Released 25 October 1976 Release date 25 October 1976 | Length 35:11 | |
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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
- "The Wizard" (James Mingo Lewis) – 6:46
- Al Di Meola - 6- and 12-string guitars
- Mingo Lewis - keyboards, percussion
- Anthony Jackson - bass
- Steve Gadd - drums
- "Land of the Midnight Sun" (Al Di Meola) – 9:10
- Al Di Meola - electric guitar
- Barry Miles - electric piano, Mini-Moog synthesizer
- Anthony Jackson - bass
- Lenny White - drums
- Mingo Lewis - percussion
- "Sarabande from Violin Sonata in B Minor, (Partita No. 1 in B minor, BWV 1002)" (Johann Sebastian Bach) – 1:20
- Al Di Meola - acoustic guitar
- "Love Theme from Pictures of the Sea" (Al Di Meola) – 2:25
- Al Di Meola - 6- and 12-string acoustic and 6-string electric guitars, vocals, synthesizer, chimes
- Patty Buyukas - vocals
- Stanley Clarke - bass, vocals
- Mingo Lewis - percussion
- "Suite Golden Dawn" - (Al Di Meola) – 9:49
- I. "Morning Fire" - 1:15
- II. "Calmer of the Tempests" - 1:11
- III. "From Ocean to the Clouds" - 8:38
- "Short Tales of the Black Forest" (Chick Corea) – 5:41
- Al Di Meola - 6-string acoustic guitar, gong
- Chick Corea - acoustic piano, marimba
Personnel
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(Text) CC BY-SA