Splendido Hotel
Splendido Hotel | ||||
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Studio album by Al Di Meola | ||||
Released | May 10, 1980 | |||
Genre | Jazz fusion, Latin Jazz | |||
Length | 68:43 | |||
Label | Columbia | |||
Producer | Al Di Meola | |||
Al Di Meola chronology | ||||
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | |
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide |
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.
Track listing
All songs by Al Di Meola unless otherwise noted.
Side One
- "Alien Chase on Arabian Desert"
- "Silent Story in Her Eyes"
Side Two
- "Roller Jubilee" (Philippe Saisse)
- "Two to Tango"
- "Al Di's Dream Theme"
Side Three
- "Dinner Music of the Gods"
- "Splendido Sundance"
- "I Can Tell" (Al Di Meola, Philippe Saisse)
Side Four
- "Spanish Eyes" (Bert Kaempfert, Charlie Singleton, Eddie Snyder)
- "Isfahan" (Chick Corea)
- "Bianca's Midnight Lullaby"
Personnel
- Al Di Meola – guitars, mandocello, keyboards, drums, percussion, vocals
- Chick Corea – piano
- Pete Cannarozzi – synthesizer
- Philippe Saisse – keyboards, marimba, vocals
- Jan Hammer – Moog solo on "Al Di's Dream Theme"
- Les Paul – guitar on "Spanish Eyes"
- Anthony Jackson – bass guitar
- Tim Landers – bass guitar
- Steve Gadd – drums
- Robbie Gonzalez – drums
- Eddie Colon – percussion
- Mingo Lewis – percussion
- David Campbell – violin
- Carol Shive – viola
- Dennis Karmazyn – cello
- Raymond Kelley – cello
- The Columbus Boychoir
Chart performance
Year | Chart | Position |
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1980 | Billboard 200 | 119[3] |
1980 | Billboard Top Jazz Albums | 8[3] |
See also
References
- ↑ Yanow, Scott. "Splendido Hotel - Al di Meola | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 12 August 2011.
- ↑ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 61. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
- 1 2 "Splendido Hotel - Al di Meola | Awards | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 27 October 2013.
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