Artist: Lawson Rollins
Album: Elevation
Genre: Jazz, World
Release Date: 2011
Audio Format:: FLAC (tracks) 24 bit, 88,2 kHz
Duration: 01:13:32
Total Tracks: 13
Total Size: 1,57 GB

Tracklist:

01. Lawson Rollins – Elevation (05:25)
02. Lawson Rollins – Voyager’s Tale (05:43)
03. Lawson Rollins – Persian Night (05:26)
04. Lawson Rollins – Parisian Rhapsody (05:30)
05. Lawson Rollins – Santa Barbara Song (04:36)
06. Lawson Rollins – Daybreak (04:56)
07. Lawson Rollins – Shadows of Life (05:49)
08. Lawson Rollins – Himalayan Blue (05:54)
09. Lawson Rollins – The Wind at Dawn (05:57)
10. Lawson Rollins – Francisco’s Dance (05:48)
11. Lawson Rollins – Slow Ascent (Featuring Buckethead) (05:11)
12. Lawson Rollins – The Diamond Path (06:55)
13. Lawson Rollins – Ghosts of Alcazar (Featuring Buckethead) (06:14)

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ELEVATION marks an expressive high point for acclaimed composer and guitarist Lawson Rollins. Departing from conventional song structure, Rollins crafts 13 emotionally charged soundscapes rich with moments of intensity and spaciousness.ELEVATION mixes Middle Eastern, Spanish, and Indian musical motifs with World Beat rhythms and the distinctively modern guitar stylings of Lawson Rollins.

Featuring Persian-American musician Shahin Shahida, multi-platinum producer Dominic Camardella, avant-garde guitar legend Buckethead, veteran producer William Aura, Nepali flute star Ruben Shrestha, tabla master Raju Maharjan, Iranian santur virtuoso Pejman Eckhtiari Grammy-winning violinistCharlie Bisharat, and many more renowned musicians.

Vintage Guitar Magazine states: “Even ‘world music’ seems an inadequate blanket to wrap around what Rollins has created here. But whatever it is, he is a master of it.” Inside World Music declares: “Another astounding album of world fusion and avant-garde jazz…Rollins reaches new musical heights.”