Al di Meola - Anthology
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Artist: Al di MeolaBrand: Sony
Edition: Music CD
Format: Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 2000-10-24
Music Label: Sony
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
- Land of the Midnight Sun
- Suite-Golden Dawn: Morning Fire/Calmer of the Tempests/From Ocean to T
- Race With Devil on Spanish Highway
- Elegant Gypsy Suite
- Se?or Mouse
- Casino
- Medley: Short Tales of the Black Forest/Fantasia Suite for Two Guitars
- Wizard
- Alien Chase on Arabian Desert
- Dinner Music of the Gods
- Bianca's Midnight Lullaby
- God Bird Change
- Electric Rendezvous
- Nena [Live]
- Egyptian Danza [Live]
- Cruisin' [Live]
- Island Dreamer
- Sequencer
- Al Di's Dream Theme
- Theme to the Mothership
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Free Music Review: I Wish I Was A Prodigy......
Hit: 5 Stars
(Instrumental Proficiency and Musicianship 6 out of 5)
Well, I have been listening to this amazing 2-disc set over the last couple of days nonstop,and I must say that there are certain people in life who are simply unnaturally talented.....they seem so gifted in some very specific way; as if there is nothing in the world that they are more well suited for than one specific thing. Einstein was seemingly born to understand the world through mathematical models and theory, and Al di Meola was born to express and create through music. Al di Meola first became prominent in jazz circles via his association with jazz pioneer Chick Corea, who (along with others like Miles Davis and John McLaughlin) was creating a new "bohemian" style of jazz combining virtuoso-level playing and muscicianship with rock and psychedelic music. Retun To Forever, widely regarded as the biggest fusion band in history, featured his explosive, sophisticated playing to wide acclaim. At the time, he was 19 years old. Subsequent to his stint with the jazz supergroup, he released many incredible solo albums(with much collaboration and guest appearances from many other talented musicians); this period in his career is documented here. Words can simply not describe Al di Meola's guitar playing on these early albums....incredibly progressive, dense, layered with suble nuance and simply brilliant; his nearly superhuman technique and ability, combined with a unique and uncompromising vision and understanding of music, has influenced many players on both sides of the jazz and rock fence. This is music that cannot be passively listened to, but absorbed, engaged and experienced. The great thing about this particular 2-disc set is the fact that it really does serve as a good collection of his most famous, progressive compositions, while leaving out some of his more subdued, later experimental "slow-jazz" material (although I like that as well)-leaving only jaw-dropping, fiery craziness. Some of the songs, such as "Suite: Golden Dawn" and the amusingly and aptly-titled "Dinner Music of the Gods" are just so otherworldly and amazing they surely can't have been written and performed by a mere mortal. An absolute genius at work.
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It's no wonder that some of the college students and twentysomething youngsters who have given free jazz a shot in the arm are revisiting the fusion movement (sometimes simultaneously, as with Medeski Martin & Wood). The music reflects all the impetuousness and energy of youth and combines it with the technical maturity that can match the most seasoned avant-garde improviser. If there was such a thing as a pure fusion musician, it was the 21-year-old Al Di Meola at the start of this two-CD compilation. While with Return to Forever, the young guitarist honed his high-flying, hard-rocking style, moving further along with a group that first featured Barry Miles, then Jan Hammer and Philipe Saisse on keyboards. Di Meola also had the knack of aptly titling his fiery compositions with descriptions, like "Race with Devil on Spanish Highway," "Alien Chase on Arabian Desert," "Elegant Gypsy," and "Island Dreamer." Expertly sequenced and annotated by Bill Milkowski, the unofficial biographer of the fusion movement, this 20-track retrospective includes four unreleased live tracks, including an incredible reading of the RTF anthem "Theme to the Mothership." The anthology is also instructive in tracing the development of the style (from 1976 to 1983) that eventually turned Jan Hammer into a pop star through the Miami Vice soundtrack. --Mark RuffinHard Rock & Metal Music CDs
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