Ralph Towner 5

[Aerolarva]

3:52 HOLY SHIT

[TheChange1961]

try to find his 1972 album "Trios/Solos", to hear pieces "1x12" and "3x12"...

[geoffpeterstrio]

this is amazing!! I never heard of Ralph Towner before but I am an instant fan. brilliant playing and performance. cheers from Vancouver...

[rauteu2]

haha wow finally i find the tab xD of this song

[doggybag71]

Wow, this is epic. I cant believe he did all that on one guitar!

[unclejunglebass]

the chillest jam ever dude

[Qpidon]

This is why we say: " one PLAYS the guitar..."

[carbone1957]

Mio Dio. Eleganza. Misura. Gioia di vivere. E quanto funk! La pulsazione è densa e genitale!

[alekriti]

is it possible to find somebody a score of this piece?

[maniacguitar]

@alekriti did you ever find one?

[alekriti]

can somebody find notes of this piece?

[sk8a64]

Close your eyes, forget that this one guy...

...How many guitars do you hear?

[maniacguitar]

nothing short of amazing, effortless grace indeed :)

[jazzpsalti]

the most important father of modern fingerstyle guitar, I think

[NapalmFerret]

he's a genius!

[mobisaurus]

You can get this on the CD City of Eyes, or from Itunes.

[querdepp]

yeeaahh

[elAficionado66]

You cant peg him.

Ralph Towner is a musician with a , universal mind,!

I really love his guitar!

[racsopis]

really touched my heart, what an amazing musician, a unique virtuoso on the guitar

[MUDSLIDE001]

Wow.. Truely Inspirational. I'm going to go practice write now.

[EthanWhateley]

what a true master of the instrument, possibly my favorite guitarist!

[Gilyslas]

Saw Mr. Towner at McCabes Guitar Shop in

Santa Monica way back in the 1970's. He was

so good then. He was playing with

John Abercrombie. They made beautiful music.

Ralph has such a unique style, very percussive

and very melodic at the same time. Beautiful

tone too.

[fourplusseven]

Sweet, beautiful, gorgeous, just makes you grin. Such a big tone.

[auriya]

damn my teacher was right.. i SHOULD check out ralph towner :))

[uninoculated]

nylon rules! bravo Towner!

[H0RA]

nylon sounds so much better than steel

[H0RA]

saw him yesterday in sweden, hes a guitar god :O

[mrcss]

Dude i saw him too at uppsala right?;D he was awesome

[H0RA]

yes! in uppsala!, seing this guy makes me wanna quit play guitar haha

[moreiraguitar]

Ralph Twner plays jeff Elliott.

[Aerolarva]

3:53 OMG

[giacomolariccia]

meraviglioso!!!!!! RALPH TOWNER è un grande

[bluedoss]

what kind of guitar does towner play?

[andreastefanomele]

Grandissimo Ralph!!!

[Pur11zz]

RT is one of the greatest yet relatively unknown artists in the world today.

[death8000]

I'm gonna see him in a month <3 you gotta love this...

[AnchoriteProductions]

Excellent! 5***** -Derek

[poguitarist]

Gyönyörű,mint egy ékszer.Ember és hangszer tökéletes szimbiózisa

[jondunnproject]

remarkable compostition and performance -JD

[racsopis]

i almost started crying

[AbstractMan23]

i consider there to be only a small handful of guitarists to be true artists, who have something of value to say. (IMO of course)

mr towner is definitely one of them...

[calicoolboy]

There's a guy out of Philly named Dave Cullen who is doing the nylon ECM thing in a very similar vein as Towner.

[omnidrone]

There's a guy in Texas who wipes his ass with his guitar. There is only one Ralph Towner

[jimmied01]

I saw Ralph about 15 years ago in Philly, he's one of the best guitarists I've been lucky enough to have seen.

[DenianArcoleo]

Absolutely fantastic and amazing-what a musician.

[ranshinahr]

did any one checked out towner and abercrombie duet recordings from the 70?

great stuff!I wish they would record something new.

[duendeguitar]

Ralph Towner is a musical genius. His playing and compostitions are highly respected by jazz, classical, rock and folk musicians. This song isn't on any of his records and it' great! Although Ralph is mainly known as a guitarist, check out his piano playing on some of his records like "Diary" or "Out Of The Woods" by Oregon. He sounds like Keith Jarret. Unbeleivable!

[SpiderJon]

> This song isn't on any of his records

The good news is that it is.

The track is called "Jamaica Stopover" and is on Towner's "City of Eyes" album (ECM, 1988)

[mark2million]

Genius is a much abused term - but he is. The phrase "effortless grace" also springs to mind. One of the most important musicians in the world.

[dostfez]

My thanks G303 for posting the series!

I had heard of Ralph Towner off and on for a while but never really checked him out.

So glad you posted these.

Your efforts are appreciated!

[TimHGuitar]

Very nice playing - notice the great tone too!

[rasalapatuski]

good

[bitomusique]

Thank you, Ralph Towner...you make the world a better place.

[photopicker]

mr towner is one of my all time favorite solo guitarists his compositions are excellent

[florafox]

o.k. I receive good propositions. Tommy Emmanuel, Bensusan, they are all top players, but I was talking about jazz-improvisers on nylon-strung classical guitar.

[photopicker]

saw bensusan last night - top shelf improvisation

[doghousedave]

Absolute quality

[florafox]

the club of improvising acoustic guitar-players who use classical technique is very very small. Laurindo Almeida, Charlie Byrd, Bola Sete were the greatest of the past. Among the younger players are Earl Klugh, Dominic Miller, who can tell me more names?

Towner has developped his own style, excellent!

[gabain69]

I would like to add Andy Summers.

[photopicker]

Tommy Emmanuel

Peppino D'Agostino

for starters

[libanicedrus]

How 'bout Pierre Bensuson?

[yogaofmusic]

Dusan Bogdanovic is another great nylon string improviser and composer. His improvisations are amazingly well constructed.

[AnchoriteProductions]

Saw Bogdanovic last year in concert. Outstanding improvisations. Tended to play over everyone's head though. I really enjoyed it, but my wife was musically hemorrhaging right next to me.......thought I was going to have to get her an emergency infusion of the Bach Chaconne in Dm or something to stop the bleeding..! :-) -Derek

[bitomusique]

Gene Bertoncini. Amazing.

[adamacnwaw]

Towner is an amazing improvisor an - in my opinion - the only great guitar improvisor, who has really brilliant classical technique. He really knows, how to use all the warmth and beauty of a classical guitar!

[bcohen111]

Does anyone remember "Thing" from the Addams Family - the disembodied hand? I think Thing has been working on his chops over the last 40years. He couldnt grow his hand hair long enough in the 80s so he went classical.

[guitaraaron72]

Great piece and great performance. Huge Ralph Towner fan. Thanks for sharing.

[fang666LSD]

fabulously inventive and refreshing. Towner has few peers.

[tulrob]

My brother and I got to see Ralph Towner and John Abercrombie at Long Beach State about 25 years ago and he still sounds amazing!! Thanks for the great video! Rob Tullius

[petesingling]

Mr. Ralph Towner, thank you for the music.

[natemoore]

I play with my tongue sticking out too, but I can't play 1/100th as good as he.

[CHRISTIAANDEJONG1]

great playing, clever concepts, great tone

[saemj]

doublearejazz stop spamming this everywhere ^^

[wesleysnipes32]

towner is an animal and he belongs in a cage

[bobster1250]

Wow! This guy is in another stratospere. Just stunning playing. He's got it all. Pure genius.

[jimmyp37]

anyone have him playing Green and Golden?

[RecuerdosDeLaChaz]

Ya i wish there was a piece of him playing Green And Golden

[agustinfaggiano]

Espectacular! un estilo increible, un musico de verdad!!!

[darksideof1]

The master Towner breath taking!!!!!

[RecuerdosDeLaChaz]

Dude i cant find the music for this piece anywhere

[IsKeLeToR]

Nice melody ..

[mack2d2]

Not my style of sounds, but the guy is impressive as all get out.

[muskeskier]

wow, f-ing stunnin player!

[mongoose000]

A master of true subtlety and effortless grace. Interesting to consider what he says about guitar playing as a sport as opposed to an art. Clearly, he's all about the art.

[lazur1]

One of the, if not the, first 'new-age' guitarist(s), though not by his choice. Towner, unlike most of the modern 'atmospheric' players, uses interesting chord progressions and real melodies. It's time for his musical offspring to go 'back to the well' and reassess what real guitar playing is all about.

[promeprome]

Sorry, but Ralph Towner IS NOT a "new-age" guitarist. Like most genuises, he is beyond styles, erasing the limits of classical, jazz and popular music. He is a master composer on the guitar, small groups and even for the orchestra, but also an incredible pianist.

[lazur1]

As I said, not by his choice. Who listened and how they 'used' the music is what made 'new age', later to become a self-conscious style designed to cater to such people. Towner is one of the roots, along with John Fahey and Sandy Bull, each completely different from one another, each beyond styles. Tchaikovsky forehadows and influences early rock and roll chord progressions. It's not an insult or a limitation, just a fact.

[lanesblitz]

Ralph Towner is IMMENSE! An unbelievable ARTIST!!! Thanxs for this video!!!

[mynetvideos]

GREAT

[drugolebovsky]

wow! what is the name of this reggae composition???

[G303]

It's called "Jamaica Stopover"!

[onuryazgan]

Ralph TOWNER is beyond compare!!!

Thanx for sharing...

HI from ISTANBUL..