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Slide Show is an album by guitarist Ralph Towner and vibraphonist Gary Burton recorded in May 1985 and released on ECM January the following year.

Reception

The AllMusic review by awarded the album 3 stars.

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings

Track listing

All compositions by Ralph Towner except as indicated

"Maelstrom" - 8:43
"Vessel" - 5:25
"Around the Bend" - 4:24
"Blue in Green" (Bill Evans) - 5:19
"Beneath an Evening Sky" - 6:26
"The Donkey Jamboree" - 3:57
"Continental Breakfast" - 3:19
"Charlotte's Tangle" - 4:18
"Innocenti" - 4:51

Personnel

Ralph Towner – twelve-string guitar, classical guitar
Gary Burton – vibraphone, marimba

References

"Slide Show". ECM.
ECM discography accessed September 26, 2011
^ Allmusic Review accessed September 26, 2011
Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1412. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

v t e Gary Burton
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless this is not known.
As leader or co-leader	New Vibe Man in Town (1961) Who Is Gary Burton? (1962) 3 in Jazz (split with Sonny Rollins and Clark Terry, 1963) Something's Coming! (1963) The Groovy Sound of Music (1964) Tennessee Firebird (1966) The Time Machine (1966) A Genuine Tong Funeral (1967) Lofty Fake Anagram (1967) Duster (1967) Gary Burton Quartet in Concert (1968) Good Vibes (1969–70) Paris Encounter (with Stéphane Grappelli, 1969) Throb (1969) Gary Burton & Keith Jarrett (1970) Live in Tokyo (1971) Alone at Last (1971) Crystal Silence (with Chick Corea, 1972) Seven Songs for Quartet and Chamber Orchestra (1973) The New Quartet (1973) Ring (with Eberhard Weber, 1974) Matchbook (with Ralph Towner, 1974) Hotel Hello (with Steve Swallow, 1974) Dreams So Real (1975) Passengers (1976) Times Square (1978) Duet (with Chick Corea, 1978) Easy as Pie (1980) In Concert, Zürich, October 28, 1979 (1979) Picture This (1982) Lyric Suite for Sextet (with Chick Corea, 1982) Real Life Hits (1984) Slide Show (1985) Whiz Kids (1986) Times Like These (1988) Reunion (with Pat Metheny, 1989) Right Time, Right Place (with Paul Bley, 1990) Cool Nights (1991) Six Pack (1991–92) Native Sense - The New Duets (1997) Like Minds (with Chick Corea, Pat Metheny, Dave Holland (bassist) and Roy Haynes, 1998) Generations (2003) Next Generation (2004) The New Crystal Silence (with Chick Corea, 2007) Quartet Live (2007) Common Ground (2011) Hot House (2012) Time Thread (with Makoto Ozone, 2013) Guided Tour (2013)
With Stan Getz	Getz Au Go Go (1964) Nobody Else but Me (1964) Getz/Gilberto Vol. 2 (1966) The Stan Getz Quartet in Paris (1967) The Canadian Concert of Stan Getz (1983)
With others	After the Riot at Newport (Chet Atkins and the Nashville All-Stars, 1960) Bob Brookmeyer and Friends (1964) Tim Hardin 1 (Tim Hardin, 1964–65) Quincy Jones Explores the Music of Henry Mancini (1964) Ingénue (k.d. lang, 1991) Journey (Arif Mardin, 1973) Jazz Concert (George Shearing, 1963) Rare Form! (George Shearing, 1963) Touch Me Softly (George Shearing, 1963) Swallow (Steve Swallow, 1991) Fluid Rustle (Eberhard Weber, 1979) Hommage à Eberhard Weber (2015) Simple Complex (Jon Weber, 2003)

v t e Ralph Towner
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
Studio albums	Trios / Solos (1972) Diary (1973) Solstice (1974) Matchbook (1974) Sargasso Sea (1976) Sound and Shadows (1977) Batik (1978) Old Friends, New Friends (1979) Five Years Later (1981) Blue Sun (1982) Slide Show (1985) City of Eyes (1988) Open Letter (1992) Oracle (1993) Lost and Found (1995) A Closer View (1995) Ana (1996) Anthem (2000) Time Line (2005) Chiaroscuro (2008) Travel Guide (2012) My Foolish Heart (2016)
Live albums	Solo Concert (1979)
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