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. Track listing

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

Release history

References

External links 
 

1977 debut albums
Jon Hassell albums
Lovely Music albums