Scenario (album)

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Scenario
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Studio album by
Released1983
Studio Caribou Ranch (Nederland, Colorado)
Genre Jazz, jazz fusion
Length40:28
Label Columbia
Producer Dennis Mackay
Al Di Meola chronology
Tour De Force – Live
(1982)
Scenario
(1983)
Soaring Through a Dream
(1985)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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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.

Contents

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

YearChartPosition
1983 Billboard 200 128 [3]
1983Billboard Top Jazz Albums8 [3]

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References

  1. Taylor, Robert. "Scenario". AllMusic. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
  2. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. US: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 61. ISBN   0-394-72643-X.
  3. 1 2 "Scenario - Al di Meola | Awards | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 27 October 2013.