AFRICA - promo video
Rick’s fourth recording, AFRICA, delves into new territory –the music continues to explore stylistic frontiers while maintaining a standard of musical excellence. The influences are there: you can hear Corea, Metheny, McFerrin, Steely Dan and many others melded into a new vocal, percussive, evolving experience.
Samba w/vocals and melodica, flute/alto flute work
World music with a cappella voices, percussion, flute
Cosmic monastery with ethereal maiden voices
Manhattan Transer - style vocals with straight-ahead sax burn at end
Sailor's vocal ballad with piano, mandolin
Jefferson Airplane tune with an asian/jazz twist - soprano sax / tablas/ bass vamp
Piano solo a la Corea, Jarrett
Meditative chant - a cappella with tablas
AFRICA - the tunes
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Personnel -
Rick sings and plays all acoustic and electric guitars, basses and keyboards. Other instruments as listed.
Featuring:
Soprano and Alto Flutes Anne Drummond
Tenor and Soprano Saxophones Alexey Nikolaev
Drums Ken French
Congas, Percussion David Solomon
Tablas Chaz Hastings
Vocals - Jen Dunton, Bev Dunton, Jill Waldron,
Nel Krueger, Erin McGaughan, John Kenning, Larry Murante
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Standard, straight ahead. Rick plays acoustic bass and piano - (not at the same time!)
The Rocker - Elecric guitars with vocals, hot sax at end