Flowers in the Desert

Manuel Iman (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 20, 1998)
• Original Release Date: October 20, 1998
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Max Music
• ASIN: B00000DF8K
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #476,166 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Gypsy Tears

2. Rumba Chulita

3. Journey Itself

4. King of Hearts

5. Care

6. New Rumbo

7. Zingar

8. My Golden Mirror

9. This Moment Called Now

10. Flowers in the Desert

11. Swan Birthday

Editorial Reviews

From Jazziz

For a facile flamenco-guitar player like Manuel Iman, the challenges are similar. On his Eversound debut, Flowers in the Desert, Iman could have stuck to the usual trappings of the style, as on the intensely rhythmic track "Rumba Chulita." But that would simply place him alongside established pop-flamenco stars Ottmar Liebert and Jesse Cook. Iman succeeds in breaking the mold a bit by introducing a rock-edged electric guitar into the mix. "Zingar," a frothy tropical jam, grows deeper and more passionate when Iman plugs in and wails, screaming and crunching like Van Halen dropping into a little cantina. He uses the rocking instrument as the centerpiece of a soaring Middle Eastern-flavored jaunt on the title track as well. The tune begins unassumingly, loping along with a bright Spanish-guitar melody before chant-like vocals soar in the distance, spacey synth harmonies appear, and Iman dramatically ups the distortion and goes for broke. But rock isn't all that fuels Iman's flamenco innovations: Synthesized orchestrations support his graceful weave of flamenco stylings on "King of Hearts" and add power to a flute-and-guitar duet on "Swan Birthday."

--- JAZZIZ Magazine Copyright © 2000, Milor Entertainment, Inc.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Blazing Flamenco spiced with Persian, rock, & jazz., November 18, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Flowers in the Desert (Audio CD)

With the release of his first CD, Manuel has leaped to the highest plateau of Rumba, Flamenco, & Latin guitar playing occupied by the elite such as Strunz & Farah, Armik, Lara & Reyes, and Mark Antoine. He's gone to a different level though by bringing in an electric guitar, as in Zingar, into a genre that rarely, if ever, sees it. Each piece is brilliantly crafted and wonderfully executed. Incredibly captivating! One of the best CD's in this area of music.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A beautiful and unique talent, April 9, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Flowers in the Desert (Audio CD)

Manuel Iman's guitar on this CD brings an originality and exceptional quality feelings expression. Listening melodies as different as "Flowers in the desert" or "Journey itself" pieces, we enjoy with one ot the most innovative talent insight the World music's artists.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Una fusion de culturas musicales de incomparable calidad, April 3, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Flowers in the Desert (Audio CD)

Manuel Imán nos permite gozar en este CD de una de las máximas expresiones musicales de la fusión de las diferentes culturas de su entorno global, guiándonos con destreza y maestría en el manejo de su guitarra.