Matchbook (Ralph Towner & Gary Burton album)
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Matchbook is an album by guitarist Ralph Towner
and vibraphonist Gary Burton
recorded in 1974 and released on the ECM label.
awarded the album 4½ stars stating "More tempo and mood variation would have uplifted the otherwise fine music".
Ralph Towner
Ralph Towner is an American multi-instrumentalist, composer, arranger and bandleader. He plays the twelve-string guitar, classical guitar, piano, synthesizer, percussion and trumpet.-Biography:...
and vibraphonist Gary Burton
Gary Burton
Gary Burton is an American jazz vibraphonist.A true original on the vibraphone, Burton developed a pianistic style of four-mallet technique as an alternative to the usual two-mallets. This approach caused Burton to be heralded as an innovator and his sound and technique are widely imitated...
recorded in 1974 and released on the ECM label.
Reception
The Allmusic review by Scott YanowScott Yanow
Scott Yanow is an American jazz commentator, known for many contributions to the Allmusic website, for writing ten books on jazz and for reviewing jazz recordings for over 30 years.-Biography:...
awarded the album 4½ stars stating "More tempo and mood variation would have uplifted the otherwise fine music".
Track listing
- All compositions by Ralph Towner except as indicated
- "Drifting Petals" - 5:19
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) - 6:16 - "Brotherhood" (Gary Burton) - 1:12
- "Icarus" - 5:53
- "Song For a Friend" - 5:10
- "Matchbook" - 4:34
- "1 X 6" - 0:56
- "Aurora" - 5:11
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) - 4:22- Recorded at Studio Bauer in Ludwigsburg, West Germany on July, 26, 27, 1974
Personnel
- Ralph TownerRalph TownerRalph Towner is an American multi-instrumentalist, composer, arranger and bandleader. He plays the twelve-string guitar, classical guitar, piano, synthesizer, percussion and trumpet.-Biography:...
— twelve-string guitar, classical guitarClassical guitarThe classical guitar is a 6-stringed plucked string instrument from the family of instruments called chordophones... - Gary BurtonGary BurtonGary Burton is an American jazz vibraphonist.A true original on the vibraphone, Burton developed a pianistic style of four-mallet technique as an alternative to the usual two-mallets. This approach caused Burton to be heralded as an innovator and his sound and technique are widely imitated...
— vibraharpVibraphoneThe vibraphone, sometimes called the vibraharp or simply the vibes, is a musical instrument in the struck idiophone subfamily of the percussion family....