utorak, 24.11.2009.
Al Di Meola - Christmas: Winter Nights (1999)
Al di Meola's first so-called Christmas album is a relaxed, flowing, intensely musical affair that jazzers, world music buffs, and new agers will feel equally comfortable with. Mostly, he steers away from the often-cracked chestnuts, composing several nice tunes of his own ("Zima," the leadoff cut, is especially inviting), playing acoustic guitar and a battery of percussion instruments and keyboards in a graceful one-man band, thanks to multi-track tape. Other tracks feature duets between di Meola (with overdubbed additional instruments) and Roman Hrynkiv, who plays a Ukrainian zither-like instrument called the bandura. For the die-hard consumer who must have those carols, there are intricate renditions of "The First Noel," "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas," and "Carol of the Bells."..Manfred Mandel
Codec: mp3
Bitrate: 320 kB/s
Size: ca. 117 MB
Genre : Fusion Jazz
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Tracklist:
01. Zima (4:05)
02. Carol of the Bells (4:11)
03. Winterlude Duet No. 1 (1:27)
04. Greensleeves (2:46)
05. Mercy Street (4:52)
06. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (4:32)
07. Winterlude No. 2 (:51)
08. Midwinter Nights (4:50)
09. Scarborough Fair (4:36)
10. Winterlude No. 3 (:47)
11. First Noel (3:13)
12. Inverno (5:38)
13. First Snow (2:43)
14. Winterlude No. 4 (1:31)
15. Ave Maria (4:51)
