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    AAJ Review: Ralph Towner/Wolfgang Muthspiel/Slava Grigoryan, Travel Guide



    My review of Ralph Towner/Wolfgang Muthspiel/Slava Grigoryan's Travel Guide, today at AllAboutJazz.

    Following an early series of ensemble releases for ECM (the label he's called home as a leader since 1973), Ralph Towner ushered in the new millennium by focusing on solo explorations with Anthem (2001) and Time Line (2006). Not that there's anything wrong with that, but after classic records like Solstice (1975) and Batik (1978), there are those who have long pined for the days when the guitarist/pianist collaborated more regularly with others beyond Oregon, the groundbreaking group shared with bassist Glen Moore and woodwind/reed multi-instrumentalist Paul McCandless for more than 40 years.

    The same trio appearing on Travel Guide—Towner, electric guitarist Wolfgang Muthspiel and classical guitarist Slava Grigoryan (previously monikered MGT)—broke Towner's trend with the hard-to-find From a Dream, released on Muthspiel's Material Records, but a broader international audience saw change in 2010, when Towner released Chiaroscuro (ECM), a sublime duo date with Italian trumpeter Paolo Fresu.

    After clocking up some significant touring time touring From a Dream, Travel Guide finally exposes this stellar guitar trio to a larger audience and, beyond the benefit of global distribution, ECM's crystalline approach to sound suits this trio particularly well.

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    Thanks for the review. I will be picking this up soon. Ralph Tower = autobuy.

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