''Storm at Sunup'' is the third album and opening track of Italian-Canadian jazz-pop singer-songwriter,
Gino Vannelli, and was produced by Vannelli and his brother Joe. Unlike his other albums, ''Storm at Sunup'' is a
jazz fusion
Jazz fusion (also known as fusion and progressive jazz) is a music genre that developed in the late 1960s when musicians combined jazz harmony and improvisation with rock music, funk, and rhythm and blues. Electric guitars, amplifiers, and key ...
album with much less pop influence, though earlier hits such as
People Gotta Move
“People Gotta Move” is a 1974 song written and performed by Gino Vannelli, for his album ''Powerful People.'' Released during the rise in popularity of disco, it was his first chart hit, peaking within the top 40 on both the Billboard Hot 10 ...
and
Powerful People
''Powerful People'' is the second studio album of Canadian singer Gino Vannelli. The album was released in 1974, and was produced by Gino and his brother Joe Vannelli. Herb Alpert (who produced Vannelli's first album) is credited as associate prod ...
do show jazz influences. The album features contributions by
Graham Lear, who would go on to be
Santana's drummer in the 1980s.
The title track was chosen by famed choreographer
Lionel Blair for use in a dance sequence that was part of a 1976 episode of the television series ''
Space: 1999'' titled "
One Moment of Humanity
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". A pared-down, instrumental version of the song was specially recorded for the episode by series composer
Derek Wadsworth.
''Storm at Sunup'' and ''Love Me Now'' were covered by
Buddy Rich
Bernard "Buddy" Rich (September 30, 1917 – April 2, 1987) was an American jazz drummer, songwriter, conductor, and bandleader. He is considered one of the most influential drummers of all time.
Rich was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York ...
on his album ''
Speak No Evil''.
Track listing
Personnel
Production
* Produced and Arranged by Gino Vannelli and Joe Vannelli.
* Synthesizer, horn and string arrangements by Gino Vannelli and Richard Baker.
* Engineer –
Tommy Vicari
* Assistant Engineer – Ed Thacker
* Mastered by
Bernie Grundman
Bernie Grundman is an American audio engineer.
He is most known for his mastering work and his studio, Bernie Grundman Mastering, which he opened in 1984 in Hollywood. The studio, which includes engineers Chris Bellman, Patricia Sullivan, and ...
at
A&M Studios
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(Hollywood, CA).
* Art Direction – Roland Young
* Design and Photography – Bob Seidemann
* Record label – Ariola Benelux B.V.
* Manufactured by Ariola Eurodisc Benelux B.V.
* Distributed by Ariola Eurodisc Benelux B.V.
* Phonographic Copyright (p) – A&M Records, Inc.
Musicians
* Gino Vannelli – lead and backing vocals
*
Joe Vannelli – acoustic piano, electric piano, synthesizers
* Richard Baker – organ, synthesizers, synth bass
*
Jay Graydon – electric guitars
*
Graham Lear – drums
* John J. Mandel – percussion
* Sergio Pastora – congas,
talking drum
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* Don Bailey – harmonica
*
Jerome Richardson
Jerome Richardson (November 15, 1920 – June 23, 2000) was an American jazz musician, tenor saxophonist, and flute player, who also played soprano sax, alto sax, baritone sax, clarinet, bass clarinet, alto flute and piccolo. He played with Ch ...
– tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone
* Ross Vannelli – backing vocals
* Sally Stevens – backing vocals
Charts
Singles
References
External links
*
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1975 albums
Gino Vannelli albums
A&M Records albums
Albums recorded at A&M Studios