Solstice/Sound and Shadows

Solstice/Sound and Shadows
Studio album by Ralph Towner
Released	1977
Recorded	February 1977
Studio	Talent Studio, Oslo
Genre	Jazz
Length	44:35
Label	ECM
Producer	Manfred Eicher
Ralph Towner chronology
Sargasso Sea (1976)Sargasso Sea1976 Solstice/Sound and Shadows (1977) Batik (1978)Batik1978

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Solstice/Sound and Shadows is an album by American guitarist Ralph Towner that was released on the ECM label in 1977. It is the second album to feature the Solstice quartet of Towner with Jan Garbarek, Eberhard Weber and Jon Christensen.

Reception

Allmusic awarded the album with 4 stars and its 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".^[1]

Track listing

All compositions by Ralph Towner.

1. "Distant Hills" – 10:46
2. "Balance Beam" – 10:44
3. "Along the Way" – 5:14
4. "Arion" – 8:44
5. "Song of the Shadows" – 9:24

Personnel

• 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

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