Blue Sun (album) explained

Blue Sun
Type:	Album
Artist:	Ralph Towner
Cover:	Blue Sun (album).jpg
Border:	yes
Released:	1983
Recorded:	December 1982
Studio:	Talent Studio Oslo, Norway
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	44:47
Label:	ECM 1250
Producer:	Manfred Eicher
Chronology:	Ralph Towner
Prev Title:	Five Years Later
Prev Year:	1982
Next Title:	Slide Show
Next Year:	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

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."^[4] The Philadelphia Inquirer deemed the album "stark Nordic snooze music."^[5]

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

• Ralph Towner – twelve-string guitar, classical guitar, piano, Prophet 5 synthesizer, French Horn, cornet, percussion

Notes and References

1. http://www.ecmrecords.com/Catalogue/ECM/1200/1250.php ECM discography
2. Web site: Atlantic Jaxx Digital News. https://web.archive.org/web/20170423140442/http://www.atlanticjaxx.com/. dead. 2017-04-23. 2017-04-23. 2017-08-11.
3. Web site: Jack Nunn - Blue Sun c-r-y.org.uk. https://web.archive.org/web/20180422145257/https://www.c-r-y.org.uk/jack-nunn-blue-sun/. dead. 2018-04-22. 2018-04-22. 2018-04-22.
4. News: Miller . Mark . Blue Sun Ralph Towner . The Globe and Mail . 21 May 1983 . F6.
5. News: Rea . Steven X. . Ralph Towner Blue Sun . The Philadelphia Inquirer . 1 May 1983 . P10.