Fresh Aire 8
2000 studio album by Mannheim Steamroller
Fresh Aire 8 | ||||
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Studio album by Mannheim Steamroller | ||||
Released | August 22, 2000 | |||
Recorded | 1999–2000 | |||
Genre | New age | |||
Length | 53:51 | |||
Label | American Gramaphone | |||
Producer | Chip Davis | |||
Mannheim Steamroller chronology | ||||
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Fresh Aire 8 is an album by Mannheim Steamroller, released in 2000. It is the final album in the Fresh Aire series and is based on the topic of infinity, with each track or suite representing a different "aspect of infinity."[2] The tracks' topics include ancient Greek philosophy, Leonardo da Vinci, M. C. Escher's Waterfall, Mannheim Steamroller's mascot, and the Judgment of Anubis. A visual album was also released on DVD.[3]
Track listing
All tracks are written by Chip Davis
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Main Titles" | 2:43 |
2. | "Day Party" | 3:09 |
3. | "Interlude 8" | 3:12 |
4. | "Night Party" | 2:41 |
5. | "Goddesses in the Forest[a]" | 2:37 |
6. | "The Big Bang" (Infinity in Cosmology) | 6:48 |
7. | "Leonardo" (The Infinite Thinker) | 3:21 |
8. | "Fractals" (Infinity in Mathematics) | 6:45 |
9. | "Waterfall" (Infinity in Art) | 4:19 |
10. | "The Circle of Love" (Infinity in the Wedding Band) | 5:41 |
11. | "The Steamroller" (Infinity in Music) | 4:38 |
12. | "The Heart and the Feather" (Infinity in the Egyptian Afterlife) | 7:36 |
- ^ Tracks 2–5 make up the "Greek Thinkers Suite," representing "Infinity in Philosophy."
Personnel
Credits adapted from liner notes.[2]
- Chip Davis – composer, producer, arranger, conductor
- London Symphony Orchestra
- Jackson Berkey – piano solo on "The Circle of Love"
- Arnie Roth – violin solo on "The Circle of Love"
- Moray Welsh – cello solo on "The Circle of Love"
- Tom Hartig – saxophone on "The Steamroller"
References
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- Chip Davis (percussion)
- Roxanne Layton (percussion, woodwinds)
- Former members
- Bobby Jenkins (oboe)
- Jackson Berkey (keyboards)
- Almeda Berkey (keyboards)
- Ron Cooley (guitar, bass)
- Arnie Roth (strings)
- Chuck Penington (orchestra conductor)
- Fresh Aire (1975)
- Fresh Aire II (1977)
- Fresh Aire III (1979)
- Fresh Aire IV (1981)
- Fresh Aire V (1983)
- Fresh Aire VI (1986)
- Fresh Aire 7 (1990)
- Fresh Aire 8 (2000)
- Saving the Wildlife (1986)
- Classical Gas (1987)
- Yellowstone: The Music of Nature (1989)
- To Russia with Love (1994)
- Mannheim Steamroller Meets the Mouse (1999)
- Bird Song (2000)
- Summer Song (2001)
- Autumn Song (2003)
- American Spirit (2003)
- Christmas (1984)
- A Fresh Aire Christmas (1988)
- Christmas in the Aire (1995)
- Christmas Live (1997)
- The Christmas Angel: A Family Story (1998)
- Christmas Extraordinaire (2001)
- Christmas Song (2007)
- Christmasville (2008)
- Christmas Symphony (2011)
- Christmas Symphony II (2013)
- Christmas Celebration (2004)
- Trimming the Tree (2007)
- Christmas 25th Anniversary Collection (2009)
- Halloween (2003)
- Halloween: Monster Mix (compilation, 2004)
- Halloween 2 Creatures Collection (2006)
- Halloween: Sweet Tooth (compilation, 2007)
- Renaissance Holiday (1998)