70's songs

[White 6]

One good Di Meola deserves another from the guy with with fastest hands I ever heard and this one the title track of my favorite Al Di Meola albums. Everybody who is or was anybody in the genre is on this album, his 1976 debut album.
"The lineup on Land of the Midnight Sun (1976) brought together some of the finest musicians in the jazz rock realm and Al (6 and 12 string acoustic guitars, electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion) is joined by several electric bass guitarists: Anthony Jackson (1, 2), Jaco Pastorius (5), Stanley Clarke (4); and drummers: Steve Gadd (1), Lenny White (2), and Alphonse Mouzon (5). Rounding out the core lineup are keyboardists Chick Corea (6) and Barry Miles (2, 5); percussionist Mingo Lewis (1, 2, 4, and 5); and female vocalist Patty Buyukas (4). I think it goes without saying that these folks are all first chair performers and the playing is simply jaw-dropping. Al in particular dazzles throughout with his rapid fire scalar runs on both the acoustic and electric guitars" amazon.com/Land-Midnight-Sun-Al-Dimeola/dp/B001V8TCP4

 

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