In Celebration of Life is the second compilation album and seventh album overall by Greek keyboardist and composer Yanni, released on the Private Music label in 1991. The album peaked at #3 on Billboard'''s Top New Age Albums chart and at #60 on the Billboard 200 in the same year.
Background Yanni expresses the euphoria of life's greatest moments in this collection of 10 powerful and uplifting works. Like its predecessor, Reflections of Passion, it consisted mostly of songs taken from Yanni's four previous albums. Unlike Reflections of Passion, it did not include any new material nor any songs from Yanni's debut album, Optimystique. However, it did include one song ("Song for Antarctica") taken from a multi-artist benefit album, Polar Shift.
To support the album, Yanni embarked on a 30-city tour called the Revolution in Sound Tour, which consists of two other keyboardists that will use 35 synthesizers to replicate the studio version of the songs, a percussion section, bass player and a string quartet made up of three violins and a cello.
Track listing
Personnel All music produced by Peter Baumann & Yanni All music composed by Yanni Mastered by Bernie Grundman at Bernie Grundman Mastering. Los Angeles, CA All music published by 23rd Street Publishing, Inc (ASCAP) Management: Jeff D. Klein Cover Photography by Kevin Mazur Inside Photography by Lynn Goldsmith
Critical reception
In a review for AllMusic, Johnny Loftus called the album "a solid overview of the new age composer's initial work, displaying all of the tenets that have made his music so popular over the years." He concluded that "fans will have most, if not all of the material here, but newcomers might enjoy In Celebration of Life'' ."
Revolution in Sound Tour
Tour dates Date City Country VenueMay 5, 1991NorfolkUnited StatesChrysler HallMay 7, 1991EastonState TheatreMay 15, 1991DetroitFox TheatreMay 26, 1991DenverParamount TheatreMay 30, 1991San DiegoCopley Symphony HallJune 2, 1991 BerkeleyBerkeley Community TheatreJune 4, 1991San RafaelMarin Veterans' Memorial Auditorium
The band and concert Yanni played a selection songs from his sixth Private Music albums for a two-hour completely live and showcases performance of Yanni's music, such as misty-roses pieces like "Secret Vows", "In the Mirror", "Nostalgia" and the title track of his latest release, "Reflections of Passion". Yanni and two additional keyboardist (Bradley Joseph & Amy Shiotani) are backed by a rhythm section headed by Charlie Adams on drums, with Michael Bruno on percussion and Osama Afifi on bass, and a string section featuring Charlie Bisharat and Karen Briggs on violin, and Sachi McHenry on cello.
Charlie Adams – drums Osama Afifi – bass guitar Charlie Bisharat - violin Karen Briggs - violin Michael Bruno – percussion Amy Shiotani – keyboards Bradley Joseph – keyboards Sachi McHenry – cello
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References
External links Official Website