Fresh Aire II
1977 studio album by Mannheim Steamroller
Fresh Aire II | ||||
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Studio album by Mannheim Steamroller | ||||
Released | September 15, 1977 | |||
Recorded | 1977 | |||
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Length | 35:47 | |||
Label | American Gramaphone | |||
Producer | Don Sears and Chip Davis | |||
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Fresh Aire II is the second album that new-age musical group Mannheim Steamroller originally released in 1977. Each of the first four Fresh Aire albums is based on a season; Fresh Aire II's theme is fall.[2]
Fresh Aire II is unique in the series in that it is largely based on a single melody, presented consistently in the "Fantasia" music cycle (tracks 1–9) which starts off with 'Chorale,' followed by the seven "doors," ending with the piece 'Fantasy' and in the closing track 'Going To Another Place.' The same melody also occasionally appears in other albums in the series in a form closest to the first few notes in "The First Door."
Track listing
All tracks are written by Chip Davis.
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Chorale" | 0:36 |
2. | "The First Door" | 1:26 |
3. | "The Second Door" | 2:02 |
4. | "The Third Door" | 2:30 |
5. | "The Fourth Door" | 3:50 |
6. | "The Fifth Door" | 2:59 |
7. | "The Sixth Door" | 1:28 |
8. | "Door Seven" | 1:57 |
9. | "Fantasy" | 1:24 |
10. | "Interlude V" | 3:37 |
11. | "Velvet Tear" | 2:44 |
12. | "A Shade Tree" | 4:57 |
13. | "Toota Lute" | 2:50 |
14. | "Going to Another Place" | 3:20 |
Total length: | 35:00 |
Personnel
Source:[3]
- Jackson Berkey – piano, harpsichord, synthesizer, Fender Rhodes, concert bells, vocal chant
- Eric Hansen – bass, lute, classical guitar
- Chip Davis – drums, recorders, dulcimer, percussion, vocal chant
- Walt Meskell – rhythm guitar
- Dave Kappy – French horn
- Gene Badgett – trumpet
- Bob Jenkins – oboe
- Melody Malec – harp
- Milt Bailey – vocal chant
- Hugh Brown, Dorothy Brown, Ginni Eldred, Merton Shatzkin, Joe Landes, Mortimer Alpert – violins
- Alex Sokol, Lucinda Gladics, James Hammond – viola
- Miriam Duffelmeyer, Beth McCollum, Jean Hassel – cello
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)