| Towner, Ralph / My Foolish Heart |
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| Album: | My Foolish Heart | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Towner, Ralph | Added: | Apr 2018 | |
| Label: | Ecm Records | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2018-04-29 | Pull Date: | 2018-07-01 | Charts: | Jazz |
| Week Ending: | Jul 1 | Jun 17 | Jun 3 | May 13 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Jun 29, 2021: | Old Fart at Play (rebroadcast from Jun 15, 2018) I'll Sing To You | 4. | Jun 16, 2018: | the acupuncture hour Dolomiti Dance, My Foolish Heart, Saunter, I'll Sing To You, Pilgrimsaunter | |
| 2. | Jul 07, 2018: | the cacophony hour Clarion Call | 5. | Jun 15, 2018: | Old Fart at Play I'll Sing To You | |
| 3. | Jun 29, 2018: | the cacophony hour (demo) Clarion Call, Saunter | 6. | May 29, 2018: | Hot Probs Blue As In Bley, My Foolish Heart |
| Album Review |
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| Tom McCarter Reviewed 2018-04-27 | ||
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Reviewed: 2018-04-27 Genre: Jazz FCCs: none Review: Solo guitar from Oregon’s guitarist. Towner has occasionally said that he considers himself less a musician than a sort of audio novelist. An album or concert might not tell a single strict narrative, exactly, but dynamic flow is central to his compositions as much as his marvelously expressive fretting and plucking. Unsurprisingly from a player so known for picturesque sensibility (though always a delight to hear), My Foolish Heart paints another lovely series of aural images with a rich depth of experience behind it all. If You Like: David Friesen, Bill Frisell, Nels Cline Track Review (favorites denoted by *): 1/ Pilgrim (4:31) – slow start> slow intriguing solo> quick stop *2/ I’ll Sing To You (4:32) – strong entrance> slow like a ballerina skipping lightly> builds to midtempo> & slows> fade 3/ Saunter (5:01) – slow opening, slow solo like a stroll through a park, observing sights> swings uptempo> quick stop *4/ My Foolish Heart (4:24) – slow opening> midtempo solo & fullof yearning> shifting melodies like a conversation *5/ Dolomiti Dance (4:24) – quick opening like a jig> fast solo> false stop> fast solo builds in intensity & volume> shifts back & forth between melodies> quick stop 6/ Clarion Call (4:40) – slow opening with bass strings> hesitating> slow solo with intermittent heavy chords swings to midtempo and fades 7/ Two Poets (2:04) – quiet & slow opening> slow solo> slow fade *8/ Shard (0:54) – heavy chords start> short uptempo solo> quick stop 9/ Ubi Sunt (1:20) – slow opning> slow solo> quick stop *10/ Biding Time (1:29) – heavy chords open> uptempo solo> quick fade *11/ Blue As In Bley (3:53) – strong slow opening> rocking midtempo solo> quick fade *12/ Rewind (3:43) – strong slow opening> midtempo solo builds to uptempo> fade | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Pilgrimsaunter | 7. | Two Poets | |||
| 2. | I'll Sing To You | 8. | Shard | |||
| 3. | Saunter | 9. | Ubi Sunt | |||
| 4. | My Foolish Heart | 10. | Biding Time | |||
| 5. | Dolomiti Dance | 11. | Blue As In Bley | |||
| 6. | Clarion Call | 12. | Rewind |