Steve Erquiaga - Café Paradiso

A San Francisco Bay Area native, guitarist/composer Steve Erquiaga's career has touched many areas of the music world. He has recorded and toured with such varied artists as Bobby McFerrin, Joe Henderson, Les McCann, John Scofield, David Byrne, The Turtle Island String Quartet, Paulo Bellinati, Jim Nichols, Andy Narell, and Paul McCandless..

Café Paradiso is great music with the passion and the beauty of a guitar master who usually plays Jazz.. a really nice work and a great recording..

His group was the featured group at the Music Meeting Jazz Festival in Den Bosch Holland, May 1993. With the Andy Narell group Steve recorded seven albums and toured extensively, performing at such venues as the Montreaux Jazz Festival, The Berlin Jazz Festival and the North Sea Jazz Festival. Steve's recently released CD "Cafe Paradiso" (IMAGINARY ROAD RECORDS) was on the Billboard Classical/Crossover chart for 11 weeks, reaching #10.

Tracklist

1. Presto (From Violin Sonata No. 1 In G Minor) 4:03
2. Sicilienne 3:43
3. Arioso 3:23
4. Sérénade (From Morceaux De Fantasie) 6:06
5. After A Dream 3:50
6. Prelude In C Minor (From The Well-Tempered Clavier) 2:10
7. If Dreams Could Dance 4:26
8. Two Preludes 3:43
   Prelude In E Minor No. 4
   Prelude In C Minor No 20
9. Themes From Cinema Paradiso 4:19
   First Youth
   Love Theme
10. Under The Tuscan Sun 4:50
11. Pavane For A Dead Princess 5:57

Discogs Release: Steve Erquiaga - Cafe Paradiso