Casino
by Al Di Meola
- Type: Album
- Released: Apr 1978
- Label: Columbia
- Country: United States
- Length: 38:26
- Community rating: 4.08/5 from 5 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Al Di Meola's 'Casino' marked a stylistic shift towards jazz fusion, featuring a core band including Steve Gadd on drums and Anthony Jackson on bass. The album includes four original Di Meola compositions, alongside Chick Corea's "Se帽or Mouse" and the multi-part "Fantasia Suite for Two Guitars." While bearing the influence of Corea, with whom Di Meola played in Return to Forever, 'Casino' showcases Di Meola's evolving compositional voice and his band's fiery interplay.
Genres
Descriptors: guitars, virtuosic, rhythmic, Spanish language, fusion
Tracklist
- Egyptian Danza (5:56)
- Chasin' the Voodoo (5:04)
- Dark Eye Tango (5:22)
- Se帽or Mouse (7:20)
- Fantasia Suite for Two Guitars (5:11)
- Casino (9:29)
Credits
- Al Di Meola - primary artist, producer, arranged by, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, mandolin, castanets, handclaps, congas, bongos, electric guitar, percussion
- Dave Palmer - engineer
- Jim Galante - engineer [assistant]
- Bob Ludwig - mastered by
- Anthony Jackson - bass guitar
- Steve Gadd - drums
- Barry Miles - electric piano, synthesizer [mini moog], organ [yamaha], piano [acoustic], electric piano, synthesizer [mini moog], piano [acoustic], organ, marimba, electric piano, organ [yamaha], electric piano, organ [yamaha], piano [acoustic], synthesizer [mini moog], electric piano, piano [acoustic], marimba, organ [yamaha]
- Mingo Lewis - congas, congas, bongos, congas, bongos, percussion
- Eddie Colon - timbales, percussion [roto toms]