Espirito is the second album by Lawson Rollins

Lawson Rollins

Lawson Rollins is an American guitarist and composer from North Carolina noted for his lightning-fast speed solos, virtuoso fingerstyle technique, and melodic compositional skills featured in his recordings...

. Rollins composed all of the music and co-produced the album with Persian-American musician and producer Shahin Shahida (of Shahin & Sepehr) and multi-platinum producer Dominic Camardella (Flora Purim

Flora Purim

Flora Purim is a Brazilian jazz singer known primarily for her work in the jazz fusion style. She became prominent for her part in Chick Corea's landmark album Return to Forever...

, 3rd Force

3rd Force

3rd Force is a New Age/contemporary jazz band on the EMI Higher Octave label, consisting of trio William Aura, Craig Dobbin, and Alain Eskinasi. Founded in 1994 by William Aura after a prolific solo career in New Age music, he, Dobbin, and Eskinasi immediately set out working on their self-titled...

, Ottmar Liebert

Ottmar Liebert

Ottmar Liebert is a German-born composer and guitarist, born to a Chinese-German father and a Hungarian mother. As a child, he spent most of his time traveling Europe and Asia with his family...

). The cast of musicians includes the Grammy-nominated Brazilian singer Flora Purim

Flora Purim

Flora Purim is a Brazilian jazz singer known primarily for her work in the jazz fusion style. She became prominent for her part in Chick Corea's landmark album Return to Forever...

, percussionist Airto Moreira

Airto Moreira

Airto Moreira is a Brazilian jazz drummer and percussionist. Airto is married to jazz singer Flora Purim, and their daughter Diana Moreira is also a singer. He currently resides in Los Angeles.-Biography:...

, Iranian kamancheh player Kayhan Kalhor

Kayhan Kalhor

Kayhan Kalhor , born 24 November 1963, is an Iranian kamancheh player, composer and master of classical Kurdish and Persian music.-Youth and studies:...

 (of the Silk Road Ensemble), and Grammy winners Charlie Bisharat

Charlie Bisharat

Charlie Bisharat is a Grammy-winning violinistwho has extensively toured and/or recorded with numerous artists. He was a member of Shadowfax who won a Grammy in 1988 for Best New Age Performance for Folksongs for a Nuclear Village...

 on violin as well as Cuban drummer Horacio Hernandez

Horacio Hernandez

Horacio "El Negro" Hernandez is a renowned Cuban drummer and percussionist."El Negro" is a gifted musician who represents a new generation of great players following in the footsteps of countrymen Arturo Sandoval, Paquito D'Rivera, Ignacio Berroa, and others. Hernandez plays on the cutting edge of...

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The songs Moonlight Samba and Havana Heat from Espirito both landed on the Billboard

Billboard (magazine)

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jazz radio charts .

Espirito met with positive reviews from jazz

Jazz

Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...

 and world music

World music

World music is a term with widely varying definitions, often encompassing music which is primarily identified as another genre. This is evidenced by world music definitions such as "all of the music in the world" or "somebody else's local music"...

critics.

Track List

• 1. Rumba del Sol 4:33
• 2. Moonlight Samba 5:38
• 3. Havana Heat 4:16
• 4. Café La Martinique 6:09
• 5. Return to Rio 4:50
• 6. Blue Mountain Bolero 4:38
• 7. Santa Lucia Waltz 4:32
• 8. Espirito 5:45
• 9. Cape Town Sky 6:04
• 10. Footprints 2:28
• 11. Migration 6:46
• 12. Shadowland 6:35
• 13. Into the Light 4:20

• Total time: 66:40