Artist: ULI JON ROTH
Album: THE BEST OF ... (2CD)

Year: 2006
Media type: CD

Uli Jon Roth is without doubt one of the most eminent and influential guitarists of the international music scene. Be it as a long-time member with the SCORPIONS, founder and mastermind of his own band Electric Sun or as a solo artist, whose brilliant symphonic rock concepts BEYOND THE ASTRAL SKIES and SKY OF AVALON caused a stir with its exciting melange of classical music and rock: the musician from Hanover has already had a lasting influence on the music world.

In 1993 Roth made a name for himself in the classic crossover sector as the musical director of an extremely successful production called ‘Symphonic Rock For Europe’, which was broadcast by the German TV channel WDR. As part of the production, his first complete symphony ‘Europa Ex Favilla’ was performed by almost one hundred artists from the Brussels Symphonic Orchestra, together with a large choir and a rock band. The theme was taken up again in 1995, when Roth’s Puccini treatment ‘Bridge To Heaven’ - performed by vocalist Klaus Meine with Roth on guitar - was celebrated during the great Josй Carreras Christmas Gala in Leipzig.

Since leaving the Scorpions, Roth repeatedly became the talking point in the rock genre. In 1991 U.J. Roth, undisputedly THE German authority when it comes to authentic rock interpretations, was asked to take on the musical direction of the WDR TV special ‘A Different Side Of Jimi Hendrix’. The result was a moving TV spectacle, with Roth alongside Jack Bruce (Cream), Simon Philips (Toto, The Who, Bob Dylan among others), Jule Neigel, Randy Hansen, Zeno and Peter Bursch performing a fascinating repertoire of Hendrix’ compositions, which was praised on an international level. Roth dedicated the concert to Monika Dannemann, Jimi Hendrix’ last girlfriend and later Roth’s partner for over twenty years before her tragic death in 1996.

TRACKLIST CD 1:

BRIDGE TO HEAVEN - Prologue To The Symphonic Legends - 1995
TOD UND ZERSTЦRUNG - Prologue To The Symphonic Legends
E LUCEVAN LE STELLE - Prologue To The Symphonic Legends
STARLIGHT - Prologue To The Symphonic Legends
PEGASUS - Prologue To The Symphonic Legends

ICE WIND AND FIRE - Metamorphosis of the IV Seasons - 2003
THUNDER CADENZA - Metamorphosis of the IV Seasons
CRY OF THE NIGHT - Metamorphosis of the IV Seasons
THE HEART OF CHOPIN - Metamorphosis of the IV Seasons
TRIUMPH OF SPRING - Metamorphosis of the IV Seasons

RONDO ALLA TURCA - Transcendental Sky Guitar - The Phoenix - 2000
SEHNSUCHT - Transcendental Sky Guitar - The Phoenix - 2000
AIR DE BACH - Transcendental Sky Guitar – The Dragon

RIVER OF OBLIVION - Aquila Suite - 1991
THE EAGLE AND THE RAINBOW - Aquila Suite
AQUA VITAE - Aquila Suite

TRACKLIST CD 2:

ATLANTIS – (Hendrix) - Transcendental Sky Guitar - The Dragon 2000
VOODO CHILE (Hendrix) - Legends Of Rock – Castle Donington
WHITE ROOM (feat.Jack Bruce) - Legends Of Rock – Castle Donington
LITTLE WING (Hendrix) - Legends Of Rock – Castle Donington
THE KING RETURNS - Legends Of Rock – Castle Donington
SKY OVERTURE (Donington) - Legends Of Rock – Castle Donington - 2001

ELECTRIC SUN - Earthquake - 1978
STILL SO MANY LIVES AWAY - Earthquake
WINTERDAYS - Earthquake
EARTHQUAKE - Transcendental Sky Guitar - The Phoenix - 2000

FIRE WIND - Fire Wind
HIROSHIMA INTRO - New recording with orchestra
HIROSHIMA - FIRE WIND – Fire Wind - 1980
CHILDREN OF THE SEA - Fire Wind

WHY ? - Beyond The Astral Skies - 1984
I’M A RIVER - Beyond The Astral Skies
I’LL BE THERE - Beyond The Astral Skies

LINE-UP (LIVE):

Uli Jon Roth - guitars
Francis Buchholz - bass (Ex-Scorpions)
Olaf Senkbeil - vocals (Dreamtide)
Chris Lowe - drums
Oliver Palotai - keyboards (Doro)