''Espirito'' (Brazilian for "Spirit") is the second album by

Lawson Rollins Lawson Rollins is an American guitarist from North Carolina noted for his virtuoso fingerstyle technique and melodic compositional skills. Guitar Player magazine ranked him as one of the "50 Best Acoustic Guitarists of All Time". His music is ge ...

. Rollins composed all of the music and co-produced the album with Persian-American musician and producer Shahin Shahida (of

Shahin & Sepehr Shahin & Sepehr (Shahin Shahida and Sepehr Haddad) are an Iranian-American guitarist duo. Sepehr Haddad is also the author of the historical fiction novel, " A Hundred Sweet Promises" by Appleyard & Sons Publishing. Their music is mainly compose ...

) and multi-platinum producer Dominic Camardella (

Flora Purim Flora Purim (born March 6, 1942) is a Brazilian jazz singer known primarily for her work in the jazz fusion style. She became prominent for her part in Return to Forever with Chick Corea and Stanley Clarke. She has recorded and performed with nu ...

3rd Force 3rd Force is a smooth jazz band consisting of William Aura, Craig Dobbin, and Alain Eskinasi. The band's eponymous first album was released in 1994. It was followed by others with "Force" in the title. "3rd Force is considerably more eclectic th ...

Ottmar Liebert Ottmar Liebert (born 1 February 1959) is a German guitarist, songwriter and producer best known for his Spanish-influenced music. A five-time Grammy Award nominee, Liebert has received 38 Gold and Platinum certifications in the United States, as ...

). The cast of musicians includes the Grammy-nominated Brazilian singer

, percussionist

Airto Moreira Airto Guimorvan Moreira (born August 5, 1941) is a Brazilian jazz drummer and percussionist. He is married to jazz singer Flora Purim, and their daughter Diana Moreira is also a singer. Coming to prominence in the late 1960s as a member of the ...

, Iranian kamancheh player

Kayhan Kalhor Kayhan Kalhor ( fa, کیهان کلهر, ku, کەیھان کەڵھوڕ, translit=Keyhan Kelhur, born 24 November 1964) is an Iranian-Kurdish kamancheh and setar player and vocalist composer and master of classical Iranian traditional music. Ea ...

(of the

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), and Grammy winners

Charlie Bisharat Charlie Bisharat is an American violinist known as a member of Shadowfax and for his work in film and with other New Age Jazz artists. He was born in Inglewood, CA in 1963 to parents who immigrated to the United States from Palestine in the 1950 ...

on violin as well as Cuban drummer

Horacio Hernandez The name Horacio is found sporadically throughout all Latinamerica. Historical Figures *Horacio Quiroga, an Uruguayan author and writer. *Horacio Carochi, an Italian Jesuit priest and grammarian *Horacio Pagani (auto executive) (born 1955), Argen ...

. The songs "Moonlight Samba" and "Havana Heat" from "Espirito" landed on the ''

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'' jazz chart. ''Espirito'' met with positive reviews from

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 ...

and world music critics.

Track listing

# Rumba del Sol 4:33 # Moonlight Samba 5:38 # Havana Heat 4:16 # Café La Martinique 6:09 # Return to Rio 4:50 # Blue Mountain Bolero 4:38 # Santa Lucia Waltz 4:32 # Espirito 5:45 # Cape Town Sky 6:04 # Footprints 2:28 # Migration 6:46 # Shadowland 6:35 # Into the Light 4:20 *Total time: 66:40

External links

Official site

Web Sources

* The All Music Guide

References

{{Authority control 2010 albums Lawson Rollins albums