Matchbook
Ralph Towner (classical and 12-string guitars), Gary Burton (vibraharp)
one of the vibist’s favourite collaborations on record was with guitarist Ralph Towner in 1975..... here it already seems in almost perfect balance as acoustic guitar and vibes create graceful...
Matchbook
Ralph Towner (classical and 12-string guitars), Gary Burton (vibraharp)
Purchase product
one of the vibist’s favourite collaborations on record was with guitarist Ralph Towner in 1975..... here it already seems in almost perfect balance as acoustic guitar and vibes create graceful...
About
An album-of-the-year in US magazine High Fidelity and recipient of a 5-star review in Down Beat, Towner and Burton’s Matchbook stands up today as a timeless instance of the art of the duo, its vibrant spontaneity still alluring. The wide-ranging repertoire includes Ralph Towner’s classic tune “Icarus”, Charles Mingus’s farewell to Lester Young, “Goodbye Pork Pie Hat”, and Leonard Bernstein’s “Some Other Time” (“a meticulously plotted melody that spurs some of the record’s loveliest interaction” - Down Beat).
Contents and tracklist
- Gary Burton (vibraphone), Ralph Towner (guitar)
- Recorded: 1974-07-27
- Recording Venue: Tonstudio Bauer, Ludwigsburg
- Gary Burton (vibraphone), Ralph Towner (guitar)
- Recorded: 1974-07-27
- Recording Venue: Tonstudio Bauer, Ludwigsburg
- Gary Burton (vibraphone), Ralph Towner (guitar)
- Recorded: 1974-07-27
- Recording Venue: Tonstudio Bauer, Ludwigsburg
- Ralph Towner (guitar), Gary Burton (vibraphone)
- Recorded: 1974-07-27
- Recording Venue: Tonstudio Bauer, Ludwigsburg
- Gary Burton (vibraphone), Ralph Towner (guitar)
- Recorded: 1974-07-27
- Recording Venue: Tonstudio Bauer, Ludwigsburg
- Gary Burton (vibraphone), Ralph Towner (guitar)
- Recorded: 1974-07-27
- Recording Venue: Tonstudio Bauer, Ludwigsburg
- Gary Burton (vibraphone), Ralph Towner (guitar)
- Recorded: 1974-07-27
- Recording Venue: Tonstudio Bauer, Ludwigsburg
- Gary Burton (vibraphone), Ralph Towner (guitar)
- Recorded: 1974-07-27
- Recording Venue: Tonstudio Bauer, Ludwigsburg
- Ralph Towner (guitar), Gary Burton (vibraphone)
- Recorded: 1974-07-27
- Recording Venue: Tonstudio Bauer, Ludwigsburg
Awards and reviews
June 2019
one of the vibist’s favourite collaborations on record was with guitarist Ralph Towner in 1975..... here it already seems in almost perfect balance as acoustic guitar and vibes create graceful arabesques around the thematic material at hand.
