''Dance of Fire'' is the third album released by the

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jazz Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues and ragtime. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, it has been recognized as a major ...

artist

Aziza Mustafa Zadeh Aziza Mustafa Zadeh ( az, Əzizə Mustafazadə; born December 19, 1969) is an Azerbaijani singer, pianist, and composer who plays a fusion of jazz and mugham (a traditional improvisational style of Azerbaijan) with classical and avant-garde in ...

. It was released in 1995.

Recording and Music

The album was recorded at Sony Music Studios in New York during January and February 1995. It was produced by Reinhard Karwatky. The material "combines be-bop-derived jazz with elements fAzerbaijan folk music and Mugham." All of the music was composed and arranged by Zadeh. The collection of songs on ''Dance of Fire'' sound both

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and Western.

Reception

The

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reviewer wrote that the pianist's "playing is graceful and fluid, eclipsing her super-star backup musicians." The reviewer for ''

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'' commented: "here is a new slant on the jazz vocal, just when you thought everything had been said on the subject".

Track listing

# "Boomerang" – 4:24 # "Dance of Fire" – 6:02 # "Sheherezadeh" – 2:52 # "Aspiration" – 2:23 # "Bana Bana Gel (Bad Girl)" – 12:32 # "Shadow" – 5:54 # "Carnival" – 7:29 # "Passion" – 7:10 # "Spanish Picture" – 9:00 # "To Be Continued" – 5:59 # "Father" – 5:57

Personnel

– piano, vocals *

Al Di Meola Albert Laurence Di Meola (born July 22, 1954) is an American guitarist. Known for his works in jazz fusion and world music, he began his career as a guitarist of the group Return to Forever in 1974. Between the 1970s and 1980s, albums such as ' ...

– acoustic guitar *

Bill Evans William John Evans (August 16, 1929 – September 15, 1980) was an American jazz pianist and composer who worked primarily as the leader of his trio. His use of impressionist harmony, interpretation of traditional jazz repertoire, block ch ...

– soprano sax, tenor sax *

Stanley Clarke Stanley Clarke (born June 30, 1951) is an American bassist, film composer and founding member of Return to Forever, one of the first jazz fusion bands. Clarke gave the bass guitar a prominence it lacked in jazz-related music. He is the first jaz ...

– acoustic bass guitar, electric bass guitar * Kai E. Karpeh De Camargo – 5-string electric bass guitar *

Omar Hakim Omar Hakim (born February 12, 1959) is an American jazz, jazz fusion and pop music drummer, producer, arranger and composer. He has worked with Weather Report, David Bowie, Foo Fighters, Sting, Madonna, Dire Straits, Bryan Ferry, Journey, Kate ...

– drums

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dance Of Fire 1995 albums Aziza Mustafa Zadeh albums Columbia Records albums