Espirito Explained

Espirito
Type:	studio
Artist:	Lawson Rollins
Cover:	Espirito.jpg
Released:	2010
Genre:	Flamenco, Latin jazz
Prev Title:	Infinita
Prev Year:	2008
Next Title:	Elevation
Next Year:	2011

Espirito (Brazilian for "Spirit") is the second album by Lawson Rollins.^[1] 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, 3rd Force, Ottmar Liebert).^[2] The cast of musicians includes the Grammy-nominated Brazilian singer Flora Purim, percussionist Airto Moreira, Iranian kamancheh player Kayhan Kalhor (of the Silk Road Ensemble), and Grammy winners Charlie Bisharat on violin as well as Cuban drummer Horacio Hernandez.

The songs "Moonlight Samba" and "Havana Heat" from "Espirito" landed on the Billboard jazz chart.^[3] ^[4]

Espirito met with positive reviews from jazz and world music critics.^[5] ^[6] ^[7]

Track listing

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

Total time: 66:40

External links

Official site

Web Sources

[{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p444876|pure_url=yes}} The All Music Guide]

Notes and References

Web site: Infinita. Jazz Review. November 12, 2010.
Web site: Bio. Infinita Records. November 12, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20110317080013/http://lawsonrollins.com/espirito.html. March 17, 2011. dead. mdy-all.
Web site: Moonlight Samba. Nielsen Company. May 31, 2011. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110713192801/http://www.lawsonrollins.com/Billboard_Recurrent_Chart.jpg. July 13, 2011.
Web site: Havana Heat. Nielsen Company. May 31, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20120314231238/http://www.lawsonrollins.com/images/Billboard%201-22-11.jpg. March 14, 2012. dead. mdy-all.
Web site: AMG review. All Music Guide. May 31, 2011.
Web site: Espirito: An Extraordinary World Music Journey with Lawson Rollins. Wandering Educators. February 22, 2010. November 12, 2010.
Web site: Review of Espirito. All About Jazz. May 31, 2011. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120314231304/http://www.lawsonrollins.com/pdfs/All%20About%20Jazz%20-%20Espirito.pdf. March 14, 2012.