Album Notes

NEW 24-BIT MASTERING FROM THE ORIGINAL RECORDINGS !!

Recorded in 1978 and released in 1979 by the Vermont based, Philo Record label and distributed by Rounder Records, Do’a - Randy Armstrong & Ken LaRoche's second album expands from a duo with the addition of acoustic bass, tabla, drums, santour, and a wide variety of percussion, wind and string instruments.

Randy Armstrong – Guitars, String Instruments, Percussion Vocals
Ken LaRoche – Flutes, Wind Instruments, Piano, Percussion, Vocals
Dr. M. Taraz – Persian Santour
Marty Quinn – North Indian Tabla, Moroccan Clay Drums
John Hunter – Acoustic Bass
Bill Kinzie – Drums, Castanets
Nora Stats, Carol Hanson, Bob Crenshaw –Vocals

“The world is a smorgasbord of musical riches and to hear these many musics is, for a music-maker, to want to taste them all. A teacher once told me not to worry about being so eclectic: “Go deeper into each,” he said, “and your own will emerge.” So I commend to you, the listener, this rich pot-pourri that is Do’a. Listen well, and savor: music can nourish a hungry soul.”
- Paul Winter

"A rich collection of compositions featuring traditional and archaic instruments which provide the listener with a sense of peace tinged with a certain sadness that isn’t found very often in today’s music. This is spiritual jazz."
- Billboard

Do'a is an Arabic-Persian word signifying a call to prayer, meditation, chanting and worship.