Lawson Rollins - Elevation - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

2010 , a melding of World, Jazz, Chill and Latin music. Espirito reunites Lawson Rollins with acclaimed musician and producer Shahin Shahida (of Shahin & Sepehr) and multi-platinum producer Dominic Camardella (Ottmar Liebert). All songs are composed and performed by Lawson with contributions from a global cast of musical legends. Featured artists include iconic Brazilian Jazz singer Flora Purim, renowned percussionist Airto Moreira, Grammy award winner Charlie Bisharat on violin, Iranian kamancheh master Kayhan Kalhor and Cuban born drummer Horacio InchEl NegroInch Hernandez. Lawson recorded the album at such world class studios as Sound Design in Santa Barbara, CA., George Lucas' Skywalker Sound and Hyde St. studios in the Bay Area. Album Tracks 1. Rumba Del Sol 2. Moonlight Samba 3. Havana Heat 4. Caf la Martinique 5. Return to Rio 6. Blue Mountain Bolero 7. Santa Lucia Waltz 8. Espirito 9. Cape Town Sky 10. Footprints 11. The Caravan Trilogy Migration 12. The Caravan Trilogy Shadowland 13. The Caravan Trilogy Into the Light

Album Tracks 1. Innocence 2. Endless 3. Waiting 4. Sinister Encounter 5. Ever Onward 6. Discovering 7. Loss 8. Never Forget 9. Memories 10. Mystic 11. Forbidden 12. Striving 13. Visions 14. Apparition 15. Out of the Past 16. Haunting 17. Secrets of the Wind 18. Spirits 19. Through the Forest 20. Searching 21. Passageway 22. Unsettled 23. Corruption 24. Conflict 25. Undercurrent

With the of RISE, Lawson Rollins offers a bold collection of ten original songs that showcase his signature virtuoso guitar style and eclectic compositional flair for melody and rhythm. Lawson explores new collaborations with Haitian vocalist Jeff Pierre, saxophonist Mary Fettig, and Grammy winning violinists Charlie Bisharat and Mads Tolling on several tracks, while deepening his connection with regular band mates Stephen Duros, Davo Bryant, and Dan Feiszli throughout the album. Each song finds Lawson rising to his peak abilities as a guitarist and composer. Lawson states, InchThis album was forged during the unprecedented difficulties the world has seen over the past year, but as the Latin motto InchAd Astra Per AsperaInch proclaims, we can reach the stars through difficulty. It is in that spirit that this album was made.Inch Album Tracks 1. Free to Fly 2. Rise 3. Bossa Nova California 4. Ascension 5. Escalate 6. Pulse 7. Carry the Torch 8. Quest 9. Come to Light 10. Emerge