Combining passion, intelligence and outstanding technique, Al Di Meola is one of the most prominent virtuosos in contemporary jazz. On tour with the New World Sinfonia!

Line Up:
Al Di Meola - guitar
Gumbi Ortiz - percussion
Peo Alfonsi - classic guitar
Fausto Beccalossi - accordion

On Stage: 4     Travel Party: 6

Download:
aldimeola.zip (16.3 KB)
Download includes Biography, Discography, Line-up (txt) and the Image (jpg)

YouTube Videos:
Al di Meola live in Casablanca, Morocco, 2007
Al di Meola live in Tel Aviv, Israel, 2007

Artist Website:
www.aldimeola.com

Biography:
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 most prominent virtuosos in the contemporary instrumental jazz field. Al Di Meola's highly celebrated career has spanned a wide range of emotions into a unique style embodying the artists world inspired influences. From the velocity and heat of his early solo efforts to the challenge and triumph of the "Di Meola/McLaughlin/De Lucia (Guitar Trio)", from the Brazilian explorations of Cielo e Terra and Soaring Through A Dream to the global romanticism and Tango inflection of Al's acoustic group "World Sinfonia" (self titled debut) and the 2nd "World Sinfonia" recording Heart of the Immigrants. From the beginning of his solo career, where records like Land of the Midnight Sun, Elegant Gypsy and Casino, were amongst the highest selling records of any instrumental artist at that time. Al Di Meola continues to make, with respect, startling achievements in music pioneering while the decline of U.S. radio continues to elude most interesting contemporary music.

Discography:
1976 Land of the Midnight Sun - Columbia
1977 Elegant Gypsy - Columbia
1978 Casino - Columbia
1980 Splendido Hotel - One Way
1980 Friday Night in San Francisco - Columbia
1982 Electric Rendezvous - Columbia
1982 Tour De Force: Live - Columbia
1983 Scenario - Columbia
1985 Cielo E Terra - One Way
1985 Soaring Through a Dream - EMI
1987 Tirami Su - One Way
1990 World Sinfonia - Tomato
1991 Kiss My Axe - Tomato
1993 Heart of the Immigrants - Mesa
1994 Orange & Blue - Bluemoon
1996 DiMeola Plays Piazzolla - Atlantic
1998 The Infinite Desire - Telarc
1999 Christmas: Winter Nights - Telarc
2000 The Grande Passion - Telarc
2002 Flesh on Flesh - Telarc
2003 Revisited - Fuel2000
2006 Consequence of Chaos - Telarc