Time Line (Ralph Towner album)

Time Line is a solo album by American guitarist Ralph Towner recorded in 2005 and released on the ECM label.[1]

Time Line
Studio album by Ralph Towner
Released	2006
Recorded	September 2005
Studio	Propstei Sankt Gerold, Austria
Genre	Jazz
Length	43:46
Label	ECM
Producer	Manfred Eicher
Ralph Towner chronology
Anthem (2000) Time Line (2006) From a Dream (2008)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]

Allmusic awarded the album 4 star with the review by Thom Jurek, stating, "this is a brief but utterly captivating issue from one of the music's great composers and theorists that should not be missed by anyone interested in Towner, of course, but also in melodic improvisation and composition".[2] The Penguin Jazz Guide said "Time Line is a supremely professional record , mostly done in miniatures which couldn't be improved by a note"[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Ralph Towner except where noted

1. "The Pendant" - 4:11
2. "Oleander Etude" - 1:59
3. "Always By Your Side" - 2:52
4. "The Hollows" - 3:23
5. "Anniversary Song" - 1:53
6. "If" - 4:38
7. "Five Glimpses I" - 1:01
8. "Five Glimpses II" - 0:47
9. "Five Glimpses III" - 0:50
10. "Five Glimpses IV" - 0:49
11. "Five Glimpses V" - 0:25
12. "The Lizards of Eraclea" - 2:38
13. "Turning of the Leaves" - 3:45
14. "Come Rain or Come Shine" (Harold Arlen) - 4:14
15. "Freeze Frame" - 4:54
16. "My Man's Gone Now" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 5:27

• Recorded in September 2005

Personnel

• Ralph Towner — classical guitar, 12 string guitar

References

1. ECM discography accessed October 26, 2011
2. Jurek, T. Allmusic Review accessed October 26, 2011
3. Morton, Brian; Richard Cook (2010) [1992]. The Penguin Jazz Guide: The History of the Music in the 1001 Best Albums. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (10th ed.). New York: Penguin. p. 709. ISBN 978-0-14-104831-4.