''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 compo ...
) and multi-platinum producer Dominic Camardella (
Flora Purim,
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 t ...
,
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
Flora Purim, percussionist
Airto Moreira, Iranian kamancheh player
Kayhan Kalhor
Kayhan Kalhor ( fa, کیهان کلهر, ku, کەیھان کەڵھوڕ, translit=Keyhan Kelhur, born 24 November 1964) is an Iranian-Kurds, Kurdish kamancheh and setar player and vocalist composer and master of Art music, classical Iranian tradi ...
(of the
Silk Road Ensemble
Silkroad, formerly the Silk Road Project, Inc., is a not-for-profit organization, initiated by the cellist Yo-Yo Ma in 1998, promoting collaboration among artists and institutions, promoting multicultural artistic exchange, and studying the ebb and ...
), and Grammy winners
Charlie Bisharat 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)
Horacio Pagan ...
.
The songs "Moonlight Samba" and "Havana Heat" from "Espirito" landed on the ''
Billboard'' 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 m ...
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