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Land of the Midnight Sun (album)

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Released
  
25 October 1976

Land of the Midnight Sun (1976)
  
Elegant Gypsy (1977)

Release date
  
25 October 1976

Label
  
Columbia Records

Length
  
35:11

Artist
  
Al Di Meola

Producer
  
Al Di Meola

Genres
  
Jazz fusion, Latin jazz

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Recorded
  
December 1975-July 1976

Similar
  
Al Di Meola albums, Jazz fusion albums

Land of the Midnight Sun is the first album by Al Di Meola, released in 1976. The complex pieces (which include the three-part "Suite-Golden Dawn," an acoustic duet with Chick Corea on "Short Tales of the Black Forest" and a brief Bach violin sonata) show Di Meola's range even at this early stage.

Contents

Al di meola suite golden dawn 1976


Track listing

Side One
  1. "The Wizard" (James Mingo Lewis) – 6:46
  2. Al Di Meola - 6- and 12-string guitars
  3. Mingo Lewis - keyboards, percussion
  4. Anthony Jackson - bass
  5. Steve Gadd - drums
  6. "Land of the Midnight Sun" (Al Di Meola) – 9:10
  7. Al Di Meola - electric guitar
  8. Barry Miles - electric piano, Mini-Moog synthesizer
  9. Anthony Jackson - bass
  10. Lenny White - drums
  11. Mingo Lewis - percussion
  12. "Sarabande from Violin Sonata in B Minor, (Partita No. 1 in B minor, BWV 1002)" (Johann Sebastian Bach) – 1:20
  13. Al Di Meola - acoustic guitar
  14. "Love Theme from Pictures of the Sea" (Al Di Meola) – 2:25
  15. Al Di Meola - 6- and 12-string acoustic and 6-string electric guitars, vocals, synthesizer, chimes
  16. Patty Buyukas - vocals
  17. Stanley Clarke - bass, vocals
  18. Mingo Lewis - percussion
Side Two
  1. "Suite Golden Dawn" - (Al Di Meola) – 9:49
  2. I. "Morning Fire" - 1:15
  3. II. "Calmer of the Tempests" - 1:11
  4. III. "From Ocean to the Clouds" - 8:38
  • Al Di Meola - electric guitar
  • Barry Miles - electric piano, Mini-Moog synthesizer
  • Jaco Pastorius - bass
  • Alphonse Mouzon - drums
  • Mingo Lewis - percussion
    1. "Short Tales of the Black Forest" (Chick Corea) – 5:41
    2. Al Di Meola - 6-string acoustic guitar, gong
    3. Chick Corea - acoustic piano, marimba

    Personnel

  • Al Di Meola: Guitars, synthesizer, percussion, vocals.
  • Anthony Jackson: Bass guitar (tracks 1, 2).
  • Stanley Clarke: Bass guitar, vocals (track 4).
  • Jaco Pastorius: Bass guitar (track 5).
  • Barry Miles: Keyboards, synthesizer (tracks 2, 5).
  • Chick Corea: Piano, marimba (track 6).
  • Steve Gadd: Drums (track 1).
  • Lenny White: Drums (track 2).
  • Alphonse Mouzon: Drums (track 5).
  • James Mingo Lewis: Percussion (tracks 1, 2, 4, 5), keyboards (track 1).
  • Patty Buyukas: Vocals (track 4).

    • Songs

    1The Wizard
    2Land of the Midnight Sun9:13
    3Sarabande From Violin Sonata in B Minor1:20

    References

    Land of the Midnight Sun (album) Wikipedia
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