Pursuit of Radical Rhapsody

Pursuit of Radical Rhapsody is an album by Italian-American jazz fusion and Latin jazz guitarist Al Di Meola, released in 2011.

Track listing

All compositions by Al Di Meola except where noted.

1. "Siberiana" – 8:30
2. "Paramour's Lullaby" – 7:47
3. "Mawazine, Pt. 1" – 2:09
4. "Michelangelo's 7th Child" – 7:33
5. "Gumbiero" – 6:19
6. "Brave New World" – 1:54
7. "Full Frontal Contrapuntal" – 4:53
8. "That Way Before" – 3:06
9. "Fireflies" – 4:02
10. "Destination Gonzalo" – 5:17
11. "Bona" – 6:02
12. "Radical Rhapsody" – 5:03
13. "Strawberry Fields" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) – 4:11
14. "Mawazine, Pt. 2" – 2:55
15. "Over the Rainbow" (Harold Arlen) – 3:06

Personnel

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

• 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

References