Studio Masters

Al Di Meola – Opus (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 58:28 minutes | 1,24 GB | Genre: Jazz
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Guitarist Al Di Meola has been internationally recognized over the past four decades as a virtuoso in performance and composition. His album Opus is exactly what audiences expect, musically brilliant and an effortless fusion of acoustic and electric sounds.
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Al Di Meola – Elysium (2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:05:53 minutes | 1,33 GB | Genre: Jazz
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On Elysium Al Di Meola is playing both electric and acoustic guitar, in the style that is uniquely Al Di Meola’s. Elysium features many new originals from one of the world’s greatest guitarists.
He came from the ‘Land Of The Midnight Sun’, sparkled on the jazz-rock stage as an ‘Elegant Gypsy’, came up trumps in the ‘Casino’ with all the right chords and melodies, and his ‘Splendido Hotel’ was the number one address for fusion fans around the globe. He finally achieved immortality together with John McLaughlin and Paco de Lucia on ‘Friday Night In San Francisco’. For guitar lovers, the name Al Di Meola carries the same guarantee of quality that Ferrari does for sports car enthusiasts or Chateau Mouton-Rothschild for wine connoisseurs.

Al Di Meola was born in New Jersey in 1954 to an Italian-American family, and from his early days as a rising star in Chick Corea’s legendary fusion combo Return To Forever right up to the present day, he has continually managed to refine his qualities: breathtakingly fast picking, skilful percussion effects the like of which had never been heard before, the effortlessness with which he can instantly switch from muscular axe-man rock to spinning gentle, romantic webs of melody. In the nineties, inspired by his love of the acoustic sounds of Latin America and the works of nuevo tango pioneer Astor Piazzolla, he made some delightful chamber music recordings with his group World Sinfonia. On more recent albums such as ‘Consequence Of Chaos’ (2006) and ‘Pursuit Of Radical Rhapsody’ (2011), all these penchants, influences and musical movements have fused into an unmistakeable sound: jazz rock meets world jazz. It’s a stylistic aerobatics display, circling up to dizzying heights reminiscent of the boisterous solos Al used to play in his youth.
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Al Di Meola – Elegant Gypsy & More (Live) (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 01:04:13 minutes | 820 MB | Genre: Jazz
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Over 40 years ago, young Al Di Meola released his second, extremely successful studio album “Elegant Gypsy”. With “Elegant Gypsy & More LIVE”, recorded last year during his acclaimed US tour of the same name, he is revisiting some of his brilliant, earlier works such as “Race With Devil On Spanish Highway”, “Flight Over Rio”, “Midnight Tango” or “Egyptian Danza”.

This live album perfectly captures the passion and vibes the guitar genius is most known for. It’s a virtuoso blend of world music, rock and jazz.
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Al Di Meola – All Your Life: A Tribute to the Beatles (2013/2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 54:39 minutes | 1,05 GB | Genre: Jazz
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The thundering power of high energy rock fuelled fusion, the subtly woven sounds of Latin American music and in particular the music of his Argentinian friend and inspiration Astor Piazzolla, deliver the breathtaking interchange between acoustic and electric between sensitivity and daring, solo brilliance and mutual understanding within a group performance…
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Al Di Meola – Across the Universe (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:01:54 minutes | 1,25 GB | Genre: Jazz
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‘Across The Universe’ is a homage to The Beatles and their influence on generations of musicians and music lovers all over the world. You will enjoy the instantly recognizable Beatles melodies blended into the elaborated and unique style of one of the greatest jazz guitarists of our time. These recordings not only are means to pay tribute to the Beatles, whom Di Meola had admired since his teenage years, but also go back in time and capture all the moments that define him today as a man and guitarist who inspired generations of musicians. Di Meola invites his audience to accompany him on his very personal musical journey throughout his life. A life that has been accompanied by iconic Beatles songs like “Hey Jude”, “Here Comes The Sun”, “Strawberry Fields Forever” and “Yesterday”. “Across The Universe” is a musical retrospective of Al Di Meola’s life, his music and his unique career of almost five decades.
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