Jack Gates has spent his career studying many music genres, especially from India, South and Central America, Cuba and the Carribean, Africa and Europe. His music includes a raga form here, a Samba beat there, an Afro-Cuban structure elsewhere, and much more. Those world fusion elements are then blended with the sounds of new age, jazz and folk to create a delectable mix with broad appeal to many audiences.
"This album was written and recorded while I was living in a forest in the mountains above Santa Cruz, California. The music has a peaceful quality and is certainly an outgrowth of meditation and being close to nature in a place where I could explore music without a lot of interruptions. I found a recording studio in those mountains down a winding dirt road that had just the right ambience." - Jack Gates
Jack Gates is joined on most of the tunes by drummer and percussionist Steve Robertson and acoustic bassist Stan Poplin. Other guests include Damien Masterson on harmonica and cellist Michal Palzewicz.
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