One day, Andy Summers' Police guitar and sensibilities wandered into an enchanted, magical musical forest and encountered all sorts of wondrous musical faeries and other such creatures. The results of that mystical meeting are captured on Summers' third solo album, his first instrumental album with a full band and which resulted in his first Grammy Award nomination as a solo artist.
Summers' sparkling guitar tones lead a surreal journey into dark, edgy, and lyrical musical territory. Along for the ride are keyboardist David Hentschel, synclavier programmer Stephen Croes, bassists Jimmy Haslip (of the Yellowjackets) and Doug Lunn, Oregon flutist Paul McCandless, and drummer/percussionist Kurt Wortman. Najma Akhtar sings on Summers' cover of the Bollywood classic "Piya Tose," with Summers emulating sitar tones alongside Akhtar's beautiful voice.The entire album provides a stunning perspective on world music as only Summers with his guitar can.
--Raj Manoharan
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