Gravity Tunnel was recorded ca. 1988/89 and originally released in 1991. As the album cover Art portrays, the record merges two musical places home to Miguel Kertsman: Recife, Brazil and New York City. The result is a broad and fun musical journey with African-Brazilian percussion, berimbaus, and ensembles spontaneously merging with soulful vocals, and of course lots of vintage keyboards! Where echoes of Brazilian Music, Classical, Jazz and Symphonic Prog Rock intertwine… A mighty Rio de Janeiro Samba School meeting with analog keyboards and screaming guitars? No problem, check out the title track!
A stellar group of Jazz, Broadway and Pop-Rock musicians joined Miguel (composer, keyboards) in the recording of Gravity Tunnel:
Lillias White, singer / vocals (Emmy / Tony Award Winner, Broadway Star – “Fela!,” “The Life,” Actress)
Café, percussion (percussionist w/ Paul Simon, Steve Winwood, Roberta Flack)
Romero Lubambo, guitar (guitarist w/ Dianne Reeves, Winton Marsalis, Airto Moreira & Flora Purim, etc.)
Manny Monteiro, percussion (drummer w/ Jaco Pastorius)
Russ Landau, bass (bass w/ Judith Collins, Paul Winter, Emmy Award winner)
Ken Mazur, guitar, co-producer (guitar w/ Robert Palmer, and on soundtracks)
Ted Moore, percussion (drummer w/ Chuck Mangione)
Greg Jones, bass (bass w/ Astrud Gilberto, Carly Simon, etc.)
Among other musicians
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