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Recorded in Oslo in 1981, Five Years Later is an album of guitar duets performed by John Abercrombie (acoustic guitar, twelve-string electric guitar, mandolin guitar) and Ralph Towner (classical guitar and twelve-string guitar). The two musicians draw from these instruments a world of contrasts, nuances and richly brocaded colours.
“Something special happens when they play together” observed Robert Palmer in the New York Times, and the participants concurred. “Playing with John is one of my favourite things to do,” said Ralph Towner. “I can play as much as when playing solo, and still get to ply my skills as accompanist. John is such an amazing person to play with that, even when he’s playing intensely or aggressively, we somehow fit together and there’s really no way that we could collide.” On Five Years Later, follow-up to their debut duo disc Sargasso Sea, their improvisations draw on a wider sonic palette, to telling effect. (ECM)
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Ralph Towner, Composer, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - John Abercrombie, Composer, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jan Erik Kongshaug, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Manfred Eicher, Producer
℗ 1982 ECM Records GmbH
Ralph Towner, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - John Abercrombie, Composer, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jan Erik Kongshaug, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Manfred Eicher, Producer
℗ 1982 ECM Records GmbH, under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics & Jazz - a division of Universal Music GmbH
Ralph Towner, Composer, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - John Abercrombie, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jan Erik Kongshaug, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Manfred Eicher, Producer
℗ 1982 ECM Records GmbH
Ralph Towner, Composer, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - John Abercrombie, Composer, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jan Erik Kongshaug, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Manfred Eicher, Producer
℗ 1982 ECM Records GmbH
Ralph Towner, Composer, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - John Abercrombie, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jan Erik Kongshaug, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Manfred Eicher, Producer
℗ 1982 ECM Records GmbH
Ralph Towner, Composer, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - John Abercrombie, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jan Erik Kongshaug, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Manfred Eicher, Producer
℗ 1982 ECM Records GmbH
Ralph Towner, Composer, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - John Abercrombie, Composer, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jan Erik Kongshaug, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Manfred Eicher, Producer
℗ 1982 ECM Records GmbH
Ralph Towner, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - John Abercrombie, Composer, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jan Erik Kongshaug, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Manfred Eicher, Producer
℗ 1982 ECM Records GmbH
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Recorded in Oslo in 1981, Five Years Later is an album of guitar duets performed by John Abercrombie (acoustic guitar, twelve-string electric guitar, mandolin guitar) and Ralph Towner (classical guitar and twelve-string guitar). The two musicians draw from these instruments a world of contrasts, nuances and richly brocaded colours.
“Something special happens when they play together” observed Robert Palmer in the New York Times, and the participants concurred. “Playing with John is one of my favourite things to do,” said Ralph Towner. “I can play as much as when playing solo, and still get to ply my skills as accompanist. John is such an amazing person to play with that, even when he’s playing intensely or aggressively, we somehow fit together and there’s really no way that we could collide.” On Five Years Later, follow-up to their debut duo disc Sargasso Sea, their improvisations draw on a wider sonic palette, to telling effect. (ECM)
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 8 track(s)
- Total length: 00:50:08
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Ralph Towner John Abercrombie
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: ECM
- Genre: Jazz
© 2013 ECM Records GmbH ℗ 1982 ECM Records GmbH
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