City of Eyes
Studio album by
Ralph Towner
ReleasedApril 1989[1]
RecordedJanuary–November 1988
GenreChamber jazz
Length46:53
LabelECM
ECM 1388
ProducerManfred Eicher
Ralph Towner chronology
Slide Show
(1986) 		City of Eyes
(1989) 		Open Letter
(1992)

City of Eyes is an album by American jazz guitarist Ralph Towner recorded in 1988 and released on ECM April the following year. The quintet features trumpeter, Markus Stockhausen, oboist Paul McCandless, and rhythm section Gary Peacock and Jerry Granelli.[2]

Reception

The AllMusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4 stars, stating, "City of Eyes shows Ralph Towner as a musical explorer again, a composer and instrumentalist who can persuasively create aural travelogues through time, space, and terrain."[3]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[4]

Track listing

All compositions by Ralph Towner
  1. "Jamaica Stopover" - 4:11
  2. "Cascades' - 6:47
  3. "Les Douzilles" - 6:10
  4. "City of Eyes" - 4:11
  5. "Sipping the Past" 2:31
  6. "Far Cry" - 4:23
  7. "Janet" - 3:21
  8. "Sustained Release" - 5:03
  9. "Tundra" - 4:40
  10. "Blue Gown" - 5:36

Personnel

References

  1. ^ "City of Eyes". ECM.
  2. ^ ECM discography Archived 2010-12-01 at the Wayback Machine accessed September 29, 2011
  3. ^ a b Jurek, T. Allmusic Review accessed September 29, 2011
  4. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1411. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
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