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My Cosmopolitan Life |
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| Location: | Miami, Florida |
| Country: |  United States |
| Last Login: | Jun 20, 2008 (566 days back) |
About Me |
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| **NOTE** - I'm not AL DI MEOLA. I created this page to celebrate his musical genious. Thank You for visiting. RAY GAYO 007 Guitarist Al di Meola first rose to prominence as a blazing jazz fusion player before his playing matured and he began to conquer other styles, such as acoustic Latin music. Born on July 22, 1954, in Jersey City, NJ, di Meola briefly studied at the Berklee School of Music in Boston during the early '70s before accepting a job replacing guitarist Bill Connors in fusion trailblazers Return to Forever (a group that included such monster instrumentalists as keyboardist Chick Corea and bassist Stanley Clarke) in 1974. It was with di Meola that Return to Forever enjoyed their greatest commercial success, as such releases as 1974's Where Have I Known Before, 1975's No Mystery, and 1976's Romantic Warrior cracked the U.S. Top 40 before di Meola jumped ship to launch a solo career. What followed remains some of the finest jazz fusion guitar-based recordings ever: 1976's Land of the Midnight Sun, 1977's Elegant Gypsy (which would eventually earn gold certification in the U.S.), and Casino, plus 1979's Splendido Hotel, before uniting with fellow guitar greats John McLaughlin and Paco de Lucía for 1980's Friday Night in San Francisco. Throughout the '80s and '90s, di Meola racked up numerous accolades (including earning yearly top honors in Guitar Player Magazine polls), kept on issuing solo releases on a regular basis, and played with others, including releases by Stomu Yamash'ta, Paul Simon, Stanley Jordan, and David Matthews, as well as further work with such former bandmates as Corea, Clarke, de Lucía, and McLaughlin. During the '90s, di Meola turned his back almost entirely on fusion to concentrate more on acoustic-based world music, as evidenced by such releases as World Sinfonia, Di Meola Plays Piazzolla, and Heart of the Immigrants, among others. Since that time, Di Meola has continued this eclectic approach with releases like 2003's Revisited, 2006's Consequence of Chaos, and 2007's Diabolic Inventions and Seduction for Solo Guitar, Vol. 1: Music of Astor Piazzolla. ~ Greg Prato, All Music GuideI edited my profile with Thomas Myspace Editor V4.4 (www.strikefile.com/myspace) Generate your own contact table! |
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Music:Member Since: 5/5/2008Band Website: aldimeola.com Band Members: Al Di Meola (guitar) Gumbi Ortiz (percussion) Mario Parmisano (piano) Mike Pope(Bass) Tony Escapa(drums) Influences: Beatles Cream Jimi Hendrix Chick Corea John Coltrane Miles Davis Astor Piazzolla Sounds Like: AL DI MEOLA!!! Record Label: Columbia, Manhattan, Tomato, Telarc, Inakustic Type of Label: Major |
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| Occupation: | Music Artist (Jazz / Latin / Tango) |
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AL DI MEOLA & LEONID AGUTIN - COSMOPOLITAN LIFE! |
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| AL DI MEOLA & LEONID AGUTIN - COSMOPOLITAN LIFE
For a long time I was one of those people that was stuck in AL DI MEOLA'S work in the 70s where it was all shred and very intense.
Recently I star... Posted by AL DI MEOLA TRIBUTE PAGE on Sat, 17 May 2008 01:11:00 PST |
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AL DI MEOLA & RETURN TO FOREVER VIDEOS |
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| Here are some videos that I found on youtube.com when AL DI MEOLA was 19-20 years old
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RETURN TO FOREVER - VULCAN WORLDS(This is my perso... Posted by AL DI MEOLA TRIBUTE PAGE on Sat, 10 May 2008 10:42:00 PST |
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AL DI MEOLA VIDEOS - A MUST SEE!!! |
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| I guess because of AL'S instructional I had this idea that AL DI MEOLA was a drill seargeant for some reason. But I recently found on youtube.com some videos posted by his percussionist Gumbi Ortiz, d... Posted by AL DI MEOLA TRIBUTE PAGE on Mon, 05 May 2008 03:05:00 PST |
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AL DI MEOLA - GOLDEN DAWN Funky Riff and Shred Line!! |
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| To many of you guitar players, I was able to find the funky riff and shred line from AL DI MEOLA'S GOLDEN DAWN SUITE done by a French Guitarist that by the way did a really good job f... Posted by AL DI MEOLA TRIBUTE PAGE on Tue, 06 May 2008 06:09:00 PST |
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