Results for "Al Di Meola"

Big Ears Festival 2023

by Mark Sullivan
April 17, 2023

Big Ears Festival Knoxville, Tennesse March 30-April 2, 2023 The second full edition after the pandemic found the Big Ears Festival still growing in attendance. Organizers responded by increasing the number of venues, including new ones like the Knoxville Civic Auditorium and ones that had not been used for some time, ...

A Life In Music

by Wulf Muller
March 10, 2023

The following is an excerpt from the Chapter “1996," from Wulf Müllers illustrated chronicle A Life In Music (Amazon Direct Publishing, 2022) Dee Dee Bridgewater performed three sold out nights at the glamorous and legendary Paris venue L'Olympia, with new signing to Verve France, singer Jeffery Smith, opening for her. Dee Dee's show ...

Al Di Meola at the Boulder Theater

by Geoff Anderson
February 20, 2023

Al Di Meola Boulder Theater Boulder, Colorado February 3, 2023 Psychologically speaking, having a split personality is usually a bad thing. Musically, it can be a delight. Guitarist Al Di Meola has had a musical split personality--one is acoustic, the other eclectric--for decades now. Two sides of the same coin, a ...

Bassist Francisco Fattoruso, Guitarist Jeremy Green and ARC Trio with Arceology

by Len Davis
February 19, 2023

From Uruguay bassist Francisco Fattoruso, Canadian guitarist Jeremy Green, Derek Sherinian with Mike Stern, ARC Trio, and The Fabulous Austrian Trio. The The Mahavishnu Project and Yo Miles! Henry Kaiser and Wadada Leo Smith. Plus Saturday Night In San Francisco with Al Di Meola, John McLaughlin and Paco De Lucia. Playlist Francisco Fatturoso “Nuevos ...

Alex Sino

Born: April 24

Alex Sino is a GRAMMY-winning, cross‑disciplinary artist, producer, and creative strategist whose work bridges contemporary jazz, global traditions, and cinematic storytelling. Known for uniting emotional depth with meticulous craftsmanship, Sino creates projects that move fluidly between cultures, eras, and artistic mediums. His career spans composition, lyric writing, artistic direction, and the development of multicultural music releases that foreground narrative, heritage, and modern identity.

Sino’s discography includes a wide range of acclaimed collaborations and original works, reflecting a signature blend of jazz harmony, global rhythmic language, and narrative‑driven sound design. Their literary contributions extend this artistic universe into prose, most notably through the book Mahler's Prank, a distinctive exploration of Mahler’s legacy, cultural mythology, and the playful distortions that surround great composers.

Progressive Music From Louis Siciliano, Markus Reuter And Stephan Thelen

by Len Davis
January 29, 2023

Italian keyboardist Louis Siciliano from Ancient Cosmic Truths, featuring Randy Brecker, German touch guitarist Markus Reuter and Swiss guitarist Stephan Thelen, plus British band Paroksha. We finish with a few old favourites from Weather Report, Al Di Meola, Return To Forever and Billy Cobham. Playlist Louis Siciliano “The Secret Of Mansa" from Ancient Cosmic ...

The Best Of Fusion From 1968 To 1977

by Len Davis
January 8, 2023

Part 2 continues the nostalgic trip with music from Joe Zawinul, Weather Report, Eddie Henderson, Al Di Meola, Return To Forever, Stanley Clarke, Lenny White, David Sancious, Joe Farrell, Lee Ritenour and Pat Metheny. Playlist Joe Zawinul “A Soul of the Village pt 2" from The Rise and fall of the Third Stream (Vortex ...

Seasons: The Island Albums (1972-1976)

By Stomu Yamash'ta

Label: Cherry Red Records
Released: 2022
Track listing: Poker Dice; Keep In Lane; Xingu; One Way; Scoop; Ana Orori; What A Way To Live In Modern Times; My Little Partner; Mandala; Memory Of Hiroshima; Mountain Pass; Freedom Is Frightening; Rolling Nuns; Pine On The Horizon; Wind Words; OneByOne/HeyMan/OneByOne (Reprise); Black Flame; Tangerine Beach; Superstar / Loxcycle; Nurburgring; Seasons; Accident; At Tangerine Beach; Dunes; 33 1/3; Rainsong; The Monks Song; Shadows; Ishi; Solitude; Nature; Air Over; Crossing the Line; Man of Leo; Stellar; Space; Space Requiem; Space Song; Carnival; Ghost Machine; Surf Spin; Time is Here; Winner / Loser; Space Song; Carnival; Wind Spin; Ghost Machine; Surf Spin; Time is Here; Winner / Loser; Solitude; Nature; Air Voice; Crossing the Line; Man of Leo; Stellar; Space Requiem

Rite Of Strings Live at Montreux 1994

By Jean-Luc Ponty

Label: Mercury Studios
Released: 2022
Track listing: CD 1: Song to John; Memory Canyon; La Cancion De Sofia; Summer Country Song; School Days; Eulogy to Oscar Romero; CD 2: Renaissance; Song to John; Indigo.

Al Di Meola / Jean-Luc Ponty / Stanley Clarke: Rite Of Strings Live at Montreux 1994

by Doug Collette
December 2, 2022

By the time Al Di Meola, Jean-Luc Ponty and Stanley Clarke were recorded in 1994 at the prestigious Montreux Jazz Festival—remarkably, in their first time ever playing together in public—each had established a solid reputation in the jazz-fusion field and beyond. Accordingly, it might be seen as destiny that the three would work together in some ...