Pursuit of Radical Rhapsody
Appearance
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Released | March 15, 2011 (Digital Download) April 8, 2011 (CD) | |||
Studio | Avatar Studios (New York, NY)
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Genre | Jazz fusion | |||
Length | 72:26 | |||
Label | Concord | |||
Producer | Al Di Meola | |||
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Source | Rating |
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All About Jazz | (positive)[2] |
Pursuit of Radical Rhapsody is an album by Italian-American jazz fusion and Latin jazz guitarist Al Di Meola, released in 2011.
Track listing
[edit]All compositions by Al Di Meola except where noted.
- "Siberiana" – 8:30
- "Paramour's Lullaby" – 7:47
- "Mawazine, Pt. 1" – 2:09
- "Michelangelo's 7th Child" – 7:33
- "Gumbiero" – 6:19
- "Brave New World" – 1:54
- "Full Frontal Contrapuntal" – 4:53
- "That Way Before" – 3:06
- "Fireflies" – 4:02
- "Destination Gonzalo" – 5:17
- "Bona" – 6:02
- "Radical Rhapsody" – 5:03
- "Strawberry Fields" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) – 4:11
- "Mawazine, Pt. 2" – 2:55
- "Over the Rainbow" (Harold Arlen) – 3:06
Personnel
[edit]World Sinfonia
- Al Di Meola – keyboards, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, percussion
- Fausto Beccalossi – accordion
- Kevin Seddiki – second guitar
- Victor Miranda – acoustic upright baby bass
- Péter Kaszás – drums, percussion
- Gumbi Ortiz – percussion
Guests and other musicians
- Barry Miles – additional keyboards, string arrangements
- Gonzalo Rubalcaba – acoustic piano (5, 10, 12, 13)
- Charlie Haden – acoustic bass (13, 15)
- Mino Cinelu – percussion (3, 4, 13, 14)
- Peter Erskine – drums (4, 10, 12)
- String section
- András Sturcz – cello (4, 11, 15)
- Gyula Benkö – viola (4, 11, 15)
- Gábor Csonka – violin (4, 11, 15)
- Gergely Kuklis – violin (4)
- Viktor Uhrin – violin (4, 11, 15)
Production
[edit]- Claus Altvater – executive producer, additional photography
- Al Di Meola – producer
- Hernan Romero – associate producer
- Róbert Balázs – engineer
- Tóth Bagi Csaba – engineer, additional photography
- Frank Filipetti – basic track engineer
- Roy Henderson – engineer
- Katsuhiko Naito – engineer, mixing
- Spyros Poulos – engineer
- Martin Cooke – assistant engineer
- Rick Kwan – assistant engineer
- Dave Poler – assistant engineer
- Viktor Scheer – assistant engineer
- Viktor Szabó – assistant engineer
- Paul Blakemore – mastering at CMG Mastering (Cleveland, Ohio)
- Gary Casson – business consultant
- Susie Doherty – production coordination
- Michael Page – art direction, design
- Francesco Cabras – photography
Chart performance
[edit]Year | Chart | Position |
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2011 | Billboard Top Jazz Albums | 4[3] |
References
[edit]- ^ Henderson, Alex. "Pursuit of Radical Rhapsody - Al di Meola : Release Information, Reviews and Credits : AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
- ^ Wood, Stephen (3 April 2011). "Al Di Meola: "Pursuit of Radical Rhapsody", jazz review by Stephen Wood". allaboutjazz.com. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
- ^ "Pursuit of Radical Rhapsody - Al di Meola | Awards | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 27 October 2013.