Rafael Toral – Traveling Light
From out of the dark, the crackle of feed- back birdsong signals a return to the land of sound environments exclusive to the music of Rafael Toral. A year and a half after his epochal electric guitar album, Spectral Evolution, Traveling Light finds him sharpening his focus, moving boldly from abstract forms to concrete composi- tions in the form of a set of jazz standards. Based on Toral's discography, this may seem an unlikely endeavor, but happily, Traveling Light transpires to be one of the major accomplishments in his long history, expressing these songs on their own terms through the unique listening lens of his music. It's nearly a century since the innovation that electrified the guitar, almost a century since the era of songs like "Easy Living" and "Body and Soul." Since then, guitars and songs have been played hundreds of different ways by thousands of diverse individuals.
1 Easy Living 9:04
2 Solitude 7:53
3 Body And Soul 9:11
4 You Don’t Know What Love Is 8:35
5 My Funny Valentine 7:06
6 God Bless The Child 8:28
Format CD
UPC 781484094821