''Chameleon Days'' is the fourth studio album by Greek keyboardist and composer

Yanni Yiannis Chryssomallis ( el, Γιάννης Χρυσομάλλης; born November 14, 1954), known professionally as Yanni ( ), is a Greek-American composer, keyboardist, pianist, and music producer. Yanni continues to use the musical shortha ...

, released on the

Private Music Private Music was an American independent record label founded in 1984 by musician Peter Baumann as a "home for instrumental music". Baumann signed Ravi Shankar, Yanni, Suzanne Ciani, Andy Summers, Patrick O'Hearn, Leo Kottke, and his forme ...

label in 1988. It peaked at #2 on

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's "Top New Age Albums" chart in the same year. Its corresponding concert tour was the ''1988 Concert Series''.

Background

On his new album, ''Chameleon Days'', Yanni reveals a more upbeat, playful and high-spirited side to his nature than many of his fans may be familiar with. "I tried on this album to incorporate instrumental sounds familiar to anybody. I used a lot of acoustic piano, synth harmonica, whistle and other sounds to get away from the coldness of pure synthesizer", says Yanni. Acoustic percussionist, Charlie Adams, joins Yanni on several pieces, adding a more natural dimension. Yanni's trademark symphonic scope is very apparent on ''Chameleon Days'', as is the intensity of feeling that marked his previous two albums on Private Music.

Album

Track listing

Personnel

*All music composed and produced by

* Charlie Adams – Acoustic, Electronic Drums & Percussion

Production

*''Chameleon Days'' was recorded in its entirety on keyboards at Yanni's home studio on the 3324 Sony 24-track Digital Recorder *Engineered by:

*Assistant Engineer: Charlie Adams *Mastered by: Chris Bellman *Technical Support:

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*Technical Advisor: Jerry Steckling *Photography: Phillip Dixon *Art Direction & Design: Norman Moore

1988 Concert Series

Dates

October – December 1988

Cities

6 cities

Set list

Selections from ''

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'', '' Out of Silence'', and ''Chameleon Days''.

Band

* Charlie Adams – drums *

– keyboards * Joyce Imbesi – keyboards

Production

ASASU/ASU Events and SRO Productions

Tour dates

In popular culture

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used "Everglade Run" for the closing credits of their

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coverage. *

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used "Marching Season" for their "Dream Season" promos in 1990. NBC Sports also used "Marching Season" for the pregame intro for

. *

used "Chasing Shadows" for their Daytona 500 starting grids in 1989, 1992, and 1994. *NBA Hardwood Classics used "Swept Away" in "Come Fly With Me (1989)".

References

External links

Official Website
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