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Splendido Hotel

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Released
  
May 10, 1980

Length
  
68:43

Producer
  
Al Di Meola

Genre
  
Jazz fusion

Label
  
Columbia

Splendido Hotel (1980)
  
Electric Rendezvous (1982)

Splendido Hotel is an album by Italian-American jazz fusion and Latin jazz guitarist Al Di Meola released in 1980 as a double LP, and later CD.

Contents

Track listing

All songs by Al Di Meola unless otherwise noted.

Side One

  1. "Alien Chase on Arabian Desert"
  2. "Silent Story in Her Eyes"

Side Two

  1. "Roller Jubilee" (Philippe Saisse)
  2. "Two to Tango"
  3. "Al Di's Dream Theme"

Side Three

  1. "Dinner Music of the Gods"
  2. "Splendido Sundance"
  3. "I Can Tell" (Al Di Meola, Philippe Saisse)

Side Four

  1. "Spanish Eyes" (Bert Kaempfert, Charlie Singleton, Eddie Snyder)
  2. "Isfahan" (Chick Corea)
  3. "Bianca's Midnight Lullaby"

Personnel

  • Al Di Meola: Guitars, mandocello, percussion, keyboards, drums, vocals.
  • Les Paul: Guitar on "Spanish Eyes".
  • Anthony Jackson: Bass guitar (tracks 2, 3, 5, 9).
  • Tim Landers: Bass guitar (tracks 1, 5, 6).
  • Chick Corea: Acoustic Piano (tracks 2, 4, 10).
  • Philippe Saisse: Keyboards, Marimba, Vocals (tracks 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 8).
  • Peter Cannarozzi: Synthesizer.
  • Jan Hammer: Moog Solo on "Al Di's Dream Theme".
  • Robbie Gonzalez: Drums (tracks 1, 2, 5, 6).
  • Steve Gadd: Drums (tracks 3, 9).
  • Mingo Lewis: Percussion (tracks 2, 3, 5).
  • Eddie Colon: Percussion (tracks 1, 2, 5, 6).
  • David Campbell: Violin.
  • Carol Shive: Viola.
  • Dennis Karmzyn: Cello
  • Raymond Kelley: Cello.
  • The Columbus Boychoir.

    • References

    Splendido Hotel Wikipedia
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