Altiplano

Altiplano Artist: Alex de Grassi
Label: Novus
Category: Music



Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 012416301626
EAN: 0012416301626
ASIN: B000008EW9


Release Date: 1990-10-25

Related Categories:

Bolivia Bolivia
Related | South & Central America | International | Styles | Music
General General
Related | International | Styles | Music
General General
Related | Jazz | Styles | Music
Jazz Fusion Jazz Fusion
Related | Jazz | Styles | Music
General General
Related | New Age | Styles | Music
Meditation Meditation
Related | New Age | Styles | Music

Tracks:

  1. Altiplano
  2. First Time
  3. Doumbek
  4. Digital Interlude
  5. Fat Boy
  6. Lila
  7. McCormick
  8. Mty

Similar Items:

  1. The World's Getting Loud
  2. Clockwork
  3. Deep at Night
  4. Bolivian Blues Bar
  5. Tata Monk

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars More DeGrassi Magic.......2003-08-05

I really like this album. It's a creative mix of new age, jazz/rock fusion, world music (complete with dueling Indian percussionists), and folk guitar tunes. Unlike his earlier works, DeGrassi's compositions here aren't built so much around the guitar. Several of the pieces feature other instruments and actually seem to use the guitar more for accompaniment.

My favorite cut is McCormick, a solo alternate tuning piece with a heavy chorus effect that employs a contrapuntal approach to composition. The final piece - "MTY" - is reminiscent of Shadowfax and even uses their original violinist Jami Szmadzinski. Produced in 1987, this album was an obvious attempt by DeGrassi to explore the possibilities of acoustic guitar composition and arrangement. If you ask me, the exploration yielded very positive results.

Music CD:

  1. One by One ~ Peter Buffett
  2. How Far? How Fast? ~ Robin Frederick
  3. Fields & Waves ~ 'O'Rang
  4. Kalimantaan: Heaven Before Time ~ Bernie Krause
  5. Heart of Peace: Music and Meditation
  6. Voyager ~ Mike Oldfield
  7. Portraits on the Piano ~ Mary Martin Stockdale
  8. Il Mago di Venezia ~ Rond%C3%B3 Veneziano
  9. The Spirit of Feng Shui ~ David Sun
  10. Excalibur ~ Medwyn Goodall

Music CD

Music CD

Music CD

Cambiando El Destino ~ Magneto

Merengues V.2 ~ Angel Viloria

Joyitas Tropicales ~ Manuel Gonzalez

Altiplano ~ Alex de Grassi

Remembrance: Melodies from a Forgotten Era ~ John Doan

In the Mist of Time

At the Crescendo, Vols. 1 & 2 ~ Art Tatum

21 Anos/21 Exitos ~ Socios del Ritmo

Guerra de las Puntas, Vol. 4 ~ Various Artists

Baile Latino: Fiesta Latina ~ Various Artists