AL DI MEOLA - ELEGANCE &
SPEED
(Extended Version)
Nowadays the Al Di Meola’s
musical image
in jazz society inquire deserved
value homage.
A guitar playing with
finesse and high speed,
then surprisingly followed by
quiet gentle deep.
This music is a mixture from fast elegance
and very rare so specific
pizzicato romance,
from raw ground breaking fusion
experiments
passing to mellow contemporary
arrangements.
Tango,flamenco,brazilian and latino motives
in Al Di Meola’s hands sound
purely natives.
There are acoustic, romantic and
lyric sounds,
variety of different world
folklore compounds.
Also extremely fast race
through the strings
and soft tones wearing from the
fusion wings,
impressing with out of breath
improvisations-
and on the contrast with melodic
innovations.
Al Di Meola plays with grace rhythm explosion
adding new technically elements
in promotion.
Sometimes rapidly going into
aggressive major
and after that slowly turns to a
melodic minor.
His traditionally recognized manner of playing:
a typical gentle glissando on the
strings sliding
and often using of the favourite
method “triola”
these also remain a trade mark for
Al Di Meola.
Most of the compositions he prefers to play fast
and hereby shooting lots of tones
in solo blast.
When very often is using echo
sounding chords
so, then the guitar talks with
fingerboard words.
Al Di Meola is fixing solos with fast tremolo
on this way suddenly turning into
quick tempo,
including very effective
flajolets and arpeggio
and after that silently
slowing down to adagio.
This is music from Land Of The Midnight Sun Land of midnight sun 1976
like Race With devil On Spanish
Highway run, Elegant gypsy 1977
Elegant and Splendid in Electric
Rendezvous Splendido hotel 1980
with Tirami Su Scenario in Orange
And Blue. Electric rendezvous
1982
Tirami Su 1997
Soaring through a dream between Cielo E Terra Scenario 1983
with The Grande Passion lefting
Traces of a tear. Orange and blue
1994
Beyond the mirage there’re
Passion,Grace & Fire Cielo E
Terra 1985
and elusive Fantasia suite of The
Infinite Desire. The Grande
Passion 2000
The Infinite Desire 1998
Song to the pharaoh kings and Egyptian danza Casino 1978
could be nominated for a style
“extravaganza”,
the instrumental piece “Mediterranean
sundance” 1977
brought in the music theory such
a bright glance.
He started with studing in Berklee school of music
blazing jazz player who could be
called now basic.
The efforts turn him to world
commercial musician
in consequence he became such a
guitar technician.
In the beginning of his successfull musical career
formed band Return To Forever
with Chick Corea. 1974, 1975, 1976
Music from a favourite composer Astor
Piazzolla
is included in two studio albums
of Al Di Meola. Plays Piazzolla
1996,2007
Al created the innovative World Sinfonia project World sinfonia 1991,1993
thereof the level of sound rises
to promoted aspect,
too deep and evocative lyricism,
a kind of modest,
familiar, remainding Short tales
of the black forest. 1976
Persuit a radical rhapsody sounds as musical words Persuit a radical
you’ll listen with inspiration
these solos and chords; rhapsody
2011
so, the style and rite of strings
is worldwide and rife Rite of
Strings 1995
and this pleasant feeling could
continue all your life. All your
life 2013
The music is deep mystery like
the Marsian Elysium Elysium 2015
for the listeners remains in
time ever for millennium,
Al’s compositions reminds a genre
orchestral chorus
the legacy of the virtuoso is
actually a classical opus. Opus 2018
Di Meola playing is extended throughout in a variety,
with musical depth, melodies and
rhythmic diversity,
between chamber music and
symphonic rock range,
laced with jazz and world music
in flowing change!
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