A Closer View is an album by American jazz bassist Gary Peacock

Gary Peacock

Gary Peacock is an American jazz double-bassist.-Biography:After military service in Germany, in the early sixties he worked on the west coast with Barney Kessel, Bud Shank, Paul Bley and Art Pepper, then moved to New York. He worked there with Bley, the Bill Evans trio , and Albert Ayler's trio...

 and guitarist Ralph Towner

Ralph Towner

Ralph Towner is an American multi-instrumentalist, composer, arranger and bandleader. He plays the twelve-string guitar, classical guitar, piano, synthesizer, percussion and trumpet.-Biography:...

 recorded in 1995 and released on the ECM label.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Leo Stanley awarded the album 3 stars stating "A Closer View finds Ralph Towner working with Gary Peacock, crafting a subtle, textured instrumental album that relies more on compositions than improvisations. Occasionally, it all gets a little too static and colorless, but the best moments are fluid, engaging and graceful".

Track listing

All compositions by Gary Peacock and Ralph Towner except as indicated

1. "Opalesque" - 3:29
2. "Viewpoint" (Towner) - 1:19
3. "Mingusiana" (Towner) - 4:03
4. "Creeper" (Towner) - 6:10
5. "Infrared" (Towner) - 3:55
6. "From Branch to Branch" - 5:13
7. "Postcard to Salta" - 3:12
8. "Toledo" (Towner) - 6:18
9. "Amber Captive" - 4:15
10. "Moor" (Peacock) - 4:59
11. "Beppo" (Towner) - 6:24
12. "A Closer View" (Towner) - 4:48
    • Recorded at Rainbow Studio in Oslo, Norway in December 1995.

Personnel

• Gary Peacock
  Gary Peacock
  Gary Peacock is an American jazz double-bassist.-Biography:After military service in Germany, in the early sixties he worked on the west coast with Barney Kessel, Bud Shank, Paul Bley and Art Pepper, then moved to New York. He worked there with Bley, the Bill Evans trio , and Albert Ayler's trio...
  
   — bass
  Double bass
  The double bass, also called the string bass, upright bass, standup bass or contrabass, is the largest and lowest-pitched bowed string instrument in the modern symphony orchestra, with strings usually tuned to E1, A1, D2 and G2...
  
  
• Ralph Towner
  Ralph Towner
  Ralph Towner is an American multi-instrumentalist, composer, arranger and bandleader. He plays the twelve-string guitar, classical guitar, piano, synthesizer, percussion and trumpet.-Biography:...
  
   — classical guitar
  Classical guitar
  The classical guitar is a 6-stringed plucked string instrument from the family of instruments called chordophones...
  
  , 12 string guitar