Purple Spirits by Ancient Future Digital Liner Notes
Purple Spirits by Ancient Future Digital Liner Notes
Purple Spirits by Ancient Future Digital Liner Notes
Digital Liner Notes
Digital Liner Notes- $1.98: This download is a 25 page .pdf of liner notes for Purple Spirits by Ancient Future featuring cover art, musicians biographies, and the historic connections leading to the release, from the formation of Ancient Future all the way to the recording of Purple Spirits.
Ancient Future History
Formed in 1978, the band Ancient Future is the world's first and longest running musical organization dedicated exclusively to the mission of creating world fusion music. To enable its core mission of creating world fusion music, Ancient Future has grown to become a large chamber ensemble of world music masters with many smaller ensembles within it.
Purple Spirits History
Purple Spirits is a collection of tributes to artists Ancient Future has historical connections with. "Punjabi Jhinzaki" is a tribute to tabla master Ustad Zakir Hussain, who was very instrumental in the development of Ancient Future and appears on Ancient Future's World Without Walls release. "Spirit of Nirvana" acknowledges the surprising history between Ancient Future and Nirvana. "East of the Sun (Studio Version)" features wind virtuoso Paul McCandless of Oregon. Sadly, this is the last oboe recording featuring him to be released, as in 2017 he was diagnosed with a health condition that led him to retire from playing oboe, although he kept a busy performance schedule on his other wind instruments until 2025. "Tres Tarantas Tres" is a tribute to David Easley, Matthew Montfort's Boulder High School guitar student who became a master flamenco player. "Purple Nam and Purple Haze (Vietnamese Đàn Bầu Style)" is a tribute to Jimi Hendrix that incorporates Indian raga and Vietnamese music.
Featured Musician Bios in Digital Liner Notes
Purple Spirits features Matthew Montfort (scalloped fretboard guitar, Glissentar 11- string fretless guitar, flamenco guitar, fretless bass), Aditya Kalyanpur (tabla), George Brooks (saxophone), Kai Eckhardt (fretless bass), Mariah Parker (keyboards, santur), Benjy Wertheimer (tabla), Paul McCandless (oboe), Bui Huu Nhut (Vietnamese đàn bầu), and Abbos Kosimov (Uzbek percussion).