Storm at Sunup

Storm at Sunup
Studio album by Gino Vannelli
Released	1975 (1975)
Genre	Jazz
Producer	Gino Vannelli Joe Vannelli
Gino Vannelli chronology
Powerful People (1974)Powerful People1974 Storm at Sunup (1975) The Gist of the Gemini (1976)The Gist of the Gemini1976

Storm at Sunup is the title of 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 album with much less pop influence, or more specifically a jazz fusion album and a masterpiece of that genre. It has a certain uniqueness in that the majority of such albums in the 1970s did not have a vocalist as band leader and composer.

Gino's more pop sounding style can still be heard in the ballad "Love is a Night" and the upbeat semi-funky "Mama Coco".

the keyboard and synthesizer work by Joe Vanelli is worthy of noticing. The album also features contributions by Graham Lear, who would go on to be Santana's drummer in the 1980s.

Track listing

• All songs written by Gino Vannelli

Side A

1. "Storm at Sunup" – 6:37
2. "Love Me Now" – 3:44
3. "Mama Coco" – 3:06
4. "Father and Son" – 3:13

Side B

1. "Where Am I Going" – 7:47
2. "Keep On Walking" – 3:49
3. "Love Is a Night" – 3:51
4. "Gettin' High" – 3:25

Personnel and credits

Musicians

• Backing vocals – Ross Vannelli, Sally Stevens
• Bass [Synthesizer] – Richard Baker
• Congas – Sergio Pastora
• Drums – Graham Lear
• Electric piano – Joe Vannelli
• Guitar – Jay Graydon
• Harmonica – Don Bailey
• Organ – Richard Baker
• Percussion – John J. Mandel
• Piano – Joe Vannelli
• Soprano Saxophone – Jerome Richardson
• Synthesizer – Joe Vannelli, Richard Baker
• Talking Drum – Sergio Pastora
• Tenor Saxophone – Jerome Richardson

Production

• Art Direction – Roland Young
• Design – Bob Seidemann
• Engineer – Tommy Vicari
• Engineer [Assistant] – Ed Thacker
• Mastered by Bernie Grundman
• Photography by Bob Seidemann
• Produced and arranged by Gino Vannelli and Joe Vannelli
• 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.

External links

• "Gino Vannelli - Storm at Sunup at Discogs". discogs.com. Retrieved May 4, 2015*