Jeff Hest - DowntimeRay Smith, director of the Brigham Young University jazz ensemble 'Synthesis,' writes of this live release: "Welcome to our musical tour of Finland, Sweden, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania! We are excited to share with you the excitement and musical energy of our live performances for the people of the Baltic States and Scandinavia. Synthesis has had the privilege of sharing America's music jazz with many countries of the world, including Japan, China,

and a second half that extends the medley action on Cosmic Cash with the long reach of One Step Behind in a suite of dynamic writing and bonded

The group recorded at Figure 8 Studios in Brooklyn

This grand instrumental musical fresco of time and space is a kind of self-portrait of Giovanni Antonini and his longstanding musical colleagues

This 2 disc set features a full length Live CD and a 2 hour DVD

" the latter of which transports into a sci-Fi world that's "Tron" meets "Escape From LA

and selected titles from their albums "The Things We Did Last Summer" and "Dancing And Dreaming"

initiation into secret rites

clarinettist Rémi Delangle and harpist Emmanuel Ceysson

"I Live Each Day" and "Innamorata"

leading them to form the beginnings of a new partnership tagged Bright & Findlay

5/4 and 2 bars of 3/4 alternating with 2 bars of 4/4 on such classics as "Blue Rondo a la Turk" and "Three to Get Ready

Bach's immortal Goldberg Variations