''The Ultimate Adventure'' is an album recorded by

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and released in 2006. Like his 2004 album '' To the Stars'', ''The Ultimate Adventure'' is a musical tribute to the work of science fiction author and

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. The album draws heavily upon the rhythmic and

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traditions of

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, and

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music. ''The Ultimate Adventure'' peaked number 7 in the ''

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'' Top Jazz albums and also won two

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awards in 2007 for Best Jazz Instrumental Performance (Individual or Group) and Best Instrumental Arrangement.The Recording Academy, 49th Annual Grammy Awards Winners List (Categories 48 and 84)

Track listing

#"Three Ghouls, Pt. 1" – 1:38 #"Three Ghouls, Pt. 2" – 4:02 #"Three Ghouls, Pt. 3" – 3:11 #"City of Brass" – 6:38 #"Queen Tedmur" – 5:15 #"El Stephen, Pt. 1" – 6:39 #"El Stephen, Pt. 2" – 1:47 #"King & Queen" – 6:06 #"Moseb the Executioner, Pt. 1" – 1:39 #"Moseb the Executioner, Pt. 2" – 2:20 #"Moseb the Executioner, Pt. 3" – 1:54 #"North Africa" – 6:24 #"Flight from Karoof, Pt. 1" – 6:11 #"Flight from Karoof, Pt. 2" – 1:36 #"Planes of Existence, Pt. 1" – 5:25 #"Arabian Nights, Pt. 1" – 4:30 #"Arabian Nights, Pt. 2" – 2:38 #"Gods & Devils" – 2:15 #"Planes of Existence, Pt. 2" – 2:50

Personnel

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, Fender Rhodes electric piano, acoustic and electronic percussion, synthesizers *

Hubert Laws Hubert Laws (born November 10, 1939) is an American flutist and saxophonist with a career spanning over 40 years in jazz, classical, and other music genres. Laws is one of the few classical artists who has also mastered jazz, pop, and rhythm- ...

– flute (on "Three Ghouls", "Queen Tedmur") *

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– flute, saxophone, palmas handclaps ("City of Brass", "El Stephen", "King & Queen", "North Africa", "Flight from Karoof", "Planes of Existence", "Gods & Devils") *

Tim Garland Tim Garland (born 19 October 1966) is a British jazz saxophonist, composer, and bandleader. His compositions draw from modern jazz and classical concert music. Career Garland was born in Ilford, Essex and grew up in Canterbury, Kent. He starte ...

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(on "Queen Tedmur"),

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(on "Moseb the Executioner") *

Frank Gambale Frank Gambale (; born 22 December 1958) is an Australian jazz fusion guitarist. He has released twenty albums over a period of three decades, and is known for his use of the sweep picking and economy picking techniques. Recording career Solo ...

– acoustic guitar (on "Arabian Nights") *

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– electric bass, palmas handclaps *

Steve Gadd Stephen Kendall Gadd (born April 9, 1945) is an American drummer, percussionist, and session musician. Gadd is one of the best-known and highly regarded session and studio drummers in the industry, recognized by his induction into the ''Modern D ...

– drums, palmas handclaps (on "Three Ghouls", "El Stephen", "Flight from Karoof") *

Vinnie Colaiuta Vincent Peter Colaiuta (born February 5, 1956) is an American drummer who has worked as a session musician in many genres. He was inducted into the ''Modern Drummer'' Hall of Fame in 1996 and the ''Classic Drummer'' Hall of Fame in 2014. Colai ...

– drums (on "Queen Tedmur", "Moseb the Executioner", "North Africa", "Arabian Nights") * Tom Brechtlein – drums, palmas handclaps (on "King & Queen", "Planes of Existence") *

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 ...

– percussion (on "Three Ghouls", "Moseb the Executioner", "North Africa"), vocals *

Hossam Ramzy Hossam Ramzy ( ar, حسام رمزي; 15 December 1953 – 10 September 2019) was an Egyptian percussionist and composer. He worked with English artists like Jimmy Page and Robert Plant, Siouxsie Sioux, as well as with Arabic music artists like Ra ...

– percussion (on "City of Brass", "Flight from Karoof") *

Rubem Dantas Rubem Dantas (born Salvador, Bahia, Salvador, Bahia, 1954) is a Brazilian jazz fusion percussionist. He is noted for his work with Camarón de la Isla, Paco de Lucía, Ramón de Algeciras, Chick Corea, Pepe de Lucía (he was part of the Paco de ...

– percussion, palmas handclaps (on "King & Queen", "Moseb the Executioner", "North Africa", "Planes of Existence", "Arabian Nights", "Gods & Devils") ;Production personnel * Bernie Kirsh –

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* Buck Snow – mixing engineer *

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Chart performance

References

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