Pursuit of Radical Rhapsody

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

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

Guests and other musicians

• Mino Cinélu – percussion (3, 4, 13, 14)
• Peter Erskine – drums (4, 10, 12)
• Charlie Haden – acoustic bass (13, 15)
• Gonzalo Rubalcaba – piano (5, 10, 12, 13)
• Barry Miles – additional keyboards, string arrangements
• String section:
  • Gyula Benkö – viola (4, 11, 15)
  • Gábor Csonka – violin (4, 11, 15)
  • Gergely Kuklis – violin (4)
  • András Sturcz – cello (4, 11, 15)
  • Viktor Uhrin – violin (4, 11, 15)

Other credits

• Claus Altvater – executive producer, photography
• Róbert Balázs – engineer
• Paul Blakemore – mastering
• Francesco Cabras – photography
• Gary Casson – business consultant
• Martin Cooke – assistant engineer
• Susie Doherty – production coordination
• Frank Filipetti – engineer
• Roy Henderson – engineer
• Rick Kwan – assistant engineer
• Katsuhiko Naito – engineer, mixing
• Michael Page – art direction, design
• Dave Poler – assistant engineer
• Spyros Poulos – engineer
• Hernan Romero – associate producer
• Viktor Scheer – assistant engineer
• Viktor Szabó – assistant engineer
• Csaba Tóth – engineer, photography

Chart performance

Year	Chart	Position
2011	Billboard Top Jazz Albums	4