Jump to content
Facebook Twitter Youtube

[Musicians] Ralph Towner


AL_MAOT
 Share

Recommended Posts

  • Musician Name :  Ralph Towner
  • Birthday / Location :  Born    March 1, 1940 (age 80) - Chehalis, Washington, United States
  • Main instrument : 12-string guitar, classical guitar, piano, synthesizer, percussion, trumpet
  • Musician Picture :  Ralph Towner in concert with Paolo Fresu, Treibhaus Innsbruck 2010
  • Musician Awards & Nominations : Deutscher Schallplatten Preis
  • Best Performance : Diary
  • Other Information :  

    Towner was born into a musical family in Chehalis, Washington. His mother was a piano teacher and his father a trumpet player. Towner learned to improvise on the piano at the age of three. He began his career as a conservatory-trained classical pianist, attending the University of Oregon from 1958-1963, where he also studied composition with Homer Keller. He studied classical guitar at the Vienna Academy of Music with Karl Scheit from 1963-64 and 1967-68.

    He joined world music pioneer Paul Winter's "Consort" ensemble in the late 1960s. He first played jazz in New York City in the late 1960s as a pianist and was strongly influenced by the renowned jazz pianist Bill Evans. He began improvising on classical and 12-string guitars in the late 1960s/early 1970s and formed alliances with musicians who had worked with Evans, including flautist Jeremy Steig, bassists Eddie Gómez, Marc Johnson, Gary Peacock, and drummer Jack DeJohnette

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Guest
This topic is now closed to further replies.
 Share

WHO WE ARE?

CsBlackDevil Community [www.csblackdevil.com], a virtual world from May 1, 2012, which continues to grow in the gaming world. CSBD has over 70k members in continuous expansion, coming from different parts of the world.

 

 

Important Links