Ethnicity_(Yanni_album)

<i>Ethnicity</i> (album)

Ethnicity (album)

2003 studio album by Yanni


Ethnicity is the eleventh studio album by Yanni, released on February 11, 2003 by Virgin Records.[1] It peaked at #27 on Billboard's "Top Internet Albums" chart and at #27 on the "Billboard 200" chart in 2003. It also peaked at #1 on the "Top New Age Albums" chart in 2004.[2]

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Background

Ethnicity features greater use of vocals, percussion, and exotic rhythms, which were influenced by Yanni's period of travel during his hiatus between 1998 and 2000. As Yanni is unable to read music, he wrote and recorded demos of the album's tracks at his home studio in Florida, after which he employed transcribers and copyists to write the individual parts for the session musicians.[3]

Reception

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Backroads Music/Heartbeats wrote that the album was musically quite diverse, stating that "Though Yanni is widely known as one of the most popular purveyors of New-age music, there's actually quite a bit going on here."[5]

Track listing

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Personnel

Music

Vocals

  • Alfreda Gerald (also lead vocals on "The Promise", "Tribal Dream", and "Never Too Late")
  • Michelle Amato (also lead vocals on "For All Seasons", "Almost a Whisper", and "Jivaeri")
  • Yanni (also lead vocals on "Never Too Late")
  • Noelani Brock (also lead vocals on "Written on the Wind")
  • Regina Acuna-Williams
  • Peter Lehman
  • Randy Nichols
  • Suzy Park
  • Kurt von Schmittou

Lyrics

Production

  • Engineered and mixed by Yanni at his private studios.
  • Assistant engineer: Anthony Stabile
  • Mastered by Chris Bellman at Bernie Grundman Mastering, Hollywood, California.
  • Recorded and mixed on a Soundtracs DPC-II Digital Console
  • All piano tracks were recorded on a Yamaha CFIII 5, 9' Concert Grand[6]

The Ethnicity concert tour

Set List

  • "On Sacred Ground"
  • "Felitsa"
  • "Keys to Imagination"
  • "If I Could Tell You"
  • "Playtime"
  • "Enchantment"
  • "Rainmaker"
  • "The Promise"
  • "Within Attraction"
  • "Aria"

Intermission

  • "For All Seasons"
  • "Nightingale"
  • "Dance with a Stranger"
  • "Jivaeri"
  • "Never Too Late"
  • "Nostalgia"
  • "Marching Season"
  • "Acroyali/Standing in Motion"
  • "Niki Nana"
  • "World Dance"
  • "Reflections of Passion"
  • "Santorini"

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Band

Orchestra

  • Violins: Kristen Autry, Robert Berg, Erica Walczak
  • Violas: Eugene Mechtovich, Llona Geller
  • Celli: Alexander Zhiroff, Sarah O'Brien
  • Harp: April Aoki
  • Oboe: April Cap
  • French Horns: Jim Mattos, Kristin Morrison
  • Trumpets: Kerry Hughes
  • Trombones: Wendell Kelly
  • Orchestrator: Jeffrey Silverman

Tour Production

  • Personal Management: Danny O'Donovan, Danny O'Donovan Entertainment Group
  • Business management: Seven Eight, Inc., Tom Paske, George Veras, Diane Kramer, Anda Allenson, Richard Allenson
  • Tour & production manager: Michael Weiss
  • Production supervisor: Anthony Stabile
  • Personal assistant to Yanni: Don Bath
  • Road manager: Craig Yun
  • Stage manager: Richard Bray
  • Production coordinator: Kathleen Kronauer
  • Tour accountant: Richard Allenson
  • Tour security: Jason Temke
  • Lighting director: Bud Horowitz
  • Yanni's wardrobe designed by Nolan Miller
  • Costume design/wardrobe: Jennifer Jacobs, Thomas Wells

Tour dates

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Certifications and sales

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References

  1. "Official biography". Yanni.com. Archived from the original on 2006-12-20. Retrieved 2006-12-21.
  2. "Chart history for Ethnicity". AMG. Retrieved 2015-04-28.
  3. Spera, Keith (18 November 2004). "Yanni be good?". The Spokesman-Review. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
  4. "Review of Ethnicity". Backroads Music/Heartbeats. Retrieved 2015-05-08.
  5. Ethnicity (CD liner). Yanni. Virgin Records. 2003. 7-2435-81516-0-2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  6. Ethnicity World Tour 2003–2004 – Official concert program. Yanni. 2003.
  7. Cohen, Jonathan (14 November 2008). "Yanni Brings 'Voices' To Disney". Billboard. Retrieved 30 October 2018.

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