{"id":103577,"date":"2026-01-18T22:45:32","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T21:45:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tomajazz.com\/web\/?p=103577"},"modified":"2026-01-18T22:46:51","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T21:46:51","slug":"ralph-towner-1940-2026-in-memoriam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tomajazz.com\/web\/ralph-towner-1940-2026-in-memoriam\/","title":{"rendered":"Ralph Towner (1940-2026) In Memoriam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-80466\" title=\"Ralph Towner &quot;At First Light&quot; (10 Festival Internacional JazzMadrid 2023, CentroCentro, Madrid. 2023-11-10) Por Enrique Farelo [Concierto de jazz] Tomajazz 9.0 R T 1 Ralph Towner At First Light 10 Festival Internacional JazzMadrid 2023 CentroCentro 2023 11 10 Por Enrique Farelo INSTANTZZ Tomajazz\" src=\"https:\/\/tomajazz.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/R-T-1-Ralph-Towner-At-First-Light-10-Festival-Internacional-JazzMadrid-2023-CentroCentro-2023-11-10-Por-Enrique-Farelo-INSTANTZZ-Tomajazz.jpg\" alt=\"Ralph Towner &quot;At First Light&quot; (10 Festival Internacional JazzMadrid 2023, CentroCentro, Madrid. 2023-11-10) Por Enrique Farelo [Concierto de jazz] - Tomajazz 9.0 - Ralph Towner present\u00f3 su proyecto\/grabaci\u00f3n &quot;At First Light&quot; en el 10 Festival Internacional JazzMadrid 2023, en CentroCentro, el 10 de noviembre de 2023. Enrique Farelo relata y retrata el concierto.\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tomajazz.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/R-T-1-Ralph-Towner-At-First-Light-10-Festival-Internacional-JazzMadrid-2023-CentroCentro-2023-11-10-Por-Enrique-Farelo-INSTANTZZ-Tomajazz.jpg 600w, https:\/\/tomajazz.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/R-T-1-Ralph-Towner-At-First-Light-10-Festival-Internacional-JazzMadrid-2023-CentroCentro-2023-11-10-Por-Enrique-Farelo-INSTANTZZ-Tomajazz-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tomajazz.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/R-T-1-Ralph-Towner-At-First-Light-10-Festival-Internacional-JazzMadrid-2023-CentroCentro-2023-11-10-Por-Enrique-Farelo-INSTANTZZ-Tomajazz-465x310.jpg 465w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Nels Cline: It\u2019s been something like 47 years that you\u2019ve been recording for ECM, working with Manfred Eicher. Obviously, back in the \u201970s this relationship was beyond ideal for your music and brought a whole new aesthetic to the world\u2014much of it derived from (in my opinion) your writing and playing style and the innovations of Oregon and aspects of the Paul Winter Consort. Is it happy and comfortable to make a record like My Foolish Heart, or are there challenges beyond just striving for a good take, even nowadays?<\/p>\n<p>Ralph Towner: I\u2019m always excited about the prospect of recording. I try to wait until I have enough material composed to begin to consider recording. Every recording has a different feeling about it, and some sessions are more difficult, depending on the music. But it is always an honor to be able to document your life\u2019s work.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3>Ralph Towner In Memoriam<\/h3>\n<p>Entrevista a Ralph Towner realizada por Nels Cline en <em>Fretboard Journal<\/em> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fretboardjournal.com\/features\/focused-an-appreciation-of-the-genre-bending-guitar-work-of-ralph-towner\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.fretboardjournal.com\/features\/focused-an-appreciation-of-the-genre-bending-guitar-work-of-ralph-towner\/<\/a>). Fotograf\u00eda por Enrique Farelo. Tomada en el Festival Internacional JazzMadrid 2023, CentroCentro, Madrid, el 10 de noviembre de 2023.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">Texto: \u00a9 Fretboard Journal, 2017<br \/>\nFotograf\u00eda: \u00a9 Enrique Farelo,\u00a0 2023<\/p>\n<h3>M\u00e1s informaci\u00f3n sobre Ralph Towner<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ralphtowner.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.ralphtowner.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tomajazz.com\/web\/?s=ralph+towner&amp;submit=Search\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/tomajazz.com\/web\/?s=ralph+towner&amp;submit=Search<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"lOH1hsy19z\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/tomajazz.com\/web\/ralph-towner-at-first-light-madrid-2023\/\">Ralph Towner \u00abAt First Light\u00bb (10 Festival Internacional JazzMadrid 2023, CentroCentro, Madrid. 2023-11-10) Por Enrique Farelo [Concierto de jazz]<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u00abRalph Towner \u00abAt First Light\u00bb (10 Festival Internacional JazzMadrid 2023, CentroCentro, Madrid. 2023-11-10) Por Enrique Farelo [Concierto de jazz]\u00bb \u2014 Tomajazz\" src=\"https:\/\/tomajazz.com\/web\/ralph-towner-at-first-light-madrid-2023\/embed\/#?secret=JT6NeDFEXw#?secret=lOH1hsy19z\" data-secret=\"lOH1hsy19z\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ralph Towner falleci\u00f3 el 18 de enero de 2026. Desde Tomajazz le realizamos un peque\u00f1o homenaje con una cita tomada de una entrevista y una imagen de Enrique Farelo<span class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tomajazz.com\/web\/ralph-towner-1940-2026-in-memoriam\/\">Contin\u00faa leyendo<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":80466,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[31927,17848,24822,15517,1038],"tags":[304,6610,8983],"class_list":["entry","author-pachi","has-excerpt","post-103577","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-in-memoriam","category-enrique-farelo","category-articulos","category-textos","category-contenidos","tag-enrique-farelo","tag-nels-cline","tag-ralph-towner"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/tomajazz.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/R-T-1-Ralph-Towner-At-First-Light-10-Festival-Internacional-JazzMadrid-2023-CentroCentro-2023-11-10-Por-Enrique-Farelo-INSTANTZZ-Tomajazz.jpg","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":80465,"url":"https:\/\/tomajazz.com\/web\/ralph-towner-at-first-light-madrid-2023\/","url_meta":{"origin":103577,"position":0},"title":"Ralph Towner \u00abAt First Light\u00bb (10 Festival Internacional JazzMadrid 2023, CentroCentro, Madrid. 2023-11-10) Por Enrique Farelo [Concierto de jazz]","author":"Tomajazz","date":"14 noviembre, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Ralph Towner present\u00f3 su proyecto\/grabaci\u00f3n \"At First Light\" en el 10 Festival Internacional JazzMadrid 2023, en CentroCentro, el 10 de noviembre de 2023. 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