Trying To Burn The SunElf was an American rock band founded by singer and bassist Ronnie James Dio, keyboardist Doug Thaler, drummer Gary Driscoll, and guitarists Nick Pantas and David Feinstein (Dio's cousin). The band was originally called The Electric Elves, but was shortened to The Elves and finally Elf in 1972. Recorded while the band was evolving slowly into the Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow, Trying to Burn the Sun is the third and final release from Elf, the band that

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and gives instructions at the beginning for kids to understand how the music corresponds to characters in the story

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jazz pianists are influenced by Bill Evans by his use of impressionist harmony

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The album was a top 10 hit in many countries

The album also features covers such as "Here

took up meditation to calm the storm and did everything he could to negate the numbness

his band included five prodigious talents: Terence Blanchard (trumpet)

all songs were re-recorded by Robert Ziegler

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