Scenario (album) explained

Scenario
Type:studio
Artist:Al Di Meola
Cover:Scenario album.jpg
Released:1983
Studio:Caribou Ranch (Nederland, Colorado)
Genre:Jazz, jazz fusion
Length:40:28
Label:Columbia
Producer:Dennis Mackay
Prev Title:Tour De Force – Live
Prev Year:1982
Next Title:Soaring Through a Dream
Next Year:1985

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

  1. "Mata Hari" (Al Di Meola) – 6.04
  2. "African Night" (Di Meola, Jan Hammer) – 4.51
  3. "Island Dreamer" (Hammer) – 4.06
  4. "Scenario" (Di Meola) – 3.56
  5. "Sequencer" (Hammer) – 4.06
  6. "Cachaca" (Di Meola) – 5.34
  7. "Hypnotic Conviction" (Di Meola, Hammer) – 3.51
  8. "Calliope" (Di Meola) – 4.19
  9. "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

Production

Chart performance

Year Chart Position
1983Billboard 200128[1]
1983Billboard Top Jazz Albums8

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Scenario - Al di Meola | Awards | AllMusic . allmusic.com . 27 October 2013.