AURORA

The first typical fusion effort in the Ponty vein although the previous album was quite close to it. First of Ponty's fusion gems and triumphs. Violin is obviously the trademark but all players have plenty of chops and there are many moments to enjoy. The first track is a tour-de-force, full of energy and dynamics dictated by the drums and violin. "Renaissance" is a nice sublime track with acoustic qualities and remote traits of "I've heard it through the grapevine". "Aurora" features some furious soloing on the guitar and violin. There are also hints of more classic jazz such as on "Lost forest". "Waking dream" is a symphonic track with great bass keyboards.

An album with high quality.