Vernal Equinox (album)

Vernal Equinox is the debut studio album by Jon Hassell, released in 1977 by Lovely Music, Ltd.

In 2016, the album was rated by Pitchfork magazine as one of the fifty best ambient albums.

Personnel
Adapted from the Vernal Equinox liner notes.


 * Jon Hassell – trumpet, electric piano (A1, A3), production
 * Musicians
 * Miguel Frasconi – bells and claves (A3)
 * Andy Jerison – synthesizer (A3)
 * Nicolas Kilbourn – mbira and talking drum (A3)
 * David Rosenboom – synthesizer (A1, A3), mbira (A2) , rattles (A3) , goblet drum (B1) , recording
 * Naná Vasconcelos – congas (A1, B1, B2), shakers (A1, A3) , bells (A2) , talking drum (A2)
 * William Winant – kanjira and rattles (A3)


 * Production and additional personnel
 * Michael Brook – recording
 * Andy Jerison – recording
 * Rich LePage – mixing
 * Ariel Peeri – design