Flight of the Condor

I was chatting with riki today on traveling across America. What a dream! His parents would like to make it true next year after his graduation from Stanford. I suggested to start from San Francisco, pass Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Denver, Omaha, Chicago, and end at New York. Hoo, the route must go through the Grand Canyon, about which Nicholas Gunn has several famous New Age music albums. In The Music Of The Grand Canyon [1995] "Entering Twin Falls" is pretty good. In the sequel album Return to the Grand Canyon [1999] "Flight of the Condor" favors me most. They are both included in The Great Southwest [2001].

The most impressive highlight of the song "Flight of the Condor" is the alternation of Gunn's gentle flute and Karen Briggs's (the fabulous lady in red at Yanni's "Live at the Acropolis" concert) passionate violin, that makes feel like hovering over the Grand Canyon to enjoy an amazing birds eye view of the landscape while wind blows off. Besides, the gorgeous drumbeats are also as exciting as in most Gunn's songs. By the way, Gunn's new album Beyond Grand Canyon was put on sale this July, his fourth album on the Canyon. I'm wondering where I could find it now in Beijing.