Pursuit of Radical Rhapsody is an album by Italian-American jazz fusion and Latin jazz guitarist Al Di Meola, released in 2011.

Track listing All compositions by Al Di Meola except where noted.

"Siberiana" – 8:30 "Paramour's Lullaby" – 7:47 "Mawazine, Pt. 1" – 2:09 "Michelangelo's 7th Child" – 7:33 "Gumbiero" – 6:19 "Brave New World" – 1:54 "Full Frontal Contrapuntal" – 4:53 "That Way Before" – 3:06 "Fireflies" – 4:02 "Destination Gonzalo" – 5:17 "Bona" – 6:02 "Radical Rhapsody" – 5:03 "Strawberry Fields" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) – 4:11 "Mawazine, Pt. 2" – 2:55 "Over the Rainbow" (Harold Arlen) – 3:06

Personnel

World Sinfonia Al Di Meola – keyboards, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, percussion Fausto Beccalossi – accordion Kevin Seddiki – second guitar Victor Miranda – acoustic upright baby bass Péter Kaszás – drums, percussion Gumbi Ortiz – percussion

Guests and other musicians Barry Miles – additional keyboards, string arrangements Gonzalo Rubalcaba – acoustic piano (5, 10, 12, 13) Charlie Haden – acoustic bass (13, 15) Mino Cinelu – percussion (3, 4, 13, 14) Peter Erskine – drums (4, 10, 12)

String section András Sturcz – cello (4, 11, 15) Gyula Benkö – viola (4, 11, 15) Gábor Csonka – violin (4, 11, 15) Gergely Kuklis – violin (4) Viktor Uhrin – violin (4, 11, 15)

Production Claus Altvater – executive producer, additional photography Al Di Meola – producer Hernan Romero – associate producer Róbert Balázs – engineer Tóth Bagi Csaba – engineer, additional photography Frank Filipetti – basic track engineer Roy Henderson – engineer Katsuhiko Naito – engineer, mixing Spyros Poulos – engineer Martin Cooke – assistant engineer Rick Kwan – assistant engineer Dave Poler – assistant engineer Viktor Scheer – assistant engineer Viktor Szabó – assistant engineer Paul Blakemore – mastering at CMG Mastering (Cleveland, Ohio) Gary Casson – business consultant Susie Doherty – production coordination Michael Page – art direction, design Francesco Cabras – photography

Chart performance Year Chart Position2011Billboard Top Jazz Albums4

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