Pursuit of Radical Rhapsody
# Pursuit of Radical Rhapsody

Professional ratings :

| Review scores ||
| - | - |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |
| All About Jazz | (positive) |

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 – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, keyboards, percussion, producer
* Fausto Beccalossi – accordion
* Péter Kaszás – drums, percussion
* Victor Miranda – acoustic upright baby bass
* Gumbi Ortiz – percussion
* Kevin Seddiki – second guitar

### Guests and other musicians

* Mino Cinélu – percussion (3, 4, 13, 14)
* Peter Erskine – drums (4, 10, 12)
* Charlie Haden – acoustic bass (13, 15)
* Gonzalo Rubalcaba – piano (5, 10, 12, 13)
* Barry Miles – additional keyboards, string arrangements
* String section:
   * Gyula Benkö – viola (4, 11, 15)
   * Gábor Csonka – violin (4, 11, 15)
   * Gergely Kuklis – violin (4)
   * András Sturcz – cello (4, 11, 15)
   * Viktor Uhrin – violin (4, 11, 15)

### Other credits

* Claus Altvater – executive producer, photography
* Róbert Balázs – engineer
* Paul Blakemore – mastering
* Francesco Cabras – photography
* Gary Casson – business consultant
* Martin Cooke – assistant engineer
* Susie Doherty – production coordination
* Frank Filipetti – engineer
* Roy Henderson – engineer
* Rick Kwan – assistant engineer
* Katsuhiko Naito – engineer, mixing
* Michael Page – art direction, design
* Dave Poler – assistant engineer
* Spyros Poulos – engineer
* Hernan Romero – associate producer
* Viktor Scheer – assistant engineer
* Viktor Szabó – assistant engineer
* Csaba Tóth – engineer, photography

## Chart performance

| Year | Chart | Position |
| - | - | - |
| 2011 | Billboard Top Jazz Albums | 4 |
