Al Di Meola Discography
A wunderkind who joined RTF in the mid-seventies and has only improved with age. He is unquestionably a living legend and arguably the greatest guitarist of his era.
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[Review] Al Di Meola: Land of The Midnight Sun (1976)
You may never return to forever after you start listening to Al’s solo albums–they’re that good.
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[Review] Al Di Meola: Elegant Gypsy (1977)
A steady cast of players, synthesizers and more great guitar-driven fusion mark Di Meola’s second album, which otherwise follows the first’s format.
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[Review] Al Di Meola: Casino (1978)
Di Meola’s third is a safe bet to please fusion fans who enjoyed his first two albums.
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[Review] Al Di Meola: Splendido Hotel (1980)
A hotel with four sides and lots of room for guitar solos, this is a double treat for Di Meola fans.
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[Review] Al Di Meola: Electric Rendezvous (1982)
The last of the fusion albums with his original lineup and featuring the usual fireworks.
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[Review] Al Di Meola: Tour de Force – Live (1982)
Six live songs from the fastest six-string shooter in the West.
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[Review] John McLaughlin/Al Di Meola/Paco De Lucia: Passion, Grace & Fire (1983)
Three of the world’s great living guitarists play fiery flamenco music in this classy followup.
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The Essence of Al Di Meola (1994)
And I found myself in the great Hall of Guitar Heroes, past the familiar figures of Robert Fripp, Steve Howe, Allan Holdsworth, Frank Zappa and the rest, looking at a large unopened box in the back marked RETURN TO FOREVER. Must have been an impulse purchase, I mused, fueled by a fusion reverie. So I…
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[Review] Stanley Clarke/Al Di Meola/Jean-Luc Ponty: The Rite of Strings (1995)
An alignment of fusion stars, unplugged, that sort of picks up where Di Meola, De Lucia and McLaughlin left off.
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Al Di Meola: Flesh On Flesh (2002)
[Kronomyth 23.0] Latinnitus.
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Al Di Meola: Diabolic Inventions And Seduction For Solo Guitar, Volume 1 (2007)
Kronomyth 27.0: OH, WHAT A TANGOED RUG WE WEAVE. There’s something about the beginning of an Al Di Meola disc that always takes my breath away. The brainbox knows he’s a brilliant guitarist who’s full of surprises and yet somehow, unexpectedly, miraculously, I’m surprised by his genius and agility anew. That’s how I feel every…
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Al Di Meola: Speak A Volcano (2007)
Kronomyth 27.5: LAST TANGO IN LEVERKUSEN. This is the Diabolic/Chaos tour live at the Leverkusener-Jazztage in Leverkusen, Germany. Despite being billed as a “Return to Electric Guitar” and the front cover image of Di Meola with a double-neck axe (which was apparently confiscated by German customs), Speak A Volcano is a balancing act between the…
