Toltec is a solo studio album released in 1996 by Jon Anderson

Jon Anderson

Jon Anderson is an English singer-songwriter and musician best known as the former lead vocalist in the progressive rock band Yes...

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About the album

A promo album was released by Geffen called The Power of Silence in 1992. A full release never appeared, but Toltec is essentially the same music, with added narration.

The 1996 Toltec release is made up of 13 cuts divided into three parts. It tells the tale of the Toltec, a Native American concept of a group of people who have been all over the Earth, existing within different cultures throughout the centuries. They are described in the album liner as "Creators of the circles of power, color, perfume, and music healing domes." Musically, it is progressive rock with elements of new age, world music, electronic, and jazz. Anderson provided the vocals, wrote, arranged, and produced the work.

Track listing

• Part I
  • 1. The Book Opens (4:59)
  • 2. Quick Words (Talk- Talk) (Anderson/Perez) (2:54)
  • 3. Shall We Play The Game (3:45)
  • 4. Semati Siyonpme (3:16)

• Part II
  • 5. Good Day Morning (2:02)
  • 6. Leap Into The Inconceivable (3:53)
  • 7. Song Of Home (1:11)
  • 8. Building Bridges (Anderson/del Signore) (5:55)
  • 9. Sound And Color (4:01)
  • 10. Longwalker Speaks (2:48)

• Part III
  • 11. Maazo Maazo (1:23)
  • 12. Enter Ye The Mystery School (7:54)
  • 13. Ave Verum (Mozart) (3:08)

All music written by Jon Anderson except where stated above. Produced by Jon Anderson.

Personnel

Jon Anderson: vocals (all)

With

• Keith Heffner- keyboards, orchestration
• Luis Perez- percussion
• Eduardo del Signore- bass
• Freddy Ramos- guitars
• Otmaro Ruiz- solo keyboards
• Charles Bisharat- violin
• Patricia Hood- harp
• Paul Haney- sax
• Salo Loyo- keyboards on 13
• Deborah Anderson
  Deborah Anderson
  -Family and early life:Deborah Anderson is the daughter of singer Jon Anderson and Jennifer, and sister to singer Jade Anderson. On the 1983 Jon & Vangelis album Private Collection, Jon wrote the lyrics and sang "Deborah", a song dedicated to his daughter...
  
  - harmonic vocals
• Nina Swan- vocals
• Maria E Del Ray- vocals
• Daniel Navarro- vocals
• David Eric Lowen- vocals