Land of the Midnight Sun (album)

Infobox Album | Name = Land of the Midnight Sun
Type = Album
Artist = Al Di Meola

| Released = 25 October 1976
Recorded = December 1975-July 1976
Genre = Jazz fusion
Length = 35:11
Label = Columbia
Producer = Al Di Meola
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:kc6atr8lkl5x link]
Last album =
This album = "Land of the Mifnight Sun"
(1976)
Next album = "Elegant Gypsy"
(1977)

"Land of the Midnight Sun" is the first album by Al Di Meola, released in 1976. The complex pieces (which include the three-part "Suite-Golden Dawn," an acoustic duet with Chick Corea on "Short Tales of the Black Forest" and a brief Bach violin sonata) show Di Meola's range even at this early stage.

Track listing

#The Wizard (Mingo Lewis) – 6:46
#Land of the Midnight Sun (Al Di Meola) – 9:10
#Sarabande from Violin Sonata in B Minor (Johann Sebastian Bach) – 1:20
#Love Theme from "Pictures of the Sea" (Al Di Meola) – 2:25
#Suite Golden Dawn: (Al Di Meola) – 9:49
#*"Morning Fire"
#*"Calmer of the Tempests"
#*"From Ocean to the Clouds"
#Short Tales of the Black Forest (Chick Corea) – 5:41

Personnel

*Al Di Meola: Guitars, synthesizer, percussion, vocals.
*Stanley Clarke: Bass guitar, vocals (track 4).
*Anthony Jackson: Bass guitar (tracks 1, 2).
*Jaco Pastorius: Bass guitar (track 5).
*Chick Corea: Piano, marimba (track 6).
*Barry Miles: Keyboards, synthesizer (tracks 2, 5).
*James Mingo Lewis: Keyboards, percussion (tracks 1, 2, 4, 5).
*Steve Gadd: Drums (track 1).
*Alphonse Mouzon: Drums (track 5).
*Lenny White: Drums (track 2).
*Patty Buyukas: Backing vocals (track 4).