Slide Show (album)
Encyclopedia
Slide Show is an album by guitarist Ralph Towner
and vibraphonist Gary Burton
recorded in 1985 and released on the ECM label.
Ralph Towner
Ralph Towner is an American multi-instrumentalist, composer, arranger and bandleader. He plays the twelve-string guitar, classical guitar, piano, synthesizer, percussion and trumpet.-Biography:...
and vibraphonist Gary Burton
Gary Burton
Gary Burton is an American jazz vibraphonist.A true original on the vibraphone, Burton developed a pianistic style of four-mallet technique as an alternative to the usual two-mallets. This approach caused Burton to be heralded as an innovator and his sound and technique are widely imitated...
recorded in 1985 and released on the ECM label.
Reception
The Allmusic review by awarded the album 3 stars.Track listing
- All compositions by Ralph Towner except as indicated
- "Maelstrom" - 8:43
- "Vessel" - 5:25
- "Around the Bend" - 4:24
- "Blue In Green" (Miles DavisMiles DavisMiles Dewey Davis III was an American jazz musician, trumpeter, bandleader, and composer. Widely considered one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century, Miles Davis was, with his musical groups, at the forefront of several major developments in jazz music, including bebop, cool jazz,...
) - 5:19 - "Beneath an Evening Sky" - 6:26
- "The Donkey Jamboree" - 3:57
- "Continental Breakfast" - 3:19
- "Charlotte's Tangle" - 4:18
- "Innocenti" - 4:51
- Recorded at Tonstudio Bauer in Ludwigsburg, West Germany in May 1985
Personnel
- Ralph TownerRalph TownerRalph Towner is an American multi-instrumentalist, composer, arranger and bandleader. He plays the twelve-string guitar, classical guitar, piano, synthesizer, percussion and trumpet.-Biography:...
— twelve-string guitar, classical guitarClassical guitarThe classical guitar is a 6-stringed plucked string instrument from the family of instruments called chordophones... - Gary BurtonGary BurtonGary Burton is an American jazz vibraphonist.A true original on the vibraphone, Burton developed a pianistic style of four-mallet technique as an alternative to the usual two-mallets. This approach caused Burton to be heralded as an innovator and his sound and technique are widely imitated...
— vibraphoneVibraphoneThe vibraphone, sometimes called the vibraharp or simply the vibes, is a musical instrument in the struck idiophone subfamily of the percussion family....
, marimbaMarimbaThe marimba is a musical instrument in the percussion family. It consists of a set of wooden keys or bars with resonators. The bars are struck with mallets to produce musical tones. The keys are arranged as those of a piano, with the accidentals raised vertically and overlapping the natural keys ...