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Jazz Musician of the Day: Al Di Meola

Jazz Musician of the Day: Al Di Meola

All About Jazz is celebrating Al Di Meola's birthday today! Al Di Meola holds the most prestigious guitar awards (of any guitarist in the world) from the highest rated guitar poll in the world, Guitar Player Magazine. He has been known throughout the world for the past two and a half decades as one of the ...

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Strawberry Fields Forever

Featuring the music of Al Di Meola
Duration: 6:33

Al Di Meola "Beatles and More" Rehearsals in Budapest, Hungary, May 2013
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Article: Multiple Reviews

Pablo Ziegler's Nuevo Tango Passion: Amsterdam Meets New Tango and Tango Nostalgias

Read "Pablo Ziegler's Nuevo Tango Passion:  Amsterdam Meets New Tango and Tango Nostalgias" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky


Astor Piazzolla invited jazz into the world of tango, birthing a hybridized form of music that's outlived its creator; jazz, proving equally hospitable, opened its doors to Piazzolla and nuevo tango. High-end artists like saxophonist Gerry Mulligan, vibraphonist Gary Burton, and guitarist Al Di Meola all collaborated with the legendary composer/bandoneon player, helping to raise his ...

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Article: Live Review

Jazzablanca Festival 2013: Casablanca, Morocco, March 30 - April 4, 2013

Read "Jazzablanca Festival 2013: Casablanca, Morocco, March 30 - April 4, 2013" reviewed by Mehdi El Mouden


Jazzablanca Festival 2013Casablanca, MoroccoMarch 30--April 4,2013A chronological scan through the list of artists who have played in jazzablanca Festival for the last seven years reveals a strong wish to improve and position the event as a leading jazz festival in Morocco, beside Tanjazz in Tangiers and jazz au Chellah in Rabat. Indeed, each ...

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Article: Interview

Carles Benavent: Jazz, Flamenco and Blues

Read "Carles Benavent: Jazz, Flamenco and Blues" reviewed by Bruce Lindsay


Of all the instrumentalists in contemporary music, only a handful have become game changers. Jazz trumpet has Louis Armstrong, rock guitar has Jimi Hendrix, jazz saxophone has Charlie Parker. Flamenco bass guitar has Carles Benavent. Benavent's fluid, melodic and emotive style of playing is as beautiful as it is distinctive. Developed initially from a love of ...

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Article: Record Label Profile

ACT: 20 Years of Magical Music

Read "ACT: 20 Years of Magical Music" reviewed by Jakob Baekgaard


Nowadays, creating a record label is closer to the norm than the exception. The real sign of success in a fleeting music business, where the sale of records constantly declines, is staying power. This year, 2012, the German record label ACT Music is able to celebrate its 20th anniversary. Not a mean feat for a company ...

News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Al Di Meola

Jazz Musician of the Day: Al Di Meola

All About Jazz is celebrating Al Di Meola's birthday today! Al Di Meola holds the most prestigious guitar awards (of any guitarist in the world) from the highest rated guitar poll in the world, Guitar Player Magazine. He has been known throughout the world for the past two and a half decades as one of the ...

Article: Film Review

Morocco Fantasia

Read "Morocco Fantasia" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff


Morocco Fantasia Al Di Meola Inakustik Valutazione: 4 stelle Nel bene e nel male, Al Di Meola è il Maciste della sei corde. Una mano sinistra d'acciaio, potente, veloce, pulita, precisa, agile come un gattopardo tra le corde. Gli anni in cui impreziosì i Return to Forever sono davvero lontani, ma la sua ricerca tra le ...

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Article: Extended Analysis

The Mothership Returns

Read "The Mothership Returns" reviewed by John Kelman


When keyboardist Chick Corea announced--following a successful world tour of his reunited 1970s-era fusion juggernaut Return to Forever, which, featuring guitarist Al Di Meola, bassist Stanley Clarke and drummer Lenny White, included a high octane 2008 performance that was one of the best-attended in the Ottawa International Jazz Festival's three-decade history--that he'd be reuniting the earlier ...


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