INFINITA, the new album from guitarist and composer Lawson Rollins.

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Throughout Infinita, Rollins melds an eclectic mix of Latin and Middle Eastern musical influences with his dynamic, Spanish-tinged guitar style, supported by an ensemble of some of the most accomplished and internationally recognized musicians in their fields.
The result is richly-textured, internationally-inspired original music, featuring the legendary Brazilian singer Flora Purim and percussion superstar Airto Moreira , as well as Persian-American producer and musician Shahin Shahida of the Billboard chart-topping group Shahin & Sepehr, multi-platinum-selling producer Dominic Camardella (Ottmar Liebert, Flora Purim), Grammy winning violinist Charlie Bisharat , Azerbaijani folk instrument virtuoso Imamyar Hassanov , saxophonist extraordinaire Justin Claveria , Afghan vocal and harmonium master Humayun Khan , percussionist and drummer Dave Bryant of the Ottmar Liebert band, veteran trumpet player Jeff Elliot (Aretha Franklin, Doc Severinson band), bassist Randy Tico (Strunz & Farah, Flora Purim), and Pejman Hadadi , the world-renowned master of the Persian 'tombak' drum.
About Lawson Rollins:
Lawson developed a love for the Spanish guitar in his mid-teens when he discovered the recordings of classical guitar maestro, Andrés Segovia. He put aside what had been his primary instrument since the age of 8 – the drums – and dedicated himself to learning the music of the great Spanish composers that Segovia popularized. Through private study and with encouragement and inspiration from guitar teachers and master class workshops, Lawson quickly developed his own expressive voice on the guitar and honed an uncommonly dexterous classical ‘finger picking’ technique that he exclusively uses to this day. By his early twenties, Lawson’s keen sense of rhythm, knack for composition, and love of improvisation led him away from the classical repertoire and in the direction of the rhythmically enticing Spanish folk guitar styles and the improvisational freedom of Latin jazz and South American music.
In 1998, Lawson partnered with guitarist Dan Young to found the virtuoso Latin guitar fusion group, Young & Rollins . Focusing on originality and experimentation, they performed only their own compositions, which drew upon an eclectic mixture of salsa, Latin jazz, blues, samba, bossa nova, flamenco, and classical styles, punctuated by improvisational flair and fast-paced interplay between the guitars and the Latin percussion rhythm section. Young & Rollins quickly established themselves on the international music scene through their 4 critically-acclaimed studio albums, widely broadcast televised concerts, and extensive live performances as a quintet in venues ranging from the Sydney Opera House to the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. Their music landed on the Billboard and radio charts and was included on numerous top-selling compilation albums alongside all the leaders in their genre.
Embarking on his first outing as a solo artist, Lawson Rollins has widened his compositional palette with his 2008 album, Infinita. On the recording Lawson crafts a lush World Music tapestry, featuring an eclectic, all star ensemble of 18 musicians, singers, and producers from the Middle East, South America, Europe and the United States, with additional contributions from a string orchestra in Prague. Infinita features exotic instrumentation and prominent references to Persian, Arabic, and Indian music, as well as Latin and South American musical traditions. Weaving through this expansive soundscape is the distinctive guitar work and timeless compositional voice of Lawson Rollins. As the Portuguese title Infinita suggests, the music on the album is unconfined by genre restrictions and embraces a spirit of infinite creative possibility and wide-reaching artistic vision.