Al Di Meola

Acting

Al Di Meola

Born

1954-07-22 (72)

Place of birth

Jersey City, New Jersey, USA

Known for

Acting

Credits

27 titles

Al Di Meola (born Al Laurence Dimeola; July 22, 1954 in Jersey City, New Jersey) is an American jazz fusion and Latin jazz guitarist, composer, and record producer of Italian origin (from Cerreto Sannita). Albums such as Friday Night in San Francisco have earned him both artistic and commercial success with a solid fan base throughout the world.

Known for

Film credits

2000s · 10 titles

Return To Forever: Live At Montreux poster
6.9

Return To Forever were at the forefront of jazz/rock fusion in the seventies and like their contemporaries Weather Report and Mahavishnu Orchestra were formed by a former Miles Davis sideman, in this case the great Chick Corea. Return To Forever hit their commercial and artistic peak with a string of albums in the mid-seventies featuring the line-up of Chick Corea on keyboards, Stanley Clarke on bass, Al Di Meola on guitar and Lenny White on drums. In 2008 this classic line-up reunited for their first tour in 25 years and proved that their musicianship and the chemistry within the band were as strong as ever.

Return To Forever: Live At Montreux

2009

Al Di Meola - 40.Internationale Jazzwoche"09" poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Al Di Meola - 40.Internationale Jazzwoche"09"

2009

Al Di Meola - Morocco Fantasia poster
5.3

A high point of the Moroccan music festival is the Mawazine Festival in Rabat, Morocco. Al Di Meola's fantastic appearance in 2009 also represented a summit of different cultures and religions - Al Di Meola (guitar), Peo Alfonsi (2nd guitar), Fausto Beccalossie (accordion), Gumbo Ortiz (percussion), Victor Miranda (bass), Peter Kaszas (drums), and with special guests from Morocco, Said Chraibi (oud), Abdellah Meri (violin) and Tari Ben Ali (percussion). On his third trip to Morocco, the public gave this exceptional guitarist a rousing reception and showed its openness towards Western music.

Al Di Meola - Morocco Fantasia

2009

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4.2

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Return to Forever: Live in San Sebastian

2008

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6.0

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Al Di Meola & Leonid Agutin Cosmopolitan Live

2008

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10.0

Al shows his scale choices for soloing over various chords with a special section on 'the dominant 7th - diminished connection.' Many of his melodic lines, licks, rhythm patterns and solos have been transcribed in the accompanying booklet. The video includes Al's amazing rhythmic ideas, muting and chordal picking.

Al Di Meola - Al Di Meola

2005

Al Di Meola One Of These Nights poster
8.5

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Al Di Meola One Of These Nights

2004

Al Di Meola - Live at Montreux 1986, 1989, 1993 poster
NR

This DVD draws on three of Al Di Meola's performances at the Montreux Jazz Festival. The earliest from 1986 is a solo acoustic performance. The concert from 1989 is by the Super Guitar Trio, which sees Di Meola join forces with fellow guitarists Larry Coryell and Bireli Lagrene. The final concert from 1993 features Di Meola with guitarist Chris Carrington and percussionist Arto Tuncboyaciyan, who also provides vocals on some tracks. This gives a total of over 2 hours of live music.Track Listing from July 14, 1986: 1. Vertigo Shadow, 2. Orient Blue Suite, 3. Passion, Grace & Fire, 4. Atavism Of Twilight, 5. Enigma Of Desire, 6. Cielo E Terra, 7. Etude, 8. Capoiera. Track Listing from July 17, 1989: 1. PSP No. II, 2. Tango Suite (for two guitars), 3. Orient Blue Suite / Traces Of A Tear, 4. Musette De Paris Avec La Rue Dupierre No. 5, 5. Brazilliance, 6. Waltz, 7. No Mystery, 8. Spain. Track Listing from July 13, 1993: 1. Indigo, 2. No Mystery, 3. Tango Suite.

Al Di Meola - Live at Montreux 1986, 1989, 1993

2004

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3.8

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Al Di Meola with Eszter Horgas & Orchestra - Carmen

2004

Al Di Meola - Speak a Volcano: Return to Electric Guitar poster
5.2

After 30 years exploring a variety of styles, Al Di Meola still ranks among the most popular guitar-masters of jazz and jazz-rock. Here, on his first electric DVD filmed in Leverkusen in Nov. 2006, Di Meola rediscovers his love of the electric guitar without denying newer influences.

Al Di Meola - Speak a Volcano: Return to Electric Guitar

2007

1990s · 3 titles

1980s · 4 titles

Series credits

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