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

"Mata Hari" – 6.04
"African Night" – 4.51
"Island Dreamer" – 4.06
"Scenario" – 3.56
"Sequencer" – 4.06
"Cachaca" – 5.34
"Hypnotic Conviction" – 3.51
"Calliope" – 4.19
"Scoundrel" – 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, Roland guitar synthesizer, mandocello, tom tom, acoustic guitar, 12-string guitar, Hawaiian chordophone, Fairlight CMI, drums
Jan Hammer – keyboards, Fairlight CMI, electric bass, LinnDrum, Roland drum machine, Moog bass, acoustic piano
Will Alexander – Fairlight CMI programming
Tony Levin – stick bass
Phil Collins – drums
Bill Bruford – Simmons electronic drums

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
John Berg – album design
David Michael Kennedy – photography