New Release Spotlight Featuring: Lawson Rollins


JAZZ CD COVER CD Title: Infinita

Year: 2008

Record Label: Infinita Records

Style: World Music



Tracks: Cafe Jobim, Echoes of Madrid, In Motion, The Awakening, Infinita, Southwind, Through the Night, Ceremony, New World Raga, Streets of San Miguel, For JoAnn

Artist's Website: http://lawsonrollins.com

Read Review(s): Featured at The All Music Guide / Featured at jazzreview.com

Listen to track(s): Infinita

Purchase CD: At Amazon.com or At Barnes & Noble

Biography:

On his new album, INFINITA, guitarist and composer Lawson Rollins, member of the acclaimed Latin guitar group Young & Rollins, offers a collection of inspired guitar melodies supported by an ensemble of some of the most accomplished and internationally recognized musicians in their fields.

Infinita offers 11 tracks of richly-textured, internationally-inspired original music, featuring the legendary Brazilian singer Flora Purim and percussion superstar Airto Moreira, as well as Persian-American producer and musician Shahin Shahida of the Billboard chart-topping group Shahin & Sepehr, multi-platinum-selling producer Dominic Camardella (Ottmar Liebert, Flora Purim), Grammy winning violinist Charlie Bisharat, Azerbaijani folk instrument virtuoso Imamyar Hassanov, Afghan vocal and harmonium master Humayun Khan, percussionist and drummer Davo Bryant of the Ottmar Liebert band, veteran trumpet player Jeff Elliot (Aretha Franklin, Doc Severinson band), bassist Randy Tico (Strunz & Farah, Flora Purim), and Pejman Hadadi, the world-renowned master of the Persian 'tombak' drum.

Throughout Infinita, Rollins melds an eclectic mix of Latin and Middle Eastern musical influences with his virtuoso, Spanish-tinged guitar style, creating a lush musical tapestry that pushes the boundaries of world music.



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