New Universe Music Festival Featuring Jimmy Herring 2 CD set  E-mail this product to a friend Tweet

On November 20 and 21 of 2010, our friends at maverick record label, Abstract Logix, hosted a series of spectacular performances, featuring an array of artists who handily defy genre categorization in favor of unbridled expression. Among the featured musicians were pioneering guitarist John McLaughlin and his current band the 4th Dimension with special guest, world music legend tabla maestro Zakir Hussain; Widespread Panic guitar hero Jimmy Herring with his electric band; Return to Forever Drummer Lenny White; the all-star quartet Human Element (keyboardist Scott Kinsey, bassist Matt Garrison, percussionist Arto Tunçboyaciyan; fearless guitarist and improviser Wayne Krantz appearing with the amazing Anthony Jackson on bass; visionary Indian composer and drummer Ranjit Barot; and emerging guitar visionary Alex Machacek.

The 2 CD Set of the festival, featuring 131 minutes of music, has the following tracks:

CD1
1. Alex Machacek/Neal Fountain/Jeff Sipe: Strafe
2. Alex Machacek/Neal Fountain/Jeff Sipe: Very Sad
3. Ranjit Barot/Bala Bhaskar: Vignesh Kirtanam
4. Ranjit Barot/Wayne Krantz/Scott Kinsey/Matt Garrison/Arto Tuncboyaciyan: Origin
5. Scott Kinsey/Matt Garrison/Arto Tuncboyaciyan/Ranjit Barot: Essaouira
6. Scott Kinsey/Matt Garrison/Arto Tuncboyaciyan/Ranjit Barot: Sometimes I
7. Jimmy Herring/Neal Fountain/Matt Slocum/Jeff Sipe: Rainbow
8. Jimmy Herring/Neal Fountain/Matt Slocum/Jeff Sipe: Gray Day
9. Jimmy Herring/Neal Fountain/Matt Slocum/Jeff Sipe: Within You Without You 

CD2
10. Wayne Krantz/Anthony Jackson/Cliff Almond: Why
11. Lenny White/Jimmy Herring/Tom Guarna/Richie Goods/Vince Evans: Door #3
12. Lenny White/Jimmy Herring/Tom Guarna/Richie Goods/Vince Evans: Gazelle
13. John McLaughlin/Etienne Mbappe/Gary Husband/Mark Mondesir: Recovery
14. John McLaughlin/Etienne Mbappe/Gary Husband/Mark Mondesir/Zakir Hussain: Mother Tongues