Anthem

by Ralph Towner

Anthem cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 2001
  • Label: ECM
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 50:15
  • Community rating: 3.9/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Recorded entirely as a solo acoustic guitar performance, 'Anthem' highlights Ralph Towner's masterful, crystalline technique. The ECM release provides an incredibly calm, introspective, and beautifully hypnotic exploration of modern chamber jazz, blending classical discipline with fluid improvisation.

Genres

Descriptors: acoustic, guitars, instrumental, ballad, chamber

Tracklist

  1. Solitary Woman (6:54)
  2. Anthem (4:52)
  3. Haunted (3:07)
  4. The Lutemaker (4:19)
  5. Simone (6:00)
  6. Gloria's Step (2:48)
  7. Four Comets I (1:06)
  8. Four Comets II (1:12)
  9. Four Comets III (1:02)
  10. Four Comets IV (0:49)
  11. Raffish (4:10)
  12. Very Late (4:00)
  13. The Prowler (4:58)
  14. Three Comments I (1:32)
  15. Three Comments II (0:31)
  16. Three Comments III (0:52)
  17. Goodbye, Pork-Pie Hat (1:54)

Credits

  • Ralph Towner - primary artist, classical guitar, twelve-string guitar [12-string guitar], composed by
  • Charles Mingus - composed by
  • Scott LaFaro - composed by

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