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Average Rating: 0 RELEASED: January 1st 1984
LABEL: UMP Records - Philo/Rounder Records TRACKS: 6 TOTAL LENGTH: 00:43:56 FORMAT: 320 kbps MP3 CATEGORIES: Inspired Music GENRE: World / International, Jazz, New Age World fusion music reflecting jazz, classical, folk and worldwide musical influences performed on instruments from around the globe. It is our hope that the music produced on this album will contribute in some small way to the cessation of human suffering, and to the realization of the unity of the human race and the need for the elimination of all forms of prejudice. "A marvelous kaleidoscope of shifting melodies, rhythms and instrumental colors." - Downbeat "The musicians of Do'a don't just double on instruments, they multiply them into a veritable symphony." - Washington Post "A shimmering kaleidoscope of sound, taking from jazz, middle eastern and African musics. The music is introspective without being heavy, lighting the way into new areas with grace and cheer." - The Victory Music Folk and Jazz Review Song Titles: Companions of the Crimson Coloured Ark - Part 1 (7:23) Piano, Acoustic Guitar, Mandolin Harp, Soprano Saxophone, Acoustic Bass, Drums, Synthesizer, Percussion Companions of the Crimson Coloured Ark - Part 2 (6:51) Acoustic Guitar, Piano, North Indian Tabla, West African Balafon, Adodo Drum (talking drum), Acoustic Bass, Drums, C-Soprano Saxophone, Ocarina, Percussion In Praise and Gratitude (8:08) Mbira Dzavadzimu, Cameroonian Shakers, Acoustic Guitar, Acoustic Bass, Concert Flute, Soprano Saxophone, Piano, North Indian Tabla, Drums, High-string Guitar, Synthesizer, Brazilian Berimbau, Chinese Reed Flute, Percussion Refresh and Gladden My Spirit (8:36) Acoustic Guitar, Acoustic Bass, Gankogui Bell, Concert & Alto Flutes, Soprano Saxophone, Piano, High-string Guitar, French Horn, North Indian Tabla, Drums, Synthesizer, Percussion Tribute (6:19) Acoustic Guitar, French Horn, Acoustic Bass, Concert & Alto Flutes, Cello, Synthesizer, West African Balafon, Gourd Kalimba, North Indian Tabla, Bolivian Charango, Percussion Dawning Place (6:26) Concert Flute, Classical Guitar, Piano, Nyunga Mbira, Synthesizer, Adodo Drum (talking drum), Acoustic Bass, Percussion, Vocals (Ugandan Baha'i Unity Chant) All compositions by Randy Armstrong / Ken LaRoche ©1983 Crimson Ark Music, BMI 24-BIT MASTERING FROM THE ORIGINAL RECORDINGS Recorded in 1983 and released in 1984 on the Vermont based indie label, Philo Records distributed by Rounder Records, this album features Do’a World Music Ensemble as a quintet with co-founders, Randy Armstrong and Ken LaRoche performing John Hunter, Marty Quinn, Charlie Jennison. Additional musicians include: David Marlowe, Barbara London and Melissa Brown. Randy Armstrong - Acoustic and Classical Guitars, West African Balafon, Mandolin Harp, Nyunga & Dzavadzimu Mbira, North Indian Tabla, Bolivian Charango, Adodo Drum (talking drum), Gankogui Bell, High-string Guitar, Brazilian Berimbau, Djembe, Percussion, Vocals Ken LaRoche - Concert and Alto Flutes, Piano, Synthesizer, C-Soprano Saxophone, Nyunga and Dzavadzimu Mibira, Ocarina, Chinese reed Flute, Percussion, Vocals Marty Quinn - North Indian Tabla, Drums, Percussion, Vocals John Hunter - Acoustic Bass Charlie Jennison - Soprano Saxophone David Marlowe - French Horn Melissa Brown - Cello Barbara London - Vocals Recorded at Resolution Studios, North Ferrisburg, Vermont during the months of August - December, 1983 Engineered by Michael Couture Illustration by William Giese, Freefall Studio Graphic Design for the Remastered Album by Jan Marvel and Michelle Vaughn Photography by Sandy Agrafiotis Instrument Layout by Wendy Starkweather LaRoche Produced by Randy Armstrong & Ken LaRoche Executive Producer: William Schubart Library of Congress Number: 85-750023 24-Bit Mastering from the Original Recordings at: M-WORKS, Cambridge Massachusetts Mastering Engineer: Matthew Azevedo, October 2007 Classical Guitar by Guillermo del Pilar, Brooklyn, New York Acoustic Guitar by Michael Jacobson-Hardy, Northampton, Massachusetts Nyunga Mbira by Dennis Capodestria, Ashland, New Hampshire Do'a - Randy Armstrong and Ken LaRoche - Companions of the Crimson Coloured Ark |