Old Friends, New Friends
{{Infobox album
| name = Old Friends, New Friends
| type = Album
| artist = Ralph Towner
| cover = Old Friends, New Friends.jpg
| alt =
| released = November 1979{{cite web|title=Old Friends, New Friends |url=https://www.ecmrecords.com/shop/143038750882/old-friends-new-friends-ralph-towner
|website=ECM }}
| recorded = July 1979
| venue =
| studio = Talent Studios
Oslo, Norway
| genre = Jazz
| length = 41:53
| label = ECM 1153
| producer = Manfred Eicher
| chronology = Ralph Towner
| prev_title = Batik
| prev_year = 1978
| next_title = Solo Concert
| next_year = 1980
}}
Old Friends, New Friends is an album by guitarist Ralph Towner, recorded in July 1979 and released on ECM Records in November of the same year. The quintet features trumpeter Kenny Wheeler, cellist David Darling and rhythm section Eddie Gómez and Michael Di Pasqua.[http://www.ecmrecords.com/Catalogue/ECM/1100/1153.php? ECM discography] accessed September 14, 2011
Critical reception
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev3 = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide
| rev3Score = {{rating|3|5}}{{Cite book
|editor-last=Swenson
|editor-first=J.
| author-link =
| year = 1985
| title = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide
| publisher = Random House/Rolling Stone
| location = USA
| isbn = 0-394-72643-X
| pages = 193
}}
|rev2 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings
|rev2score = {{Rating|3|4}}{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |authorlink1=Richard Cook (journalist) |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |authorlink2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title=The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |year=2008 |edition=9th |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-141-03401-0 |page=1412}}
}}
The New York Times wrote that the album "voices trumpet, cello, bass and drums with the leader's rich acoustic guitar and piano in a variety of subtle and original combinations."{{cite news |last1=Palmer |first1=Robert |title=A Jazz Label Changes Direction |work=The New York Times |date=18 Nov 1979 |page=D33}}
The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow called the album "an intriguing set well worth several listens."Yanow, S. [http://www.allmusic.com/album/old-friends-new-friends-r149090 AllMusic Review] accessed September 14, 2011
Track listing
:All compositions by Ralph Towner
- "New Moon" - 7:27
- "Yesterday and Long Ago" - 7:51
- "Celeste" - 4:54
- "Special Delivery" - 7:04
- "Kupala" - 8:05
- "Beneath an Evening Sky" - 7:00
Personnel
- Ralph Towner – twelve-string guitar, classical guitar, piano, French horn
- Kenny Wheeler – trumpet, flugelhorn
- David Darling – cello
- Eddie Gómez – bass
- Michael Di Pasqua – drums, percussion
References
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