Miles Beyond [CD on Demand]

Suzanne Teng & Mystic Journey

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 13, 2009)
• Original Release Date: October 10, 2003
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Autumn Light Productions
• ASIN: B0000T2FGS
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #230,091 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

About the Artist

Suzanne Teng, M. Mus., is a flutist, percussionist, dancer, composer, teacher and recording artist from Berkeley, California. She has a master’s degree in music from Boston University’s School for the Arts and has studied with some of the finest flute teachers in the world. She is an award winning classical musician who, after traveling adventures across the globe, furthered her graduate studies at UCLA’s Department of Ethnomusicology, where she completed the coursework for the Ph.D. focusing on music and healing. She is an active performer and recording artist in Los Angeles and was awarded the Independent Music Awards Best New Age Artist in 2001.

A candidate for a Grammy nomination for Best New Age Album of 2000, Mystic Journey received a finalist award as New Age Voice Magazine’s "Best Acoustic Instrumental Album of 1999" and "Best Contemporary World Music Album of 1999." Billboard Magazine wrote "Sensual and Serene…Mystic Journey is an impressive solo debut: and Al Martinez of the Los Angeles Times claims "Suzanne Teng plays music for the soul." The album appears on numerous publication and radio "Top albums of the Year" lists including the Public Radio International nationally syndicated show "Echoes," and is listed by Amazon.com as one of the most requested New Age albums on the radio.

Known for creating soul stirring and healing music, she has been commissioned to compose music for yoga and acupuncture videos. She performs in concerts, festivals, and dance/movement/yoga events internationally as a soloist and with her world music band Mystic Journey. They were featured performers at His Holiness the Dala Lama’s World Festival of Sacred Music and have represented the United States at International festivals in Veracruz, Mexico and Singapore. Suzanne has performed her flute meditations at numerous major events with spiritual leaders and writers such as Thich Nhat Hanh, Marianne Williamson, Deepak Chopra, Mathew Whyte, Amachi, as well as for the corporate leaders of Mexico and the US.

She has worked with a wide variety of artists and ensembles including the Boston Philharmnonic, Los Angelels Pops Orchestra, Tito Puente, Kenny Loggins, Babatundi Olatunji, Airto and Flora Purim, and The Dramatics. She has performed for numerous heads of state, including Henry Kissinger, and has appeared on the same venues as Sting, Jackson Browne, Patty Smythe, Colin Hay and Jody Watley.

Suzanne has performed on hundreds of recordings for Polygram, Warner Brothers, Windham Hill, BMG, Shanachi, Scottie Brothers, and numerous independent labels. Film, television and commercial performance credits include "Pepsi," "Johnnie Walker," "California Tan," "Murder She Wrote," "Big Bully (Tom Arnold), "Separate Lives (Jim Belushi, Linda Hamilton), "Baby" (Farrah Fawcett), "Green Dragon" (Patrick Swayze, Forest Whitaker), The Grey Zone, The Kid Stays in the Picture (Robert Evans), Ice Bound (Susan Sarandon) numerous independent and foreign films, commercials for India, Germany, Korea and Mexico, and an Environmental PSA with music by Hans Zimmer. She has appeared on national television, including a musical performance on the Survivor II final episode which was viewed by over 40 million people. Her music has been heard on countless radio programs worldwide (ranking #3 on the New Age charts) and has been featured on Public Radio International three times.

She is an endorsed artist for Yamaha, AKG and High Spirit Flutes and is a popular teacher, having taught flute, percussion and world music to many hundreds of students at schools, colleges, camps and workshops throughout the country. She co-facilitates retreats, guiding music circles, most recently in Hawaii and Guatemala. She has practiced yoga for over 18 years, loves traveling, gardening, and hiking and has summitted 19,000’ peaks in the Himalayas. She lives in Topanga with her husband and musical partner Gilbert Levy and their son Miles.

Product Description

Miles Beyond by Suzanne Teng & Mystic Journey, Gilbert Levy

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars No lover of flute music shoud be without this CD!, February 9, 2007

By	Julio Punch "Julio Punch" (The Netherlands) - See all my reviews

If we take variety and skill into account Suzanne Teng may be the world's premiere flutist. She plays just about every flute known to mankind and plays them with a mastery that every master would envy. While Suzanne Teng's first album, Mystic Journey, was excellent, this CD, Miles Beyond, is a true masterpiece of World Music. Suzanne Teng's third release, Enchanted Wind, is more geared to meditation music.
There are elements of diverse musical traditions woven into a rich tapestry of sound on this CD. These include: folk, classical and (middle) eastern music. Also, a wide variety of instruments are used: besides many different types of flutes, we hear a sitar on one track and a didgeridoo (instrument of Australian Aborigines) on another.
This is a CD that you will want to listen to again and again. It's soothing, inspiring and fascinating. Highly recommended!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The kind of music you want to keep listening to....., March 23, 2006

By	josephine baker "lizzy" (santa fe, NM) - See all my reviews

"Miles Beyond" by Suzanne Teng and Mystic Journey has become one of my favorite CDs--it's the kind of music that you can never tire of....authentic, soulful, a great mix of textural sounds and innovative rhythms. Everytime I listen to it I hear something new. My two favorite tracks are Medicine Wheel and Chicoy...all of the tracks, each recorded with a different flute and percussion mix, take you on a unique journey...uplifting, meditative, heartfelt. I have given this CD as a gift to many family and friends--everyone loves it. Suzanne's flute playing is stellar...no wonder she has won so many awards and praise....she and her band get my 5 stars!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A journey by flute, May 28, 2004

By	J Lee Harshbarger (Ypsilanti, MI United States) - See all my reviews

Suzanne Teng plays nine different kinds of flutes on this album, so if you like flutes, this album is perfect. By playing different kinds of flutes and changing musical styles throughout the album, it's kind of like a journey around the world by flute. "Babylonians" has a strong Middle Eastern flavor, "Sitara" follows with the sounds of India, then "Motherland" begins with a Chinese sound, but as African-sounding drums become more prominent later in the song, it becomes a fusion of world sounds.

These three tracks are my favorite ones on the album. The rest of the album is good too, with a slow tempo and sounds that produce a peaceful and relaxing mood.

The music is consistently high quality throughout. With a variety of sounds all mixed together, from Native American to Asian to African, blended perfectly to create a fresh mixture of sounds, this album is both relaxing and interesting.