In actuality, a ‘river of colours’, like the translation of the album’s title, this recording by the world jazz guitar pair shows the first class acoustic guitar that the pair are famous for. With musicians from Latin America, the Middle East and the United States, this work celebrates a vivacious cultural mixture. The compositions range from flamenco, Persian and Latin folk to the classic, with harmonic twists and rhythmic textures overlaid with fluid melodies. Audacious and stylish, this recording spans an array of styles, incorporating flutes, violin, bouzouki and percussion. This album redefines world fusion.
Track 1: Matambu
Chorotega Indian word for a place located in the beautiful Nicoya Peninsula of Costa Rica.
Track 2: Fuente Viega (Old Fountain)
So named because of the continuing fascination that some guitar music of yesteryear has for the artists. In this case, the opening motif is inspired by a lovely old melody the artists first heard played by the great flamenco guitarist Mario Escudero, which the artists then channelled into a more Latin American style, although still based in large part of the Spanish tango flamenco rhythm.
Track 3: Andina
A piece in which the artists seek to evoke a feeling that originates in Columbia or Ecuador, with the help of the ancient/modern sound of Ulises Pineda’s Andean flutes, and with charango and ronroco.
Track 4: Rio de Colores
The title for this piece with diverse influences offered the stimulus for the cover art by Kathlyn Powell.
Track 5: Bribri
Another Costa Rican Indian place name, named after the Chibcha (a South American Indian group) speaking Bribri Indians of the southern part of Costa Rica. This piece is inspired by the Talamanca coast of Costa Rica, and evokes some rainy impressions absorbed from verdant nature.
Track 6: Interludio
A breath of fresh air on one guitar.
Track 7: Capricho Nocturno
Another composition that has a flamenco echo with a romantic undertone and is also based in part on the tango flamenco rhythm.
Track 8: Vela al Viento (sail to the wind)
A fast piece, with the feeling of the wind blowing at your back. A musical reflection of the sea.
Track 9: Bandari
Based on a southern Persian rhythm, with the addition of the virtuosic bouzouki playing of Danny Papakalos.
Track 10: Estrella Fugaz
A brief flash…
Track 11: Arabesca