Sound and Shadows
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{{Infobox album
| name = Sound and Shadows
| type = Album
| artist = Ralph Towner / Solstice
| cover = Sound and Shadows RT.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|1977}}
| recorded = {{Start date|1977|02}}
| venue =
| studio = Talent Studio
Oslo, Norway
| genre = Jazz
| length = {{Duration|m=44|s=35}}
| label = ECM
ECM 1095 ST
| producer = Manfred Eicher
| chronology = Ralph Towner
| misc = {{extra chronology
| artist = Solstice
| type = studio
| prev_title = Solstice
| prev_year = 1975
| title = Sounds and Shadows
| year = 1977
}}
| prev_title = Sargasso Sea
| prev_year = 1976
| next_title = Batik
| next_year = 1978
}}
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| 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=1410}}
}}Sound and Shadows is an album by American jazz guitarist Ralph Towner, recorded in February 1977 and released on ECM later that year, Towner's second album with his Solstice quartet, featuring saxophonist Jan Garbarek and rhythm section Eberhard Weber and Jon Christensen.
Reception
The AllMusic review by Michael G. Nastos states, "The playing here by Towner and a group of other ECM artists is what made the label so noteworthy: it is full of elegance and aplomb and the musicians are as aware of space as they are of what fills it."Nastos, M. G. [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r149095|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic Review: Solstice/Sound and Shadows] accessed 10 March 2010
Track listing
{{Track listing
| headline = Side I
| all_writing = Ralph Towner
| title1 = Distant Hills
| length1 = 10:46
| title2 = Balance Beam
| length2 = 10:44
| total_length = 21:30
}}
{{track listing
| headline = Side II
| title1 = Along the Way
| length1 = 5:14
| title2 = Arion
| length2 = 8:44
| title3 = Song of the Shadows
| length3 = 9:24
| total_length = 44:52
}}
Personnel
= Solstice =
- Ralph Towner – 12-string and classical guitar, piano, French horn
- Jan Garbarek – tenor and soprano saxophone, flute
- Eberhard Weber – bass, cello
- Jon Christensen – drums, percussion
= Technical personnel =
- Manfred Eicher – producer
- Jan Erik Kongshaug – recording engineer
- Barbara Wojirsch – cover design
- Roberto Masotti – photography
References
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