Reflections

by The New York Rock 'N' Roll Ensemble

Description by OLDIES.com:

The 'Ensemble hooked up with Greek composer Manos Hadjidakis ('Never on Sunday') for this 1970 release!

Product Description:

New York Rock And Roll Ensemble: Brian Corrigan (vocals, guitar); Michael Kamen (vocals, oboe, keyboards); Clifton Nivison (guitar); Dorian Rudnytsky (cello, bass guitar); Martin Fulterman (oboe, drums).

Additional personnel: Manos Hadjidakis.

Liner Note Author: Richie Unterberger.

Recording information: Atlantic Recording Studios, New York, New York.

For their third--and certainly best--record the classically inspired New York Rock And Roll Ensemble recruited Greek composer and songwriter Manos Hadjidakis. The resulting REFLECTIONS plays like a film score--not surprisingly, given Hadjidakis's experience as a composer of just such works--with epic instrumental sweeps and passages of quiet melancholy. Many of the tracks, such as "Orpheus," "The Day," and "Kemal," incorporate the folk melodies of Hadjidakis's homeland while maintaining a baroque psychedelic touch.