Land of the Midnight Sun
by Al Di Meola
- Type: Album
- Released: 25 October 1976
- Label: Columbia
- Country: United States
- Length: 35:11
- Community rating: 3.89/5 from 3 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
The dazzling solo debut of the Return to Forever guitar virtuoso, blending ferocious jazz-rock shredding with complex Latin rhythms. Accompanied by legendary musicians like Jaco Pastorius and Steve Gadd, Di Meola navigates acoustic flamenco passages alongside blistering electric fusion. It immediately established him as one of the premier technical guitarists of his generation.
Genres
Descriptors: Fusion, rhythmic, technical, melodic, instrumental
Tracklist
- The Wizard (6:46)
- Land Of The Midnight Sun (9:10)
- Sarabande From Violin Sonata In B Minor (1:20)
- Love Theme From 'Pictures Of The Sea' (2:24)
- Suite: Golden Dawn (9:49)
- Short Tales Of The Black Forest (5:40)
Credits
- Anthony Jackson - bass
- Steve Gadd - drums
- Mingo Lewis - percussion, keyboards, written-by
- Lenny White - drums
- Barry Miles - electric piano, synthesizer [mini-moog]
- Johann Sebastian Bach - written-by
- Stanley Clarke - bass, vocals
- Patty Buyukas - vocals