Home » Search Center » Results: Al Di Meola

Results for "Al Di Meola"

Article: Album Review

John McLaughlin, Al DiMeola, Paco DeLucia: Friday Night in San Francisco

Read "Friday Night in San Francisco" reviewed by Sacha O'Grady

by Sacha O'Grady
September 4, 2016

On 5th December, 1980, Al Di Meola, John McLaughlin, and Paco De Lucia were two months into what had so far been an extremely successful and creative tour. Even just the concept itself was intriguing--three guitarists, and acoustic to boot! With not a drummer, percussionist, or bassist in sight. The sheer novelty of it all. Recorded ...

Article: Album Review

John McLaughlin & Paco de Lucia: Paco and John - Live at Montreux 1987

Read "Paco and John - Live at Montreux 1987" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman
August 29, 2016

It's truly a shame that, all too often, artists with diverse careers become pigeon-holed, defined by the primary genre in which they first achieved notoriety. Take guitarist John McLaughlin, for instance. Ask most jazz fans about him and what will first come out of most of their mouths will include either the words “fusion," “jazz-rock" and/or ...

News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Al Di Meola

July 22, 2016

All About Jazz is celebrating Al Di Meola's birthday today! Al Di Meola\'s ongoing fascination with complex rhythmic syncopation combined with provocative lyrical melodies and sophisticated harmony has been at the heart of his music throughout a celebrated career that has spanned four decades and earned him critical accolades, three gold albums and more than six ...

306

Article: Genius Guide to Jazz

Making A Jazz Blockbuster

by Jeff Fitzgerald, Genius
June 21, 2016

Reprinted from June 2005. Hey kids, summer will soon be upon us like Julie Kaiser in 10th grade; long, hot and filled with endless entertainment possibilities. So let's make a jazz-themed summer blockbuster movie. It'll be fun, educational, bring newfound attention to jazz, and might just earn us all enough money to plunge ourselves ...

Article: Album Review

A Bu: Butterflies Fly in Pairs

Read "Butterflies Fly in Pairs" reviewed by Karl Ackermann

by Karl Ackermann
April 22, 2016

Dai Liang (aka, A Bu) is a Beijing-based prodigy with remarkable potential and virtuosic piano skills. Marc Vincent, President of China's division of Sennheiser took note of the then thirteen year old pianist performing at a Beijing festival in 2012. A Bu, who began playing at the age of four, quickly found himself matched up with ...

Album

Cosmopolitan Life

By Alex Sino

Label: Ole Records, Pier 5
Released: 2015
Track listing: "Cuba Africa" – 5:34 "Cosmopolitan Life" – 4:09 "Nobody" – 4:47 "Price to Learn" – 5:27 "Tango" – 3:54 "Smile" – 4:19 "Portofino" – 3:37 "If I'll Get a Chance" – 4:07 "Blue River" – 4:44 "Shade of Your World" – 6:16

Album

Elysium

By Al Di Meola

Label: Inakustik
Released: 2015
Track listing: Adour; Cascade; Babylon; Purple and Gold; Esmeralda; Elysium; Amanjena; Sierra; Etcetera in E-major Intro; Etcetera in E-minor; Tangier; Stephanie; Monsters; Lluvia, La.

News: Recording

Guitarist Maciek Pysz Releases New CD "A Journey" on Dot Time Records

November 21, 2015

Often compared to Pat Metheny and Al Di Meola, London/Paris-based guitarist Maciek Pysz released his new album A Journey, on October 15, 2015 (Dot Time Records). Recorded in December 2014 at the famous Artesuono studio in Italy, the album features the celebrated Daniele Di Bonaventura on piano and bandoneon along with bassist Yuri Goloubev and drummer ...

Article: Album Review

Al Di Meola: Elysium

Read "Elysium" reviewed by Doug Collette

by Doug Collette
November 7, 2015

Virtually all of guitarist Al DiMeola's recordings since the days of Return to Forever are listenable to a greater or lesser degree, but his last couple have been truly exceptional. A genuine affection for the Beatles permeates All Your Life (In-Akustik, 2013) and the comparably deep, lush textures of the ever-so-appropriately titled Elysium are rooted in ...

Article: Live Review

Al Di Meola at the Soiled Dove Underground, Denver

by Geoff Anderson
October 29, 2015

Al Di Meola Soiled Dove Underground Denver, CO October 19, 2015 Jazz and rock began their courtship in the late 1960s. For a while, it seemed like they would never get together. From the beginning of rock 'n' roll in the '50s, the two genres had kept their distance from one ...