John Abercrombie, Ralph Towner
Sargasso Sea
ECM Records/Warner Bros. (US) 1983
ECM-1-1080 (LP)
sleeve : EX(very slightly colro-faded)
media : EX/EX(some slightly noise)
Released in 1976, this duo album brings together John Abercrombie and Ralph Towner, two of the foremost guitarists associated with ECM, Germany’s leading independent jazz label.
From acoustic-guitar duets to combinations of electric and acoustic guitar, their delicately articulated yet highly dynamic playing expands into an endlessly deep sonic space. It is an overwhelmingly beautiful work. B1 is especially extraordinary: Abercrombie’s psychedelic electric guitar, sent soaring through heavy delay, intertwines with Towner’s acoustic guitar to create a singular musical world unlike anything else. US pressing.
A1: Fable
B1: Elbow Room