Al Di Meola – All Your Life - Tribute to The Beatles [2013/FLAC-HD]

 

Guitar superstar Al Di Meola pays personal tribute to The Beatles - “All Your Life” puts a fresh new rhythmic slant on beloved tunes.

Recorded at the Abbey Road Studios, London

1. In My Life (4:30)
2. And I Love Her (4:07)
3. Because (5:12)
4. Michelle (2:52)
5. I Will (2:52)
6. Eleanor Rigby (2:50)
7. Penny Lane (5:41)
8. Blackbird (4:38)
9. I Am the Walrus (4:04)
10. Day in the Life (3:01)
11. Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite (3:09)
12. With a Little Help from My Friends (4:15)
13. If I Fell (2:59)
14. She’s Leaving Home (3:22)

Al Di Meola, Jean-Luc Ponty, Stanley Clarke / Live At Montreux 1994 (2005) [24-48]

It was at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1994 that Al Di Meola, Jean-Luc Ponty and Stanley Clarke played as a trio for the first time. Clarke and Di Meola had been part of Return to Forever and while they were comfortable in the familiarity of knowing each other, Ponty reached in and became a perfect fit. That language of understanding is seen to advantage on this portrait.

• Al DiMeola (guitar)
• Jean-Luc Ponty (violin)
• Stanley Clarke (bass)

Guest artist: Monty Alexander (piano on "Song to John")

01 - Song To John 12:57

02 - Memory Canyon 10:13

03 - La Cancion De Sofia 13:42

04 - Summer Country Song 06:41

05 - School Days 06:43

06 - Eulogy To Oscar Romero 06:19

07 - Renaissance 09:55

08 - Chillean Pipe Song 06:31

09 - Song To John 13:31

10 - Indigo 08:04

Al Di Meola with John McLaughlin & Paco de Lucia - discography 1981-1996 (FLAC)

 

1981 - Friday Night in San Francisco

1983 - Passion Grace and Fire

1996 - The Guitar Trio

Return To Forever - Live At Yomiuri Land Open Theatre, 1983 (2022) [FLAC]

 Live At Yomiuri Land Open Theatre, Japan 1983

•     Chick Corea     fender rhodes, piano, synthesizer, composer
•     Stanley Clarke  electric bass, composer
•     Al Di Meola     guitar
•     Lenny White     drums

1.  Overture 6:59
2.  No Mysyery 10:53
3.  Romantic Warrior 22:13
4.  Duel of the Jester and the Tyrant 10:13
5.  Vulcan Worlds 4:44
6.  Song to the Pharoah Kings 24:24 

Al Di Meola - Electric Rendezvous [1982/FLAC]

 Electric Rendezvous is an album by jazz guitarist Al Di Meola that was released in 1982. It includes flamenco guitarist Paco de Lucía who recorded Friday Night in San Francisco with Di Meola.

Al di Meola's fifth of seven fusion albums as a leader for Columbia is a typically fiery effort, with di Meola joined by keyboardist Jan Hammer, electric bassist Anthony Jackson, drummer Steve Gadd, percussionist Mingo Lewis, and guest spots for flamenco guitarist Paco de Lucía ("Passion, Grace & Fire") and keyboardist Philippe Saisse. This lesser-known effort is easily recommended to fans of rock-ish jazz guitar. 

Personnel

•     Al Di Meola – electric and acoustic guitars
•     Paco de Lucía – acoustic guitar on "Passion, Grace & Fire"
•     Anthony Jackson – bass guitar
•     Jan Hammer – keyboards
•     Philippe Saisse – keyboards on "Black Cat Shuffle"
•     Steve Gadd – drums and percussion
•     James Mingo Lewis – percussion

All songs by Al Di Meola unless otherwise noted.

1.     "God Bird Change" (James Mingo Lewis) – 3:51
2.     "Electric Rendezvous" – 7:47
3.     "Passion, Grace & Fire" – 5:34
4.     "Cruisin'" (Jan Hammer) – 4:16
5.     "Black Cat Shuffle (Philippe Saisse) – 3:00
6.     "Ritmo de la Noche" – 4:17
7.     "Somalia" – 1:40
8.     "Jewel Inside a Dream" – 4:02

Al Di Meola discography [1976-2020]

 

Guitarist Al Di Meola first rose to prominence as a blazing jazz fusion artist before his playing matured and he began to conquer other styles, such as acoustic Latin music. Born on July 22, 1954 in Jersey City, New Jersey, Di Meola briefly studied at the Berklee College 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 also included monster instrumentalists keyboardist Chick Corea, bassist Stanley Clarke, and drummer Lenny White) 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.

Return to Forever discography

 Jazz keyboard player Chick Corea's Return to Forever emerged as one of the key jazz-rock fusion bands of the 1970s. Like Weather Report and the Mahavishnu Orchestra, they were formed by an alumnus of Miles Davis' late-'60s bands with the intention of furthering the jazz-rock hybrid Davis had explored on albums like Bitches Brew. At the time, this was seen as a means of creativity, a new direction for jazz, and as a way of attracting the kinds of large audiences enjoyed by rock musicians. Return to Forever started out as more of a Latin-tinged jazz ensemble, but Corea, influenced by the Mahavishnu Orchestra of John McLaughlin and some of the progressive rock bands coming out of Great Britain, notably Yes and Emerson, Lake & Palmer, moved the group more toward rock, achieving considerable commercial success. A later re-orientation of the band gave it more of a big-band style before Corea folded the unit, retaining the Return to Forever name for occasional tours and other projects.