"Prince of the Sea" on the 1976 release Venusian Summer (recently reissued on CD), a release back from the days when fusion made a difference. This album-closing cut in 7/4 opens with a pastoral seascape scene, and then slowly builds to fever pitch intensity with incendiary exchanges between 2 burning guitarists, Al Di Meola and Larry Coryell. Lenny White's drumming is muscular, tasty, and elegant throughout, filled with virtuosic flourishes and even humorous touches. The album also features the great bassist Doug Rauch (Santana), whose tragically short career revealed him as a major talent.
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