''Splendido Hotel'' is a double album by jazz guitarist
Al Di Meola
Albert Laurence Di Meola (born July 22, 1954) is an American guitarist. Known for his works in jazz fusion and world music, he began his career as a guitarist of the group Return to Forever in 1974. Between the 1970s and 1980s, albums such as ' ...
that was released in 1980.
Track listing
All songs by Al Di Meola unless otherwise noted.
Personnel
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Al Di Meola
Albert Laurence Di Meola (born July 22, 1954) is an American guitarist. Known for his works in jazz fusion and world music, he began his career as a guitarist of the group Return to Forever in 1974. Between the 1970s and 1980s, albums such as ' ...
– guitars, mandocello, keyboards, drums, percussion, vocals
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Chick Corea
Armando Anthony "Chick" Corea (June 12, 1941 – February 9, 2021) was an American jazz composer, pianist, keyboardist, bandleader, and occasional percussionist. His compositions "Spain", "500 Miles High", "La Fiesta", "Armando's Rhumba", and " ...
– piano
* Pete Cannarozzi – synthesizer
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Philippe Saisse
Philippe Saisse is a French jazz multi-instrumentalist, composer, record producer, and arranger.
Career
He was born in Marseille and raised in Paris. After studying at the Conservatoire de Paris he won a scholarship to the Berklee College of Mus ...
– keyboards, marimba, vocals
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Jan Hammer
Jan Hammer () (born 17 April 1948) is a Czech-American musician, composer, and record producer. He first gained his most visible audience while playing keyboards with the Mahavishnu Orchestra during the early 1970s, as well as his film scores fo ...
– Moog solo on "Al Di's Dream Theme"
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Les Paul
Lester William Polsfuss (June 9, 1915 – August 12, 2009), known as Les Paul, was an American jazz guitarist, jazz, country guitarist, country, and blues guitarist, songwriter, luthier, and inventor. He was one of the pioneers of the solid body ...
– guitar on "Spanish Eyes"
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Anthony Jackson – bass guitar
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Tim Landers
Timothy Gerard Landers (born November 1, 1956) is an American bassist best known for his contribution to the 1970s-80s jazz-fusion genre and his work with Al Di Meola, Billy Cobham, and Gil Evans. Landers is a session musician and was a memb ...
– bass guitar
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Steve Gadd
Stephen Kendall Gadd (born April 9, 1945) is an American drummer, percussionist, and session musician. Gadd is one of the best-known and highly regarded session and studio drummers in the industry, recognized by his induction into the ''Modern D ...
– drums
* Robbie Gonzalez – drums
* Eddie Colon – percussion
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Mingo Lewis
James "Mingo" Lewis (born 8 December 1953) is an American percussionist and drummer who played with Santana (band), Santana, Al Di Meola, Return to Forever (he was a band member for Di Meola's first five albums), and The Tubes.
Playing
Lewis pl ...
– percussion
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David Campbell – violin
* Carol Shive – viola
* Dennis Karmazyn – cello
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Raymond Kelley – cello
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The Columbus Boychoir
Chart performance
See also
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1979 in jazz
References
1980 albums
Al Di Meola albums
Columbia Records albums
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