A1 	I Advance Masked 	5:10
A2 	Under Bridges Of Silence 	1:41
A3 	China - Yellow Leader 	7:08
A4 	In The Cloud Forest 	2:28
A5 	New Marimba 	3:36
A6 	Girl On A Swing 	2:02
B1 	Hardy Country 	2:58
B2 	The Truth Of Skies 	2:07
B3 	Painting And Dance 	3:23
B4 	Still Point 	3:05
B5 	Lakeland / Aquarelle 	1:42
B6 	Seven On Seven 	1:36
B7 	Stultified 	1:24

Andy Summers, Robert Fripp - Electric Guitar, Synthesizer [Roland],
 Synthesizer [Moog], Bass [Fender], Synthesizer [Guitar], Percussion

Many a guitar fan would have predicted that a summit between legendary guitarists Andy Summers (the Police) and Robert Fripp (King Crimson) would result in a guitar solofest. But the music on their first collaboration together, I Advance Masked, stresses guitar textures and moods over indulgent soloing. Although the recording sessions weren't entirely enjoyable for Summers (who was experiencing marital problems at the time), some very beautiful music can be found on the resulting album. The music for the track "Girl on a Swing" does an excellent job of conveying the song's title in one's mind, and the duo's guitars weave wonderful polyrhythmic guitar lines throughout "China -- Yellow Leader." "The Truth of Skies" is an atmospheric piece, created by a wash of keyboard sounds and guitar dissonance, while "New Marimba" would have sounded right at home on an early-'80s King Crimson album. I Advance Masked has a dreamlike quality to it, and is definitely not typical rock music. It's highly recommended to fans of these two great and original guitarists. ---Greg Prato, AllMusic Review

It is always a rare treat when gifted artists come together for a project, and this collaboration between two of rocks' most influential guitarists fulfills that promise and creates just the right blend of rhythmic mastery with atmospheric minimalism. Robert Fripp and Andy Summers guise the music in neutral colors and subdued garb without losing intensity on 'I Advance Masked', a true partnership wherein both players contributed equally, each only adding something to a moment of music if necessary. The result is an unselfish record of constant forward movement and sonic wonders, especially for 1982.

The driving title track sets the pace and we're off on a special trip. 'In the Cloud Forest' slows things with warbles, quavers, the chimes of Summers and piercing round notes of Fripp. Though vaguely reminiscent of both 1980s King Crimson and the Police, 'I Advance Masked' is an animal all its own, never imitating or taking from the two men's other bands. 'New Marimba' pulses and 'Girl on a Swing' is a nice respite with gentle chord washes and a beautiful solo from Fripp. 'Hardy Country' refreshes the tempo and the adventures in modulation that are such a part of this session. 'The Truth of Skies' moves into darker realms, 'Painting and Dance' teases with mathematic counterpoint and 'Still Point' thrills with an urgent rhythm and great lead.

A challenging record from start to finish, it can be both carefully listened to or relegated to 'background' music and still satisfy both needs. Very pleasing and a great stater for 'texture-rock'. ---Atavachron, progarchives.com

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A1 	Parade 	3:01
A2 	What Kind Of Man Reads Playboy 	11:12
A3 	Begin The Day 	3:33
B1 	Train 	4:33
B2 	Bewitched 	3:53
B3 	Tribe 	3:23
B4 	Maquillage 	2:16
B5 	Guide 	2:34
B6 	Forgotten Steps 	3:57
B7 	Image And Likeness 	1:30

Andy Summers - Art Direction, Drum Machine, Drums, Guitars, Loop, Mixing, Percussion, Roland Synthesizer,
 Sequencers, Sequencing, Synthesizer, Tape, Water Bowl, Water Bucket
Robert Fripp - Drum Machine, Drums, Guitars, Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric), Loop, Percussion,
 Roland Synthesizer, Sequencers, Sequencing, Synthesizer, Tape, Water Bowl, Water Bucket
Chris Winter - Saxophone
Jesse Lota - Tabla 
Chris Childs, Sara Lee - Bass
Paul Beavis – Drums

On Andy Summers and Robert Fripp's second album, Bewitched, the duo offered a new batch of their instrumental songs, which turned out to be much more rock-oriented than their texturized 1982 debut, I Advance Masked. The album was originally going to be a more musically varied affair -- at the time, Summers talked about recording calypso and Tex-Mex/Ry Cooder-like tunes with Fripp, but they never saw the light of day. Like its predecessor, it contains plenty of great guitar work, with songwriting being stressed over instrumental virtuosity. For example, Summers and Fripp know how to subtly insert challenging sections into their songs (such as the 7/4 time signature in "Maquillage"), without making them seem like an obvious attempt to impress fellow musicians. Although '80s-sounding electronic drums are primarily used for backbeats (such as the track "Train"), it doesn't take away from the album's charm. Whereas their last album featured a few compositions that were quite King Crimson-like, their sophomore effort contains a few that sound like Police instrumentals (the title track). Unfortunately, Bewitched would prove to be Summers and Fripp's last collaboration together. ---Greg Prato, AllMusic Review

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01 - Chovendo na Roseira (Tom Jobim) 04:32
02 - Fotografia (Tom Jobim) 01:48
03 - Casa Forte (Edu Lobo) 03:43
04 - Retrato em Branco e Preto (Tom Jobim, Chico Buarque) 05:04
05 - Vento Bravo (Edu Lobo, Paulo Cйsar Pinheiro) 04:19
06 - As Rosas Nгo Falam (Cartola) 03:26
07 - Campina Grande (Marcos Valle) 03:22
08 - Inutil Paisagem (Tom Jobim, Aloysio de Oliveira) 05:08
09 - Brasiliance (Laurindo de Almeida) 03:08
10 - Lamento (Tom Jobim, Vinicius de Moraes) 04:22
11 - O Ovo (Hermeto Pascoal) 03:18

Personnel:
Andy Summers - acoustic guitar 
Victor Biglione  - acoustic guitar

Andy Summers remained an active and creative artist in the years before the historic reunion with The Police in 2007. His output of solo albums saw him span the genres and he also embarked on exciting collaborations with other artists.

Summers work with fellow guitar virtuoso Victor Biglione has been especially fruitful. Their critically acclaimed debut album Strings Of Desire led to their second CD. Splendid Brazil recorded in 2005. Once again, the pair perform duets on acoustic guitars with no other instrumental accompaniment. Yet such is their empathy, they can provide all the melodic and rhythmic structures needed to produce entirely satisfying music.

They concentrated on familiar standards for their first album, but ‘Splendid Brazil’ celebrates the kind of material more familiar to Victor Biglione, one of South America’s foremost musicians. Andy Summers comes from a rock background, while Victor is steeped in Latin rhythms - yet the two musicians complement each in a stylistic meeting of hearts and minds. The sparkling interplay on Campina Grande, for example, is a splendid example of their unique telepathy. Splendid Brazil is a rare gem of an album. --- guitarcds.net

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01 - Boogie Stop Shuffle 
02 - Tonight At Noon 
03 - Reincarnation Of A Lovebird 
04 - Opus Three 
05 - Cumbia Jazz Fusion 
06 - Remember Rockefeller At Attica 
07 - Peggy's Blue Skylight 
08 - Weird Nightmare 
09 - Goodbye Pork Pie Hat - Where Can A Man Find Peace! 
10 - Free Cell Block F 
11 - Self Portrait In Three Colors 
12 - Myself When I Am Real

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01 - Big Thing
02 - The Diva Station
03 - The Three Marias
04 - Pork Pie Hat , Where Can A Man Find Peace
05 - Boogie Stop Shuffle
06 - Circus
07 - Round Midnight , Above The World
08 - Think Of One
09 - Footprints
10 - Ruby My Dear
11 - Weird Nightmare
12 - Earth & Sky

X Tracks: Best of Andy Summers covers the years 1997-2002, essentially his stint at RCA. If you haven't followed his post-Police career, you might be somewhat surprised at his jazz leanings. Texturally, he flirts with smooth jazz at times, but his penchant for dissonance keeps him out of that camp. There are a handful of original compositions alongside pieces by Monk, Mingus, and Wayne Shorter. Q-Tip's reading from Mingus' Beneath the Underdog on "Goodbye Porkpie Hat" does little to add to the tune, beyond differentiating it from Jeff Beck's version, but the way Summers handles Mingus' "Boogie Stop Shuffle" with an added horn section is great. Similarly, Sting's turn on vocals on the overdone "'Round Midnight" is serviceable, but the way Summers digs into Monk's bag of dissonance and crazy intervals on "Think of One" shows a deep understanding and feel for Monk's music. The Wayne Shorter tunes are beautifully done, and the album opens and closes with Summers in jazz power-trio mode, rocking things up just a bit (even quoting "White Room" in "Big Thing"). X Tracks: Best of Andy Summers is a good summary of his post-Private Music/Windham Hill years, and would make a fine starting place for someone interested in what Summers has been up to since the Police. --- Sean Westergaard, Rovi

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01 Hackensack (Monk) 06:37
02 Opus 3 (Mingus) 05:27
03 Reincarnation Of A Lovebird (Mingus) 08:12
04 Evidence (Monk) 08:07
05 Goodbye Pork Pie Hat (Mingus) 09:21
06 Afro-Blue (Mongo-Santamaria) 10:18
07 Think Of One (Monk)  09:02
08 Tonight at Noon (Mingus) 09:21
09 Blues for Snake (Summers) 07:41

Musicians:
Andy Summers, g
Darryl Jones, b
Dennis Chambers, dr

Andy Summers Trio
Sketches of Mingus
Jazzfestival Frankfurt
HR Sendesaal
26 October, 2001

While Andy Summers is best known as the guitarist of the Police, he has since forged a successful and acclaimed solo career with new age-influenced contemporary instrumental music that, like his work with Sting and company, draws on his love for jazz and his fascination with creating instrumental textures. Born Andrew James Somers in Poulton-Fylde, Lancashire, England, on December 31, 1942, the young Somers (who later changed his surname to the more easily spelled Summers) moved to Bournemouth as a child and, upon taking up the guitar at 14, immersed himself in the local jazz scene. By 16, he was playing in local clubs and coffeehouses, where he was noticed by Zoot Money. Somers was invited to join Money's Big Roll Band, with whom he appeared on the live album The All Happening Zoot Money's Big Roll Band at Klook's Kleek. Money eventually changed the band into a psychedelic outfit called Dantalian's Chariot, and when that project dissolved in early 1968, Somers briefly signed on with the Soft Machine before rejoining Money in a revamped Animals lineup for the LP Love Is. When that imploded in 1969, Somers studied classical guitar and composition at UCLA for four years, in the meantime giving guitar lessons, gigging with a local Latin-rock band, and acting with various theater troupes. Upon his return to England in 1973, Summers became something of a journeyman, touring in the backing bands of Neil Sedaka, Kevin Coyne, Kevin Ayers, and David Essex.

Summers met Sting and Stewart Copeland in 1977 while playing with a band called Strontium 90. The two asked Summers to join their full-time project, the Police; together, the trio gradually developed a style centered around jazz- and reggae-influenced pop/rock, and Sting's strong bass lines allowed Summers to supply subtle sonic textures and colors on his guitar, and to experiment with various effects. Summers first stepped out on his own in 1982, teaming with King Crimson guitarist Robert Fripp on the jazz- and Eastern-tinged I Advance Masked. It was followed in 1984 with Bewitched, another Summers/Fripp collaboration, around the same time the Police officially disbanded.

Eager to establish himself in musical realms outside of rock & roll, Summers did a bit of movie soundtrack work (Down and Out in Beverly Hills, 2010, etc.) before returning to recording, this time on his own. His first solo effort, 1987's harmonically intricate yet pop-oriented XYZ, met with poor critical response. Its follow-up, 1988's Mysterious Barricades, was more successful, emphasizing Summers' textural sensibilities on its jazzy, new age-influenced compositions. A string of albums in this style followed through the '90s, notably The Golden Wire (1989), Charming Snakes (1991), World Gone Strange (1991), Invisible Thread (1993), and The Last Dance of Mr. X (1997). For 1998's Strings of Desire, he teamed with South American guitar virtuoso Victor Biglione; 1999's Green Chimneys: Music of Thelonious Monk found Summers working with a larger ensemble than usual for him, as well as his first collaboration with Sting since the Police (on a version of "'Round Midnight"). Following the success of his Monk-themed album, the guitarist put together an album of interpretations of compositions by Charles Mingus called Peggy's Blue Skylight, released in late 2000. Earth + Sky appeared four years later. Summers continued to record thereafter, releasing First You Build a Cloud in 2007. He also participated in the Police reunion tour that same year. --- Steve Huey, Rovi

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