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Al Di Meola

Real Name:
Al Laurence Dimeola
Profile:
Born: July 22, 1954, Jersey City, New Jersey

Jazz fusion guitarist.
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Discography

Releases:
Land Of The Midnight Sun (Album) (6 versions)   Columbia ... 1976
Elegant Gypsy (Album) (8 versions)   Columbia ... 1977
Casino (Album) (6 versions)   Columbia ... 1978
Roller Jubilee (12")   CBS 1980
Spanish Eyes (7", Single)   CBS 1980
Splendido Hotel (2 versions)   CBS 1980
Crusin / Black Cat Shuffle (12", Promo)   Columbia 1981
Friday Night In San Francisco (Album) (10 versions)   Columbia ... 1981
Electric Rendezvous (Album) (4 versions)   CBS Grammofoonplaten BV ... 1982
The Guitarist (LP)   CBS 1982
Tour De Force - "Live" (3 versions)   Columbia ... 1982
Passion, Grace & Fire (Album) (7 versions)   Philips ... 1983
Scenario (LP, Album)   CBS 1983
Sequencer (Maxi) (3 versions)   CBS ... 1983
Cielo E Terra (Album) (2 versions)   EMI-Manhattan Records ... 1985
Untitled (Flexi, 7", Squ)   Guitar Player Magazine, Eva-Tone Soundsheets 1986
Latin (CD, Album)   Minos-EMI 1987
Untitled (Flexi, S/Sided)   Guitar Player Magazine 1990
Kiss My Axe (CD, Album)   Tomato 1991
The Best Of Al Di Meola: The Manhattan Years (CD, Comp)   Blue Note 1992
World Sinfonia - Heart Of The Immigrants (Cass)   Justin Time 1993
The Rite Of Strings (CD)   Gai Saber 1995
Di Meola Plays Piazzolla (CD, Album)   Bluemoon Recordings 1996
The Guitar Trio (CD, Album)   Verve Records 1996
This Is Jazz Volume 31 (CD)   Columbia 1997
The Infinite Desire (CD, Album)   Telarc 1998
World Sinfonía - The Grande Passion (CD, Album)   Telarc 2000
Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood (CD, Maxi, Copy Prot.)   BMG Berlin Musik GmbH, BMG 2002
Cosmopolitan Life (CD, Album)   Ole Records 2005
Vocal Rendezvous (CD, Album)   SPV Recordings 2006
Diabolic Inventions And Seduction For Solo Guitar Volume I (Music Of Astor Piazzola) (CD, Album)   in-akustik 2007
Land Of The Midnight Sun (CD)   Columbia  
Production:
Romantic Warrior (LP, Album)   Columbia 1976
Magic Touch (LP)   Blue Note 1985
Tirami Su (CD, Album)   Manhattan Records 1987
Tirami Su (Album) (2 versions)   EMI-Manhattan Records 1987
Antologia (2xCD, Comp)   Mercury 1995
Sound & Vision SACD Sampler (SACD, Smplr, Multichannel) Flesh On Flesh Telarc 2006
Appears On:
Where Have I Known You Before (Album) (3 versions) Earth Juice Polydor 1974
No Mystery (Album) (5 versions)   Polydor 1975
Venusian Summer (Album) (4 versions)   Nemperor Records ... 1975
Go (Album) (2 versions) Man Of Leo, Stellar, C... Island Records ... 1976
Go Live From Paris (Album) (4 versions)   Island Records ... 1976
Romantic Warrior (Album) (4 versions)   Legacy ... 1976
Go Too (Album) (7 versions)   EMI Electrola ... 1977
Progressive Rock Stars (LP, Comp) Race With The Devil On... CBS 1977
Touchstone (Album) (2 versions) Compadres Warner Bros. Records 1982
Hearts And Bones (LP)   Warner Bros. Records 1983
Magic Touch (LP)   Blue Note 1985
Soaring Through A Dream (LP)   Manhattan Records 1985
Tirami Su (CD, Album)   Manhattan Records 1987
Tirami Su (Album) (2 versions)   EMI-Manhattan Records 1987
Antologia (2xCD, Comp)   Mercury 1995
Dance Of Fire (CD, Album)   Columbia 1995
Pavarotti & Friends For War Child (CD, Album) Mediterranean Sundance Decca 1996
Return To The 7th Galaxy: The Anthology (2xCD, Album, Comp, RM) Earth Juice, Flight Of... Verve Records 1996
This Is Jazz 12 - Return To Forever (CD)   Columbia 1996
People In Room No. 8 (CD, Album)   PolyGram 1997
So Far...Collected Songs (CD, Comp)   Edel Records 1998
Bar Jazz (3xCD, Comp) Dark Eye Tango Sony Music Catalog, Sony Music Entertainment (Germany) 2000
Inspiration (CD)   Columbia 2000
Nylon & Steel (CD, Album)   Angel Records 2001
Soulmates (CD, Album)   Paroli Records 2002
Bar Jazz Vol. 5 (3xCD, Comp) Bianca's Midnight Lull... Sony Music Catalog, Sony Music Entertainment (Germany) 2003
Black Utopia (CD) The Sons Of Anu, Gypsy... Inside Out Music, Inside Out Music America 2003
Дежа Вю (CD, Album, Enh) Синей Реки В... Grand Records 2003
Affirmation (CD, Album) Salvador Parlophone 2004
The Complete Go Sessions (2xCD, Comp, RM)   Raven Records 2005
Sound & Vision SACD Sampler (SACD, Smplr, Multichannel) Flesh On Flesh, Flesh ... Telarc 2006
The Anthology (2xCD, Comp)   Concord Records 2008
Live At Montreux 2008 (DVD, NTSC)   Eagle Eye Media 2009
Returns (2xCD) Passion Grace & Fire, ... Eagle Records, Eagle Records 2009
Tracks Appear On:
Jazz Rocks (Comp) (2 versions) Race With Devil On Spa... CBS 1977
Progressive Rock Stars (LP, Comp) Race With The Devil On... CBS 1977
Disco U.S. (LP, Comp) Roller Jubilee Ronco 1982
JBL Gallery (Vinyl, Ltd, Hal) Roller Jubilee CBS 1982
Disco Dynamite 84 (2xLP, Comp, Mixed) Sequencer CBS 1984
Classic Jazz-Funk Mastercuts Volume 3 (2xLP) Roller Jubilee Mastercuts 1992
Classic Jazz-Funk Mastercuts Volume 3 (CD, Comp) Roller Jubilee (Origin... Mastercuts 1992
The Best Of Jazz Rock (CD, Comp, RM) Flight Over Rio Columbia 1993
Pavarotti & Friends For War Child (CD, Album) Mediterranean Sundance Decca 1996
Bar Jazz (3xCD, Comp) Dark Eye Tango Sony Music Catalog, Sony Music Entertainment (Germany) 2000
Bar Jazz Vol. 5 (3xCD, Comp) Bianca's Midnight Lull... Sony Music Catalog, Sony Music Entertainment (Germany) 2003
LateNightTales (2 versions) Short Tales Of The Bla... Azuli Records 2004
Sound & Vision SACD Sampler (SACD, Smplr, Multichannel) Flesh On Flesh Telarc 2006
Jazz Funk (3xCD, Comp) Roller Jubilee Mastercuts 2007
Bar Jazz Best (5xCD, Comp + Box) Dark Eye Tango Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Germany) 2008
The Original Masters: From The Past Present & Future Vol. 5 (CD, Comp) Sequencer Milestone Records Ltd 2009
Unofficial Releases:
Disco U.S. (Cass, Comp) Roller Jubilee IMD (2) 1982
Clownz On Velvet (LP)   Not On Label  
The Ritz, NYC 11/17/81 (2xCD) Clowns On Velvet Not On Label  
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