Blue Sun
Studio album by
Released1983
RecordedDecember 1982
StudioTalent Studio
Oslo, Norway
GenreJazz
Length44:47
LabelECM 1250
ProducerManfred Eicher
Ralph Towner chronology
Five Years Later
(1982)
Blue Sun
(1983)
Slide Show
(1984)

Blue Sun is a solo album by guitarist Ralph Towner, recorded in December 1982 and released by ECM Records the following year.[1][2][3]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[5]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[6]

The Globe and Mail wrote that "the synthesizer ... opens up the limited dynamic range of his music, and brings him out of himself to the point where his tune 'C. T. Kangaroo' can sound something like Keith Jarrett sitting in with Weather Report."[7] The Philadelphia Inquirer deemed the album "stark Nordic snooze music."[8]

Track listing

All compositions by Ralph Towner
  1. "Blue Sun" - 7:21
  2. "The Prince and the Sage" - 6:23
  3. "C.T. Kangaroo" - 5:38
  4. "Mevlana Etude" - 3:09
  5. "Wedding of the Streams" - 5:10
  6. "Shadow Fountain" - 6:39
  7. "Rumours of Rain" - 11:02

Personnel

References

  1. ECM discography Archived 2012-09-16 at the Wayback Machine accessed September 21, 2011
  2. "Atlantic Jaxx Digital | News". 2017-04-23. Archived from the original on 2017-04-23. Retrieved 2017-08-11.
  3. "Jack Nunn - Blue Sun | c-r-y.org.uk". 2018-04-22. Archived from the original on 2018-04-22. Retrieved 2018-04-22.
  4. AllMusic Review accessed September 21, 2011
  5. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1411. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  6. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 193. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  7. Miller, Mark (21 May 1983). "Blue Sun Ralph Towner". The Globe and Mail. p. F6.
  8. Rea, Steven X. (1 May 1983). "Ralph Towner Blue Sun". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. P10.
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