Dei propri album come unico titolare, quello di cui Ralph Towner era più soddisfatto era forse il poliedrico Blue Sun (Ecm, 1983): "That was my one man band record. In that recording I played every instrument that I can play, and overdubbed. It was really an interesting project, and sounds like a lot of people, not just one person. The music I wrote for it was very nice." Il suo ultimo è invece At First Light (Ecm, 2023), recital per sola chitarra classica registrato a Lugano quattro anni fa, infuso di ammirazione per gli eterni ispiratori George Gershwin, John Coltrane, John Dowland e Bill Evans. Un lascito incantevole.