Scenario (album)
1983 studio album by Al Di Meola
Scenario is an album by jazz guitarist Al Di Meola , released in 1983. Musicians include keyboardist Jan Hammer , bassist Tony Levin and drummers Bill Bruford and Phil Collins .
Track listing
"Mata Hari" (Al Di Meola) – 6.04
"African Night" (Di Meola, Jan Hammer) – 4.51
"Island Dreamer" (Hammer) – 4.06
"Scenario" (Di Meola) – 3.56
"Sequencer" (Hammer) – 4.06
"Cachaca" (Di Meola) – 5.34
"Hypnotic Conviction" (Di Meola, Hammer) – 3.51
"Calliope" (Di Meola) – 4.19
"Scoundrel" (Di Meola, Hammer) – 3.44
Jan Hammer would re-use the drum sample that figures prominently in "Sequencer" in his better-known theme for the TV series Miami Vice , which first aired two years after the release of this album.
Personnel
Al Di Meola – electric guitars (1, 5-9), Roland guitar synthesizer (1, 2, 6-9), mandocello (1), tom tom (1), acoustic guitar (3, 4), 12-string guitar (3), Hawaiian chordophone (3), Fairlight CMI [saxophone & synth flute] (6), drums (6)
Jan Hammer – keyboards (1-3, 5-7, 9), Fairlight CMI, electric bass (1), LinnDrum (1, 2, 5-7, 9), Roland drum machine (1-3, 5, 6, 9), Moog bass (2), acoustic piano (4)
Will Alexander – Fairlight CMI programming
Tony Levin – stick bass (8)
Phil Collins – drums (3)
Bill Bruford – Simmons electronic drums (8)
Production
Philip Roberge – executive producer
Al Di Meola – producer
Dennis Mackay – co-producer, engineer
Jerry Mahler – assistant engineer
Rick Markowitz – assistant engineer
Bernie Grundman – mastering at A&M Studios (Hollywood, California)
John Berg – album design
David Michael Kennedy – photography
References
External links
Studio albums Live albums with Return to Forever with the Guitar Trio with Clarke and Ponty Guest appearances as producer Related articles