Dreaming of Now

A meditation on the only moment there is.

2013

Released

Album

Format

10 Tracks

Track Count

~58 min

Total Length

Solo Guitar

Genre

About This Album

Dreaming of Now is Shambhu's award-winning album — winner of the ZMR Music Award for Best Contemporary Instrumental Album. Co-produced with Grammy Award-winner Will Ackerman, founder of Windham Hill Records, and mixed and mastered by Thomas Eaton.

The album features an extraordinary ensemble of session players: George Brooks on saxophone, Eugene Friesen on cello, Jeff Oster on flugelhorn, Charlie Bisharat on violin, Premik Russell Tubbs on winds, Kai Eckhardt on bass, Frank Martin on keyboards, Celso Alberti on drums, and Jeff Haynes on percussion.

"A musical masterwork. Bold, assured composition and performance."

— Michael Diamond, Music and Media Focus · Will Ackerman, Grammy-Winning Producer

✦ Track Listing

The Tracks

10 tracks · 58 minutes

#		Title	Notes	Time
1	▶	Dreaming of Now	The opening threshold — where waking meets dreaming	6:12
2	▶	Awakened Dreams	Gentle ascent into morning awareness	6:04
3	▶	Still Water Rising	A tidal meditation — patience as practice	5:48
4	▶	The Long Light	Golden hour at the edge of the bay	5:33
5	▶	Open Ground	Space, sky, the feeling of not needing to be anywhere else	6:21
6	▶	Luminous	Light refracted through leaves in motion	5:57
7	▶	What Remains	After the noise quiets — what is always there	6:08
8	▶	Inward Tide	The ocean as inner landscape	5:44
9	▶	Grace	Gratitude rendered in sound	6:29
10	▶	Now, Always	The album comes full circle — arriving where we began	5:51

Dreaming of Now

The Tracks

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