Al Di Meola at the Web Spot

<BODY BACKGROUND="grayvelv.gif" BGCOLOR="#C0C0C0"> <CENTER> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0"> <TR ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="MIDDLE"> <TD><IMG SRC="allogo2.jpg" ALIGN="BOTTOM"></TD></TR></TABLE></CENTER> <H3>About Al Di Meola: </H3> <P>A native of New Jersey, Al Di Meola replaced Bill Conners in Chick Corea's "Return To Forever" at age 19. he left in 1976 after recording three albums with the group. During the four years following , his concert tours and solo LP's (including <I>Land of the Midnight Sun, Elegant Gypsy, Casino, and Splendido Hotel</I>) has brought him four straight wins as Best Jazz Guitarist in the <I>Guitar Player</I> Readers Poll, as well as three awards for the Best Guitar Albums. </P> <P> His albums have explored a variety of styles,but his best liked albums are the latin influenced fusion albums which are his first through Tour De Force, plus the recent Kiss My Axe (you'll have to forgive the title). Cielo E Terra and Soaring Through a Dream explore world musics, while Scenario and Tirami Su have some of the edge removed. The fusion albums have a slight degree of sameness. He just doesn't seem to be able to channel that fiery style into any stylistic changes. But that doesn't mean he's not worth hearing! Get Elegant Gypsy (my favorite) or Casino. You won't be disappointed if you like guitar fusion or just good guitar ability Electric Rendezvous and Kiss My Axe are incredible albums from one of the best fusion guitarists alive.</P> <P><B>Di Meola, Al [USA] [solo]<BR><BR></B>Land of the Midnight Sun (76), Elegant Gypsy (77), Casino (78), Splendido Hotel (80), Electric Rendezvous (82), Tour De Force - Live (82), Scenario (83), Cielo E Terra (85), Soaring Through a Dream (85), Tirami Su (87), World Sinfonia (90) Kiss My Axe (91), Orange and Blue (94), World Sinfonia II - <A HREF="heart.jpg" TARGET="_top">Heart of the Immigrants</A> (93) , Al Di Meola Play Piazzolla (96). </P> <P><B>Collaboration Works<BR></B>Friday Night in San Francisco (81), Passion, Grace & Fire (83) and <A HREF="rite.gif">Rite Of Strings</A> , The Guitar Trio (96)</P> <P><A HREF="http://www.eskimo.com/~bpentium" TARGET="_top">HOME</A> </P></BODY>