World Gone Strange
World Gone Strange is a 1991 solo album by Andy Summers. It was his first solo album which did not involve producer David Hentschel, and the last one recorded for the jazz fusion label Private Music. The title track presents a distinct descending pattern and features a wordless vocal by Summers himself. Summers utilized one of his own mixed media compositions for the cover.
Reception
's review of the album consisted of a single sentence fragment: "Not really standard jazz, but some fine playing."Personnel
- Andy Summers – guitars, vocals
- Mitchel Forman – keyboards
- Eliane Elias – acoustic piano, vocals
- Tony Levin – bass
- Victor Bailey – bass
- Chad Wackerman – drums
- Manolo Badrena – percussion
- Mino Cinelu – percussion
- Mike Mainieri – marimba
- Naná Vasconcelos – percussion
- Bendik Hofseth – soprano saxophone
- Mike Mainieri – producer, mixing, assistant engineer
- Garry Rindfuss – recording, mixing
- Øystein Sevåg – mixing
- Dennis Smith – technical assistance
- Bob Ludwig – mastering at Masterdisk
- Joshua Cantor – production coordinator
- Norman Moore – art direction, design
- Merlyn Rosenberg – photography
- Andy Summers – cover artwork
- Peter Shukat – management