A retrospective compilation of lively World Fusion Music representing many of the highlights of David and Randy's long, illustrious partnership. David plays a wide array of unusual stringed instruments, Randy a plethora of wind instruments, with appearances from 16 talented guest artists including ethnic music masters and members of major symphonies (Benjy Wertheimer, Michael Mandrell, Joe Euro, Matthew Montfort, Christopher of the Wolves, Mark Eubanks, David Ritt, Rick Henderson, Shelley Phillips to name some. In all, over 40 instruments from five continents grace this generous 73 minutes of music designed to sweep you through the centuries and around the world.
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"An abundance of riches"
- Dirty Linen Magazine
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"The prolific David Michael and Randy Mead chronicle their three decades of musical explorations on this "best of"disc. With so much great work to choose from, narrowing it down to these 15 cuts must have been agony and long time fans will no doubt find a favorite missing at some point. Still, this is a five-star, can't miss record: beautiful, exhilarating, thought provoking and continuously delightful. The selections emphasize rhythms and
instruments from non-Western cultures, tied together by Michael's harp and Mead's flute. The percussion instruments are particularly well applied, with attention not just to the beat but the very sounds and moods created by the
varieties of drums. Several tracks fuse the non-Western elements to some very western jazz, as on "Forest Evening" and "Spirit Rising" with their saxophones and the uproarious "Reflections of a Journey", which seems to
cover the entire careers of the artists in one tune -punctuated by the preposterous rumblings of a "tubephone"! As with all Purnima productions, the sound quality, engineering and recording mastering are absolutely
astonishing, making the music that much more enthralling." (Tom Petersen)
- Victory review, February 2006
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http://www.purnimaproductions.comTrack List:
1. Music World
2. Bright Morning
3. Caravanserai
4. Daydream
5. Forest Evening
6. Wild In The West
7. The Fourteenth Night
8. Spirit Rising
9. Distant Mountains
10. Zihuatanejo
11. Spindrift
12. Reflections Of A Journey
13. Edge Of The Sky
14. Manana
15. Brocade
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