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| A-side | "Scandinavia" |
| B-side | "Dweller on the Threshold" |
"Scandinavia" is a jazz instrumental composition by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison and is the closing track on his 1982 album Beautiful Vision.
The track is Morrison's first released instrumental and would be followed by many others throughout Morrison's 1980s career.
Featured on the track are a different set of musicians to the rest of Morrison's Beautiful Vision. This is because the track was recorded in a different recording session, before the rest of the album. Although Morrison does not sing on the piece he contributes piano to the recording, played in a pentatonic scale.
The composition was nominated in the Best Rock Instrumental Performance category for the 25th Annual Grammy Awards.
Personnel
- Van Morrison - piano
- Mark Isham - synthesizers
- Herbie Armstrong - acoustic rhythm guitar
- David Hayes - bass
- Peter Van Hooke - drums
Notes
- "Rock on the Net: 25th Annual Grammy Awards-1983". rockonthenet. Retrieved 2009-10-08.