Land of the Midnight Sun | ||||
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Studio album by Al Di Meola | ||||
Released | 25 October 1976 | |||
Recorded | December 1975-July 1976 | |||
Genre | Latin jazz, jazz fusion | |||
Length | 35:11 | |||
Label | Columbia | |||
Producer | Al Di Meola | |||
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Allmusic | |
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide |
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.