John McLaughlin and the Mahavishnu Orchestra was the most influential band of the 1970s fusion jazz movement. Fresh from turning the jazz world upside down on Miles Davis' immortal In a Silent Way, John McLaughlin teamed with Jan Hammer, Rick Laird, Billy Cobham, and Jerry Goodman to form the Mahavishnu Orchestra, an amazing fusion of jazz, blues, rock and Indian music. This book contains John's own miniature scores to 28 classic Mahavishnu songs. Titles: A Lotus on Irish Streams * Awakening * Be Happy * Birds of Fire * Celestial Terrestrial * Commuters * Dawn * Dream * Earth Ship * Eternity's Breath * Faith * Hope * If I Could See * Lila's Dance * Meeting of the Spirits * Miles Beyond * Noonward Race * On the Way Home to Earth * One Word * Open Country Joy * Opus I * Pastoral * Resolution * Sanctuary * Sapphire Bullets of Pure Love * The Dance of Maya * Thousand Island Park * Vital Transformation * You Know, You Know.

An intoxicating piece from 'Stammland der Gitarre'! Joaquín Rodrigo uses sequences out of Gaspar Sanz´ (span. composer) schoolbook published in the 17th century for his 'Fantasia para un Gentilhombre'.

The première of Leo Brouwer?s Concierto de Benicassim took place at the Certamen Internacional de Guitarra ?Francisco Tárrega? in Benicassim Spain on 31st August 2002 to mark the 150th anniversary of Tarrega?s birth. Thesoloist was Gabriel Estarellas with the European Symphonic Orchestra conducted by Christian Florea.