City of Eyes

City of Eyes
Studio album by Ralph Towner
Released	April 1989[1]
Recorded	January and November 1988
Studio	Rainbow Studio, Oslo, and Power Station, New York
Genre	Chamber jazz
Length	46:53
Label	ECM ECM 1388
Producer	Manfred Eicher
Ralph Towner chronology
Slide Show (1986) City of Eyes (1989) Open Letter (1992)

City of Eyes is an album by American jazz guitarist Ralph Towner recorded in 1988 and released on ECM April the following year. The quintet features trumpeter, Markus Stockhausen, oboist Paul McCandless, and rhythm section Gary Peacock and Jerry Granelli.^[2]

Reception

The AllMusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4 stars, stating, "City of Eyes shows Ralph Towner as a musical explorer again, a composer and instrumentalist who can persuasively create aural travelogues through time, space, and terrain."^[3]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[4]

Track listing

All compositions by Ralph Towner

1. "Jamaica Stopover" - 4:11
2. "Cascades' - 6:47
3. "Les Douzilles" - 6:10
4. "City of Eyes" - 4:11
5. "Sipping the Past" 2:31
6. "Far Cry" - 4:23
7. "Janet" - 3:21
8. "Sustained Release" - 5:03
9. "Tundra" - 4:40
10. "Blue Gown" - 5:36

Personnel

• Ralph Towner – twelve-string guitar, classical guitar, piano, synthesizer
• Markus Stockhausen – trumpet, piccolo trumpet, fluegelhorn
• Paul McCandless – oboe, English horn
• Gary Peacock – bass
• Jerry Granelli – drums, electronic drums

References

1. "City of Eyes". ECM.
2. ECM discography Archived 2010-12-01 at the Wayback Machine accessed September 29, 2011
3. Jurek, T. Allmusic Review accessed September 29, 2011
4. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1411. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.