Pursuit of Radical Rhapsody

Pursuit of Radical Rhapsody is an album by Italian-American jazz fusion and Latin jazz guitarist Al Di Meola, released in 2011.

Pursuit of Radical Rhapsody
Studio album by Al Di Meola
Released	March 15, 2011 (Digital Download) April 8, 2011 (CD)
Studio	Avatar Studios (New York, NY) Churchill Studios (New Jersey) Hit Factory Criteria (North Miami, FL) Henson Recording Studios (Hollywood, California) Pannónia Stúdió (Hungary)
Genre	Jazz fusion Latin jazz
Length	72:26
Label	Concord
Producer	Al Di Meola
Al Di Meola chronology
World Sinfonia – La Melodia (2008) Pursuit of Radical Rhapsody (2011)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
All About Jazz	(positive)[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Al Di Meola except where noted.

1. "Siberiana" – 8:30
2. "Paramour's Lullaby" – 7:47
3. "Mawazine, Pt. 1" – 2:09
4. "Michelangelo's 7th Child" – 7:33
5. "Gumbiero" – 6:19
6. "Brave New World" – 1:54
7. "Full Frontal Contrapuntal" – 4:53
8. "That Way Before" – 3:06
9. "Fireflies" – 4:02
10. "Destination Gonzalo" – 5:17
11. "Bona" – 6:02
12. "Radical Rhapsody" – 5:03
13. "Strawberry Fields" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) – 4:11
14. "Mawazine, Pt. 2" – 2:55
15. "Over the Rainbow" (Harold Arlen) – 3:06

Personnel

World Sinfonia

• Al Di Meola – keyboards, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, percussion
• Fausto Beccalossi – accordion
• Kevin Seddiki – second guitar
• Victor Miranda – acoustic upright baby bass
• Péter Kaszás – drums, percussion
• Gumbi Ortiz – percussion

Guests and other musicians

• Barry Miles – additional keyboards, string arrangements
• Gonzalo Rubalcaba – acoustic piano (5, 10, 12, 13)
• Charlie Haden – acoustic bass (13, 15)
• Mino Cinelu – percussion (3, 4, 13, 14)
• Peter Erskine – drums (4, 10, 12)

String section

• András Sturcz – cello (4, 11, 15)
• Gyula Benkö – viola (4, 11, 15)
• Gábor Csonka – violin (4, 11, 15)
• Gergely Kuklis – violin (4)
• Viktor Uhrin – violin (4, 11, 15)

Production

• Claus Altvater – executive producer, additional photography
• Al Di Meola – producer
• Hernan Romero – associate producer
• Róbert Balázs – engineer
• Tóth Bagi Csaba – engineer, additional photography
• Frank Filipetti – basic track engineer
• Roy Henderson – engineer
• Katsuhiko Naito – engineer, mixing
• Spyros Poulos – engineer
• Martin Cooke – assistant engineer
• Rick Kwan – assistant engineer
• Dave Poler – assistant engineer
• Viktor Scheer – assistant engineer
• Viktor Szabó – assistant engineer
• Paul Blakemore – mastering at CMG Mastering (Cleveland, Ohio)
• Gary Casson – business consultant
• Susie Doherty – production coordination
• Michael Page – art direction, design
• Francesco Cabras – photography

Chart performance

Year	Chart	Position
2011	Billboard Top Jazz Albums	4[3]

References

1. Henderson, Alex. "Pursuit of Radical Rhapsody - Al di Meola : Release Information, Reviews and Credits : AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
2. Wood, Stephen (3 April 2011). "Al Di Meola: "Pursuit of Radical Rhapsody", jazz review by Stephen Wood". allaboutjazz.com. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
3. "Pursuit of Radical Rhapsody - Al di Meola | Awards | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 27 October 2013.