On September 16'th,1986,a torch was lit with an Eternal flame commemorating the International Year Of Peace at the UN. This torch was passed from person to person around the globe until it was returned to the UN the final day of the year. This was the first Earth run. Not an athletic event for individual competition. But athleticism to express a desire for world peace. Considering jazz has always spoken to the people,in all of it's many forms,about different aspects of the social environment around them it was no surprise that the talented and very in demand contemporary jazz guitarist Lee Ritenour was deeply effected by this and made an album itself commemorating this important event.