In the beginning of his career Di Meola was noted for his technical mastery and extremely fast, complex guitar solos and compositions, although even on his early albums, he had begun to explore Mediterranean cultures and acoustic genres like flamenco. Good examples are "Mediterranean Sundance" and "Lady of Rome, Sister of Brazil" from the Elegant Gypsy album (1976). His early albums were very influential among rock and jazz guitarists alike. Di Meola continued to explore Latin music within the jazz fusion genre with albums like Casino and Splendido Hotel. He exhibited a more subtle touch on acoustic numbers like "Señor Mouse" and "Fantasia Suite for Two Guitars" from the Casino album and on the live album, Friday Night in San Francisco.
With Scenario, he explored the electronic side of jazz in a collaboration with Jan Hammer (of Miami Vice theme fame). Beginning with this change, he further expanded his horizons with the acoustic album Cielo e Terra. He began to incorporate guitar synthesizers on albums such as Soaring Through a Dream. In the 1990s, Di Meola recorded albums closer to world music and orchestral tango than jazz.
He has continued to tour, playing in smaller venues like The Birchmere in Alexandria, Virginia. Recent concerts have included a sampling of his newer material (an engaging mix of acoustic, "distorted acoustic", and guitar synthesizer with a looser format than the songs on the early solo albums) along with a selection of electric guitar numbers from the early albums. He often closes out shows with an energetic rendition of one of his most challenging (to play, that is) pieces, "Race with Devil on Spanish Highway", from the Elegant Gypsy album. Even in technical showcases like this, he combines blindingly fast scalar runs with subtle and melodic phrases. ...more
Solo Work - Land of the Midnight Sun (1976) - Elegant Gypsy (1977) - Casino (1978) - Splendido Hotel (1980) - Electric Rendezvous (1982) - Tour De Force - Live (1982) - Scenario (1983) - Cielo e Terra (1985) - Soaring Through a Dream (1985) - Tirami Su (1987) - World Sinfonia (1990) - Kiss My Axe (1991) - Orange and Blue (1994) - World Sinfonia II - Heart of the Immigrants (1993) - Al Di Meola Plays Piazzolla (1996) - The Infinite Desire (1998) - Winter Nights (1999) - Flesh on Flesh (2002) - Al Di Meola Revisited (2003)
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