Ralph Towner

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member of:	Atmospheres (Jazz fusion band) MGT (W. Muthspiel, S. Grigoryan, R. Towner) Paul Winter Consort
original member of:	Oregon

part of:	Attended University of Oregon (order: 21)

purchase music for download and streaming page:	https://music.apple.com/us/artist/6474039 [info]
IMDb:	https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0870028/ [info]
Discogs:	https://www.discogs.com/artist/170010 [info]
official homepages:	http://www.ralphtowner.com/ [info]
other databases:	http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81080883 [info] https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb13900528w [info] https://d-nb.info/gnd/133339556 [info] https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n81080883 [info]
BBC Music:	https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artists/610b8b96-faf7-4633-afd6-d6c338a81144 [info] (until 2020-11-19)
stream for free:	https://open.spotify.com/artist/1tbxopipOkDjnRDfMKj535 [info] https://www.deezer.com/artist/14644 [info]
Allmusic:	https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000863963 [info]
VIAF ID:	51876774 [info]
Wikidata:	Q532053 [info]
Songkick:	https://www.songkick.com/artists/507169 [info]
Last.fm:	https://www.last.fm/music/Ralph+Towner [info]

Appearances

Date	Title	Attributes	Artist	Length
	instruments
1969-10-03	Xibaba	guitar	Duke Pearson	6:33
1969-11-21	Captain Bacardi	acoustic guitar	Duke Pearson	5:47
1969-11-21	I Don't Know	acoustic guitar	Duke Pearson	6:59
1971-11	The Moors	12 string guitar	Weather Report	4:43
1976-05	Avenue	guitar	John Abercrombie & Ralph Towner	5:16
1976-05	Elbow Room	guitar	John Abercrombie & Ralph Towner	5:10
1976-05	Fable	guitar	John Abercrombie & Ralph Towner	8:40
1976-05	Over and Gone	guitar	John Abercrombie & Ralph Towner	2:46
1976-05	Parasol	guitar	John Abercrombie & Ralph Towner	5:24
1976-05	Romantic Descension	guitar	John Abercrombie & Ralph Towner	3:15
1976-05	Sargasso Sea	guitar	John Abercrombie & Ralph Towner	3:57
1976-05	Staircase	guitar	John Abercrombie & Ralph Towner	6:20
1977-06 – 1977-08	Castles & Flags	guitar [classical guitar, twelve-string guitar]	David Friesen	3:27
1977-06 – 1977-08	Dancing Spirits Before the Lord	guitar [classical guitar, twelve-string guitar]	David Friesen	7:21
1977-06 – 1977-08	Flight of the Angels	guitar [classical guitar, twelve-string guitar]	David Friesen	2:41
1977-06 – 1977-08	French Festival	guitar [classical guitar, twelve-string guitar]	David Friesen	4:22
1977-06 – 1977-08	Song of Switzerland	guitar [classical guitar, twelve-string guitar]	David Friesen	5:46
1977-06 – 1977-08	Song of the Stars	guitar [classical guitar, twelve-string guitar]	David Friesen	5:19
1977-06 – 1977-08	Spring Wind (A Wedding Song for Vincent & Sharon)	guitar [classical guitar, twelve-string guitar]	David Friesen	7:59
1977-06 – 1977-08	The Peace That Passes Understanding (In Memory of Andre Gerand)	guitar [classical guitar, twelve-string guitar]	David Friesen	3:03
1977-06 – 1977-08	Waterfall Rainbow	guitar [classical guitar, twelve-string guitar]	David Friesen	4:30
1977-07	3/4 in the Afternoon	12 string guitar	Kenny Wheeler	5:51
1981-03	Bumabia	guitar	John Abercrombie & Ralph Towner	9:52
1981-03	Caminata	guitar	John Abercrombie & Ralph Towner	3:07
1981-03	Child's Play	guitar	John Abercrombie & Ralph Towner	4:54
1981-03	Half Past Two	guitar	John Abercrombie & Ralph Towner	4:30
1981-03	Isla	guitar	John Abercrombie & Ralph Towner	6:28
1981-03	Late Night Passenger	guitar	John Abercrombie & Ralph Towner	10:02
1981-03	Microtheme	guitar	John Abercrombie & Ralph Towner	3:44
1981-03	The Juggler's Etude	guitar	John Abercrombie & Ralph Towner	7:35
1982-12	Blue Sun	12 string guitar, percussion, piano and synthesizer	Ralph Towner	7:22
1983-02	Arianna	12 string guitar	Oregon	6:29
1983-02	Arianna	synthesizer [Prophet 5]	Oregon	6:29
1983-02	Beacon	synthesizer [Prophet 5]	Oregon	2:57
1983-02	Beside a Brook	piano	Oregon	4:26
1983-02	Beside a Brook	synthesizer [Prophet 5]	Oregon	4:26
1983-02	Impending Bloom	synthesizer [Prophet 5]	Oregon	7:52
1983-02	Skyline	synthesizer [Prophet 5]	Oregon	1:19
1983-02	Taos	classical guitar	Oregon	6:15
1983-02	Taos	synthesizer [Prophet 5]	Oregon	6:15
1983-02	The Rapids	synthesizer [Prophet 5]	Oregon	8:30
1983-02	The Rapids	piano	Oregon	8:30
1983-02	There Was No Moon That Night	classical guitar	Oregon	7:20
1983-02	There Was No Moon That Night	synthesizer [Prophet 5]	Oregon	7:20
1984-10	Alpenbridge	classical guitar	Oregon	6:28
1984-10	Alpenbridge	synthesizer [Prophet 5]	Oregon	6:28
1984-10	Amaryllis	12 string guitar	Oregon	8:51
1984-10	Amaryllis	synthesizer [Prophet 5]	Oregon	8:51
1984-10	Crossing	12 string guitar	Oregon	3:13
1984-10	Crossing	synthesizer [Prophet 5]	Oregon	3:13
1984-10	Kronach Waltz	cornet	Oregon	3:02
1984-10	Looking-Glass Man	piano	Oregon	4:23
1984-10	Pepé Linque	piano	Oregon	4:19
1984-10	Pepé Linque	cornet	Oregon	4:19
1984-10	Pepé Linque	synthesizer [Prophet 5]	Oregon	4:19
1984-10	Queen of Sydney	synthesizer [Prophet 5]	Oregon	8:12
1984-10	Queen of Sydney	piano	Oregon	8:12
1984-10	The Glide	cornet	Oregon	6:10
1984-10	The Glide	piano	Oregon	6:10
1984-10	The Glide	synthesizer [Prophet 5]	Oregon	6:10
1984-10	Travel by Day	12 string guitar	Oregon	4:20
1987-03	Twice Around the Sun	drum machine	Oregon	10:31
1988-11	I Could See Forever	synthesizer [synth]	Charlie Haden \| Ralph Towner \| Jerry Granelli \| Robben Ford	6:25
1988-11	In the Moment	synthesizer [synth]	Charlie Haden \| Ralph Towner \| Jerry Granelli \| Robben Ford	9:28
1988-11	Julia’s Child	synthesizer [synth]	Charlie Haden \| Ralph Towner \| Jerry Granelli \| Robben Ford	4:40
1988-11	Koputai	synthesizer [synth]	Charlie Haden \| Ralph Towner \| Jerry Granelli \| Robben Ford	6:53
1988-11	One Day at a Time	synthesizer [synth]	Charlie Haden \| Ralph Towner \| Jerry Granelli \| Robben Ford	8:31
1993-11	All That's Left	guitar	Marc Copland, Ralph Towner	4:29
1993-11	Blue in Green	guitar	Marc Copland, Ralph Towner	7:18
1993-11	Freebop	guitar	Marc Copland, Ralph Towner	4:30
1993-11	Goodbye	guitar	Marc Copland, Ralph Towner	5:02
1993-11	Jamaica Stopover	guitar	Marc Copland, Ralph Towner	5:49
1993-11	Love Walked In	guitar	Marc Copland, Ralph Towner	6:54
1993-11	Nardis	guitar	Marc Copland, Ralph Towner	7:29
1993-11	Snowfall	guitar	Marc Copland, Ralph Towner	6:10
1993-11	Tern	guitar	Marc Copland, Ralph Towner	4:23
1993-11	Zingaro	guitar	Marc Copland, Ralph Towner	8:01
1995-05	A Breath Away	guitar	Ralph Towner	5:17
1995-05	Col Legno	guitar	Ralph Towner	3:17
1995-05	Elan Vital	guitar	Ralph Towner	6:21
1995-05	Flying Cows	guitar	Ralph Towner	4:58
1995-05	Harbinger	guitar	Ralph Towner	2:35
1995-05	Midnight Blue....Red Shift	guitar	Ralph Towner	3:27
1995-05	Mon Enfant	guitar	Ralph Towner	4:07
1995-05	Moonless	guitar	Ralph Towner	4:39
1995-05	Sco Cone	guitar	Ralph Towner	3:45
1995-05	Scrimshaw	guitar	Ralph Towner	1:27
1995-05	Soft Landing	guitar	Ralph Towner	2:18
1995-05	Summer's End	guitar	Ralph Towner	5:15
1995-05	Tattler	guitar	Ralph Towner	3:08
1995-05	Taxi's Waiting	guitar	Ralph Towner	4:34
1995-05	Trill Ride	guitar	Ralph Towner	3:02
1996-03	Green and Golden	guitar	Ralph Towner	5:09
1996-03	Joyful Departure	guitar	Ralph Towner	4:02
1996-03	Les Douzilles	guitar	Ralph Towner	6:52
1996-03	Seven Pieces for Twelve Strings: Between the Clouds	guitar	Ralph Towner	1:08
1996-03	Seven Pieces for Twelve Strings: Carib Crib (1)	guitar	Ralph Towner	1:56
1996-03	Seven Pieces for Twelve Strings: Carib Crib (2)	guitar	Ralph Towner	1:56
1996-03	Seven Pieces for Twelve Strings: Child on the Porch	guitar	Ralph Towner	1:40
1996-03	Seven Pieces for Twelve Strings: Slavic Mood	guitar	Ralph Towner	1:43
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	instruments
1974-12	Solstice	12 string guitar, classical guitar and piano	Ralph Towner
1974-12	Solstice	12 string guitar, classical guitar and piano	Ralph Towner
1978-04	Out of the Woods	classical guitar	Oregon
1978-04	Out of the Woods	percussion	Oregon
1978-04	Out of the Woods	flugelhorn	Oregon
1978-04	Out of the Woods	12 string guitar	Oregon
1978-04	Out of the Woods	piano	Oregon
1978-12 – 1979-04	Roots in the Sky	12 string guitar, classical guitar, flugelhorn, percussion and piano	Oregon
1982-12	Blue Sun	piano	Ralph Towner
1982-12	Blue Sun	12 string guitar	Ralph Towner
1982-12	Blue Sun	French horn	Ralph Towner
1982-12	Blue Sun	classical guitar	Ralph Towner
1982-12	Blue Sun	cornet	Ralph Towner
1982-12	Blue Sun	percussion	Ralph Towner
1982-12	Blue Sun	synthesizer	Ralph Towner
1987-03	Ecotopia	classical guitar	Oregon
1987-03	Ecotopia	piano	Oregon
1987-03	Ecotopia	synthesizer	Oregon
1987-03	Ecotopia	12 string guitar	Oregon
2001-08	Live at Yoshi's	piano	Oregon
2001-08	Live at Yoshi's	12 string guitar	Oregon
2001-08	Live at Yoshi's	synthesizer	Oregon
2001-08	Live at Yoshi's	guitar [frame guitar]	Oregon
2001-08	Live at Yoshi's	classical guitar	Oregon
	A Closer View	12 string guitar	Ralph Towner, Gary Peacock
	A Closer View	classical guitar	Ralph Towner, Gary Peacock
	Anthem	12 string guitar	Ralph Towner
	Anthem	classical guitar	Ralph Towner
	Batik	piano	Ralph Towner, Eddie Gomez, Jack DeJohnette
	Batik	classical guitar	Ralph Towner, Eddie Gomez, Jack DeJohnette
	Batik	12 string guitar	Ralph Towner, Eddie Gomez, Jack DeJohnette
	Deer Wan	12 string guitar	Kenny Wheeler
	Départ	12 string guitar and classical guitar	Azimuth with Ralph Towner
	Diary	12 string guitar, classical guitar, gong and piano	Ralph Towner
	Icarus	classical guitar	Paul Winter Consort
	Icarus	regal	Paul Winter Consort
	Icarus	steel-string acoustic guitar	Paul Winter Consort
	Icarus	12 string guitar	Paul Winter Consort
	Icarus	organ	Paul Winter Consort
	Icarus	piano	Paul Winter Consort
	If Summer Had Its Ghosts	classical guitar, guitar, keyboard and piano	Bill Bruford & Ralph Towner & Eddie Gomez
	Journey to Donnafugata	classical guitar and guest	Salvatore Bonafede Quintet
	My Foolish Heart	classical guitar	Ralph Towner
	My Foolish Heart	12 string guitar	Ralph Towner
	Oracle	12 string guitar	Gary Peacock / Ralph Towner
	Oracle	classical guitar	Gary Peacock / Ralph Towner
	Road	12 string guitar	Paul Winter Consort
	Road	classical guitar	Paul Winter Consort
	Sargasso Sea	piano	John Abercrombie & Ralph Towner
	Solo Concert (reissue)	classical guitar	Ralph Towner
	Solo Concert (reissue)	12 string guitar	Ralph Towner
	Solstice	guitar family and piano	Ralph Towner
	Solstice	guitar family and piano	Ralph Towner
	Time Line	12 string guitar	Ralph Towner
	Time Line	classical guitar	Ralph Towner
	Troika	synthesizer [korg]	Oregon
	Troika	classical guitar [Jeffrey Elliot]	Oregon
	Troika	12 string guitar [Cynthia Burton]	Oregon
	liner notes
	My Foolish Heart		Ralph Towner
	My Foolish Heart		Ralph Towner
	vocals
	Icarus		Paul Winter Consort
	arranged
	Danny Boy (arr. Ralph Towner)
	composed
2003	Migration
	A Breath Away
	A Closer View
	Alpenbridge
	Always by Your Side
	Amber Captive
	An Open Door
	Anniversary Song
	Anthem
	Argentinian Nights
	At First Light
	Batik
	Beacon
	Beppo
	Biding Time
	Blue as in Bley
	Blue Sun
	Bumabia
	C. T. Kangaroo
	Caminata
	Castle Walk
	Celeste
	Chelsea Courtyard
	Chiaroscuro
	Clarion Call
	Cleguerec
	Creeper
	Crossing
	Dark
	Dark Spirit
	Distant Hills
	Doff
	Dolomiti Dance
	Doubled Up
	Drifting Petals
	Duende
	Ecotopia
	Empty Stage
	Entry In A Diary
	Erg
	Fat Foot
	Five Glimpses I
	Five Glimpses II
	Five Glimpses III
	Five Glimpses IV
	Five Glimpses V
	Flow
	Four Comets
	Freeze Frame
	From a Dream
	From Branch to Branch
	Green and Golden
	Green Room
	Guitarra Piccante
	Half Past Two
	Hat and Cane
	Haunted
	I'll Remember August
	I’ll Sing to You
	Icarus
	If
	If
	Images Unseen
	Infrared
	Innocente
	Innocenti
	Joyful departure
	June Bug
	Late Night Passenger
	Looking-Glass Man
	Lucifer’s Fall
	Mevlana Etude
	Microtheme
	Mingusiana
	Mon Enfant
	Monterey Suite
	Moonrise
	Mountain King
	Nimbus
	North Star
	Oceanus
	Ogden Road
	Ogden Road
	Oleander Etude
	Opalesque
	Oracle
	Orrington’s Escape
	Pilgrim
	Piscean Dance
	Postcard to Salta
	Postlude
	Pounce
	Punta Giara
	Raffish
	Raffish
	Raven's Wood
	Red and Black
	ReDial
	Rewind
	Rumours of Rain
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	Elbow Room
	Parasol
	Sargasso Sea
	Staircase

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