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Circle of Fire by Benjy Wertheimer
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10 tracks | 52 minutes
Released Nov 2001
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An extraordinary dance journey through the music of many cultures around the world, with influences ranging from rock, funk and jazz to West African, Indonesian and Indian folk and classical traditions.
Editorial review
Some musicians excel by finding a time-tested approach and sticking to it. Jazz saxophonist Scott Hamilton, for example, has excelled by sticking with a '40s-minded swing-to-bop approach; he was never innovative or forward-thinking, but he's superb at what he does and typically offers albums that are solid and pleasing, if predictable. Other musicians, however, fly by the seat of their pants, and that is exactly what musician/producer/composer Benjy Wertheimer does on Circle of Fire. This largely instrumental CD is a perfect example of world fusion, which can mean many different things to many different people. The Chieftains, who usually have an Irish-Celtic orientation, engaged in world fusion when they joined forces with some Chinese musicians in 1987 and offered an unlikely but successful fusion of Irish and Chinese elements. Wertheimer doesn't venture into Irish or Chinese territory on Circle of Fire, but he takes chances in other ways and offers a musical potpourri that draws on Indian, Arabic, African, and Indonesian music as well as funk and rock. In addition to producing and engineering this intriguing CD and doing all of the writing, Wertheimer plays electric keyboards and a variety of traditional acoustic instruments -- everything from Indian tabla drums to the djembe (a string instrument from West Africa). And much to his credit, he usually makes all this multicultural experimentation sound organic and natural rather than forced. Not everything he tries works; when you have the guts to be as chance-taking as Wertheimer, you run the risk of trying some things that don't work out creatively. But more than not, Wertheimer's experimentation pays off on Circle of Fire. ~ Alex Henderson, All Music Guide
Bio / Background
The latest CD from award-winning composer and multi-instrumentalist Benjy Wertheimer, "Circle of Fire," is an extraordinary dance journey through the music of many cultures around the world. In November 2002, Circle of Fire climbed to #1 on the New Age Radio charts, and it continues to receive rave reviews from around the world (see the artist's website for reviews).
The album's influences range from rock, funk and jazz to West African, Indonesian and Indian folk and classical traditions.
Many moods are woven throughout the CD, inviting dancers fully into their bodies and inspiring them to take themselves through the full spectrum of expressive movement.
The piece "Wings of a Thousand Moths," inspired by a Rumi poem, was recently featured nationally on public radio's program "Echoes.
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