''Oracle'' is an album by American jazz bassist

Gary Peacock Gary George Peacock (May 12, 1935September 4, 2020) was an American jazz double bassist. He recorded a dozen albums under his own name, and also performed and recorded with major jazz figures such as avant garde saxophonist Albert Ayler, piani ...

and guitarist

Ralph Towner Ralph Towner (born March 1, 1940) is an American multi-instrumentalist, composer, arranger and bandleader. He plays the twelve-string guitar, classical guitar, piano, synthesizer, percussion, trumpet and French horn. Biography Towner was born i ...

, recorded in May 1993 and released on

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Reception

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stated: "There is a surprising amount of ferocious interplay between the two musicians. They may play at a consistently low volume, but the set of originals has a few rather passionate grooves and a little more energy than one would have predicted."Yanow, S
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Track listing

:''All compositions by Gary Peacock except as indicated'' # "Gaya" - 5:45 # "Flutter Step" - 5:45 # "Empty Carrousel" 5:48 # "Hat and Cane" (Ralph Towner) - 5:12 # "Inside Inside" - 5:55 # "St. Helens" - 1:52 # "Oracle" (Peacock, Towner) - 7:20 # "Burly Hello" - 5:53 # "Tramonto" (Towner) - 6:21

Personnel

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References

{{Authority control ECM Records albums Gary Peacock albums Ralph Towner albums 1994 collaborative albums Albums produced by Manfred Eicher