Scenario (album)

Scenario is an album by jazz guitarist Al Di Meola, released in 1983. Musicians include keyboardist Jan Hammer, bassist Tony Levin and drummers Bill Bruford and Phil Collins.

Track listing

1. "Mata Hari" (Al Di Meola) – 6.04
2. "African Night" (Di Meola, Jan Hammer) – 4.51
3. "Island Dreamer" (Hammer) – 4.06
4. "Scenario" (Di Meola) – 3.56
5. "Sequencer" (Hammer) – 4.06
6. "Cachaca" (Di Meola) – 5.34
7. "Hypnotic Conviction" (Di Meola, Hammer) – 3.51
8. "Calliope" (Di Meola) – 4.19
9. "Scoundrel" (Di Meola, Hammer) – 3.44

Jan Hammer would re-use the drum sample that figures prominently in "Sequencer" in his better-known theme for the TV series Miami Vice, which first aired two years after the release of this album.

Personnel

• Al Di Meola – electric guitars (1, 5–9), Roland guitar synthesizer (1, 2, 6–9), mandocello (1), tom tom (1), acoustic guitar (3, 4), 12-string guitar (3), Hawaiian chordophone (3), Fairlight CMI [saxophone & synth flute] (6), drums (6)
• Jan Hammer – keyboards (1–3, 5–7, 9), Fairlight CMI, electric bass (1), LinnDrum (1, 2, 5–7, 9), Roland drum machine (1–3, 5, 6, 9), Moog bass (2), acoustic piano (4)
• Will Alexander – Fairlight CMI programming
• Tony Levin – stick bass (8)
• Phil Collins – drums (3)
• Bill Bruford – Simmons electronic drums (8)

Production

• Philip Roberge – executive producer
• Al Di Meola – producer
• Dennis Mackay – co-producer, engineer
• Jerry Mahler – assistant engineer
• Rick Markowitz – assistant engineer
• Bernie Grundman – mastering at A&M Studios (Hollywood, California)
• John Berg – album design
• David Michael Kennedy – photography

Chart performance

References

External links

• Reviews, Scenario
• Sequencer music video