Search results for "Al Di Meola"

Stanley Clarke, Al Di Meola, Jean-Luc Ponty: Indigo (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music April 18, 08

It is especially satisfying to hear the fine guitarist Al Di Meola once again playing with his fellow Return to ...

Al Di Meola: Kiss My Axe (Rating: 85/100) posted in Music May 29, 08

Al Di Meola is well known for having an attitude. For years he has been quite vocal about his belief that the music b...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: RETURN TO FOREVER

As we write, Return to Forever, the pioneering fusion group from the seventies, has reunited for an extensive world...

Al Di Meola: Short Tales of the Black Forest (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music October 07, 08

Guitarist Al Di Meola has always been better known for his playing than his compositions. But from time to time he ha...

Al Di Meola: Milonga Del Angel (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music December 25, 07

I have a passion for Piazzolla, and look with satisfaction on how the music of this great master of nuevo tango still...

Al Di Meola: No Mystery (Rating: 89/100) posted in Music April 08, 08

Every few years Al Di Meola has put together a version of the World Sinfonia. Of all of his projects, this is the mos...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: RETURN TO FOREVER

As we write, Return to Forever, the pioneering fusion group from the seventies, has reunited for an extensive world...

Al Di Meola: Cruisin' (Rating: 89/100) posted in Music December 18, 08

1982's Tour De Force "Live" is a hit or miss affair. The same can be said for most of Al Di Meola's career output. He...

Al Di Meola: Egyptian Danza (Rating: 82/100) posted in Music March 15, 08

Di Meola was coming off multi-years of winning the Guitar Player magazine poll as best overall guitarist when he reco...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: RETURN TO FOREVER

As we write, Return to Forever, the pioneering fusion group from the seventies, has reunited for an extensive world...

Al Di Meola: The Wizard (Rating: 88/100) posted in Music October 07, 08

"The Wizard" was written by percussionist Mingo Lewis. If I were to take a wild guess, I would suggest its title refe...

Al Di Meola & Paco De Lucia: Mediterranean Sundance/Rio Ancho (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music January 06, 09

Their historic shows worked this way. Each guitarist would come out alone for a solo set. The third artist would rema...

Al Di Meola: Suite – Golden Dawn (Rating: 82/100) posted in Music October 07, 08

Suite – Golden Dawn is separated into three parts: "Morning Fire," "Calmer of the Tempests" and "From Ocean to the Cl...

Al Di Meola, John McLaughlin, Paco De Lucia: Fantasia Suite (Rating: 91/100) posted in Music January 06, 09

The first time the record listener heard The Guitar Trio as a full group was on this track. There is no telling if it...

Stanley Clarke, Al Di Meola, Jean-Luc Ponty: Renaissance (Rating: 91/100) posted in Music April 18, 08

A good song can often be rediscovered in a different format and transcend its original conception in new and exc...

Al Di Meola, John McLaughlin, Paco De Lucia: Guardian Angel (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music March 14, 08

The 1981 release of Friday Night in San Francisco marked a turning point, becoming arguably the most influential acou...

Stanley Clarke, Al Di Meola, Jean-Luc Ponty: Topanga (Rating: 89/100) posted in Music April 18, 08

In this all-acoustic outing, these three brilliant musicians weave an arresting tapestry of musical ideas from a...

Return to Forever: Majestic Dance (Rating: 82/100) posted in Music October 27, 08

Al Di Meola wrote the rocker "Majestic Dance." It is clearly designed as a guitar showcase, and Di Meola does not dis...

The Guitar Trio: Orient Blue Suite (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music January 21, 09

"Orient Blue Suite" is one of Al Di Meola's more touching and dramatic compositions for The Guitar Trio. It is p...

Return to Forever: Vulcan Worlds (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music June 06, 08

Where Have I Known You Before marked the most significant change in Corea's Return to Forever group. It was on this a...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: RETURN TO FOREVER

As we write, Return to Forever, the pioneering fusion group from the seventies, has reunited for an extensive world...

The Guitar Trio: Passion, Grace and Fire (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music January 21, 09

The Guitar Trio's Passion Grace & Fire was the follow-up to their highly successful and influential debut Friday Nigh...

John McLaughlin: Manha De Carnaval (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music January 26, 08

McLaughlin has been playing the Brazilian standard "Manha De Carnaval," sometimes called "Black Orpheus" because of t...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: JOHN MCLAUGHLIN ON STANDARDS

Editor's note: Guitarist extraordinaire John McLaughlin recently participated in a candid dialogue with jazz.com's W...

The Guitar Trio: Le Monastère Dans Les Montagnes (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music January 21, 09

It's such a shame. Despite a growing personal rift between Paco De Lucia and John McLaughlin and their trio partner A...

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