City of Eyes explained

City of Eyes
Type:	Album
Artist:	Ralph Towner
Cover:	City of Eyes.jpg
Released:	April 1989^[1]
Recorded:	January and November 1988
Studio:	Rainbow Studio, Oslo, and Power Station, New York
Genre:	Chamber jazz
Length:	46:53
Label:	ECM ECM 1388
Producer:	Manfred Eicher
Chronology:	Ralph Towner
Prev Title:	Slide Show
Prev Year:	1986
Next Title:	Open Letter
Next Year:	1992

City of Eyes is an album by American jazz guitarist Ralph Towner recorded in 1988 and released on ECM April the following year. The quintet features trumpeter, Markus Stockhausen, oboist Paul McCandless, and rhythm section Gary Peacock and Jerry Granelli.^[2]

Reception

The AllMusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4 stars, stating, "City of Eyes shows Ralph Towner as a musical explorer again, a composer and instrumentalist who can persuasively create aural travelogues through time, space, and terrain."^[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Ralph Towner

"Jamaica Stopover" - 4:11
"Cascades' - 6:47
"Les Douzilles" - 6:10
"City of Eyes" - 4:11
"Sipping the Past" 2:31
"Far Cry" - 4:23
"Janet" - 3:21
"Sustained Release" - 5:03
"Tundra" - 4:40
"Blue Gown" - 5:36

Personnel

Ralph Towner – twelve-string guitar, classical guitar, piano, synthesizer
Markus Stockhausen – trumpet, piccolo trumpet, fluegelhorn
Paul McCandless – oboe, English horn
Gary Peacock – bass
Jerry Granelli – drums, electronic drums

Notes and References

Web site: City of Eyes . .
http://www.ecmrecords.com/Catalogue/ECM/1300/1388.php ECM discography
Jurek, T. Allmusic Review accessed September 29, 2011