Storm at Sunup

Storm at Sunup is 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 fusion album with much less pop influence, though earlier hits such as People Gotta Move and Powerful People do show jazz influences. The album features contributions by Graham Lear, who would go on to be Santana's drummer in the 1980s.

The title track was chosen by famed choreographer Lionel Blair for use in a dance sequence that was part of a 1976 episode of the television series Space: 1999 titled "One Moment of Humanity". A pared-down, instrumental version of the song was specially recorded for the episode by series composer Derek Wadsworth. Storm at Sunup and Love Me Now were covered by Buddy Rich on his album Speak No Evil.

Production

 * Produced and Arranged by Gino Vannelli and Joe Vannelli.
 * Synthesizer, horn and string arrangements by Gino Vannelli and Richard Baker.
 * Engineer – Tommy Vicari
 * Assistant Engineer – Ed Thacker
 * Mastered by Bernie Grundman at A&M Studios (Hollywood, CA).
 * Art Direction – Roland Young
 * Design and Photography – Bob Seidemann
 * 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.

Musicians

 * Gino Vannelli – lead and backing vocals
 * Joe Vannelli – acoustic piano, electric piano, synthesizers
 * Richard Baker – organ, synthesizers, synth bass
 * Jay Graydon – electric guitars
 * Graham Lear – drums
 * John J. Mandel – percussion
 * Sergio Pastora – congas, talking drum
 * Don Bailey – harmonica
 * Jerome Richardson – tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone
 * Ross Vannelli – backing vocals
 * Sally Stevens – backing vocals