviews - Ralph Towner
		Amid the tributes and celebrations of varying generations that fill the JVC Jazz Festival, guitarist Ralph Towner is undoubtedly responsible for the quietest moments of the 12-day fest.
		Towner's intonation was impeccable at Zankel, his 12-string work remarkably confined to single, evocative notes rather than the usual strum-and-sustain technique of most players.
		Towner is a guitarist who never swings, even when he interprets a number like "Come Rain." It's his commingling of elements that makes his distinct music unquestionably jazz.
	www.variety.com /review/VE1117930921?categoryid=34&cs=1&nid=2562 (407 words)

	Jazzmatazz Review - Oregon & Ralph Towner CDs
		Towner masterfully manipulates the dynamics of his playing to create both drama and emotion in his music.
		While his interest in both classical and folk music is obvious in his formidable technique and dancing melodies, it is often difficult to say exactly where his composing ends and his improvisations begin or to untangle his overlapping melodies.
		Towner creates an intricate and compelling universe of sound that carries the listener along with an easy but irresistible momentum.
	home.att.net /~jazzmatazz/reviews.p/R0103g.html (559 words)

	Amazon.com: Solstice: Music: Ralph Towner (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		This 1974 recording by acoustic guitarist Ralph Towner is a classic of the label's early period.
		Adept at blending jazz with folk and classical elements, Towner is joined here by drummer Jon Christensen and two of the label's essential voices, the sweetly muscular saxophone sound of Jan Garbarek and the springy bass virtuosity of Eberhard Weber.
		Ralph Towner is one of the greatest exemplars of contemporary music that is lumped into jazz but transcends categorization.
	www.amazon.com /Solstice-Ralph-Towner/dp/B0000261O7 (1383 words)

	Jazz \| JazzTimes Magazine > Columns and Features > Before and After
		Ralph Towner is chain smoking in a hotel room in Northern Virginia.
		Towner, 66, was the youngest child in a musical family.
		While Towner is known for his striking 12-string work—one of the few people to play it in jazz (or anywhere else)—it wasn’t until he joined the Paul Winter Consort that he started playing the unwieldy instrument at the bandleader’s request.
	www.jazztimes.com /columns_and_features/before_and_after/index.cfm?artist=35&action=about_the_artist (643 words)

	Ralph Towner - Time Line Interview on PodcastAlley.com -- The place to find Podcasts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Ralph Towner - Time Line Interview on PodcastAlley.com -- The place to find Podcasts
		Ã¢ Chip Stern, Stereophile Time Line, Ralph TownerÃ¢s newest solo album, was recorded in September 2005 in a unique setting that was quite different from his previous solo offerings Diary, Solo Concert, Ana and Anthem.
		In this interview with New York Guitar Festival co-founder and artistic director David Spelman, Ralph discusses the recording session for Time Line as well as many other topics from his legendary career.
	www.podcastalley.com /podcast_details.php?pod_id=27639 (368 words)

	Ralph Towner/Wolfgang Muthspiel/Slava Grigoryan - Review - Music - Entertainment
		The warmth of Towner's compositional, sonic and melodic conception made immediate impact on If and Always By Your Side, the lyricism of these contrasting with the darting virtuosity on Oleander Etude.
		Towner and Muthspiel attacked the timeless Nardis, the former on classical guitar and at his most percussive, piling up the drama.
		The trio performed Towner's signature Icarus, the younger players sharing the melody over shimmering 12-string, and the composer contributing riveting, flamenco-like flourishes in the improvising.
	www.smh.com.au /news/review/ralph-townerwolfgang-muthspielslava-grigoryan/2005/09/25/1127586743540.html (391 words)

	Marc Copland - Ralph Towner – Music at Last.fm
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	www.last.fm /music/Marc+Copland+-+Ralph+Towner (211 words)

	Artist Roster: Ralph Towner
		Towner's performing activities currently include sol o playing, work with Oregon and with two duos both of long-standing, one with John Abercrombie and one with Gary Peacock.
		"Ralph Towner is a guitar player's dream, one of the most brilliant lights in the fingerstyle universe."
		This is a crystal pure recording that continues Ralph Towner's tradition, begun in 1980 with the live recording "Solo Concert", of musical leaps of faith using solo guitar with an approach that succeeds because of his rare willingness to take improvisational risks combined with creative genius."
	www.tedkurland.com /pbuild/artist.cfm?code=RTO (265 words)

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