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''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 work in jazz fusion and world music, his breakthrough came after joining Chick Corea's Return to Forever group in 1974. He launched, from 1976 afterwards, a s ...
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 work in jazz fusion and world music, his breakthrough came after joining Chick Corea's Return to Forever group in 1974. He launched, from 1976 afterwards, a s ...
– guitars, mandocello, keyboards, drums, percussion, vocals *
Chick Corea Armando Anthony "Chick" Corea (June 12, 1941 – February 9, 2021) was an American jazz pianist, composer, bandleader and occasional percussionist. His compositions "Spain (instrumental), Spain", "500 Miles High", "La Fiesta", "Armando's Rhumba" ...
– piano * Pete Cannarozzi – synthesizer *
Philippe Saisse Philippe Saisse (; born 1957) is a French jazz musician, composer, record producer, and arranger. Career He was born in Marseille and raised in Paris. After studying at the Paris Conservatory he won a scholarship to the Berklee College of Music. ...
– keyboards, marimba, vocals *
Jan Hammer Jan Hammer () (born 17 April 1948) is a Czech-American musician, composer, and record producer. He rose to prominence while playing keyboards with the Mahavishnu Orchestra during the early 1970s, as well as with his film scores for television an ...
– Moog solo on "Al Di's Dream Theme" *
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" * Anthony Jackson – bass guitar *
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 member of ...
– bass guitar *
Steve Gadd Stephen Kendall Gadd (born April 9, 1945) is an American jazz fusion drummer, percussionist, and session musician. Gadd is one of the best-known and most highly regarded session and studio drummers in the industry, recognized by his induction i ...
– drums * Robbie Gonzalez – drums * Eddie Colon – percussion *
Mingo Lewis James "Mingo" Lewis (born 8 December 1953) is an American percussionist and drummer who played with Santana, Al Di Meola (he was a band member for Di Meola's first five albums), Return to Forever, and The Tubes. Playing Lewis plays congas, bong ...
– percussion * David Campbell – violin * Carol Shive – viola * Dennis Karmazyn – cello *
Raymond Kelley Raymond "Ray" Kelley (February 26, 1938 – March 4, 2025)Final Note: Ray Kelley
''AFM''. ...
– cello * The Columbus Boychoir


Chart performance


See also

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1979 in jazz This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1979. Events March * 3 ** At Havana Jam, in Havana, Cuba, the Saturday evening show on 3 March was launched by the CBS Jazz All-Stars, composed of Dexter Gordon, Stan Getz, Jimmy Heath, ...


References

1980 albums Al Di Meola albums Columbia Records albums {{1970s-jazz-album-stub