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Al Di Meola: Di Meola plays Piazzolla

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Artist: Al Di Meola
Title: Di Meola plays Piazzolla
Released: 1996.10.05
Label: Bluemoon Records
Time: 37:20
Producer(s): See Artists ...
Appears with: Stanley Clarke, Jean-Luc Ponty, Paco de Lucia, John McLaughlin
Category: Jazz
Rating: ********.. (8/10)
Media type: CD
Purchase date:  2001.10.13
Price in €: 10,99
Web address: www.aldimeola.com

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[1] Oblivión (Piazzolla) - 6:01
[2] Café 1930 (Piazzolla) - 6:13
[3] Tango Suite, Part 1 (Piazzolla) - 8:49
[4] Tango Suite, Part 3 (Piazzolla) - 8:50
[5] Verano Reflections (DiMeola/Piazzolla) - 4:10
[6] Night Club 1960 (Piazzolla) - 5:44
[7] Tango II (Piazzolla) - 5:33
[8] Bordel 1900 (Piazzolla) - 4:30
[9] Miloga del Angel (Piazzolla) - 3:44
[10] Last Tango for Astor (DiMeola) - 6:20

 A r t i s t s ,   P e r s o n n e l


AL DI MEOLA - Guitar, Percussion, Arranger, Voices, Orchestration, Andean Pipe, Producer

VINCE MENDOZA - String Arrangements
DINO SALUZZI - Bandoneon
HERNAN ROMERO - Keyboards, Voices, Charango, Producer
ARTO TUNCBOYACIYAN - Percussion, Voices
GUMBI ORITZ - Percussion, Conga
CHRIS CARRINGTON - Guitar, Classical Guitar

DAVE BAKER - Engineer, Assistant Producer
SCOTT ANSELL - Engineer
JOE FERLA - Engineer
DAN GARCIA - Engineer
ROY HENDRICKSON - Engineer
RICHARD HAUGHTON - Photography
SPYROS POULOS - Programming
RICH TOZZOLI - Assistant Engineer
CAMILLA VAN ZUYLEN - Photography
RICHARD EVANS - Art Direction, Design, Photography

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1996 CD Atlantic 92744
1996 CS Atlantic 92744



Latin music has been a strong influence on Al DiMeola since his early years, and in the '90s, he paid especially close attention to the music of Argentina. A welcome addition to his already impressive catalogue, DiMeola Plays Piazzola pays homage to the late Argentinean tango master Astor Piazzolla (whose distinctive and very poetic brand of romanticism was considered quite daring and radical in Argentina). It would have been easy for an artist to allow his own personality to become obscured when saluting Piazzola's legacy, but the charismatic DiMeola is too great an improvisor to let that happen. Though his reverence for Piazzola comes through loud and clear on these haunting classics, there's no mistaking the fact that this is very much an Al DiMeola project.

Alex Henderson - All-Music Guide, © 1992 - 2001 AEC One Stop Group, Inc.



Präzision, Klarheit und ein unglaubliches Gespür für emotionale Wirkungen charakterisierten den Komponisten Astor Piazzolla. Saiten-As Al Di Meola geht die Musik des Giganten längst nicht so streng wie dieser selbst an: Er arbeitet mit seidenweichen Gitarrentönen, perkussivem Beiwerk und Synthesizern.

H. Sterner in stereoplay 7/97



Listeners who still think of Al Di Meola merely as a fusion shredder haven't closely followed the more adventurous paths his career has taken--reflected by acoustic recordings...which reveal [his] subtle, deep feeling and thinking sides....approaches the frequently complex music with a combination of great aplomb and sensitivity...

JazzTimes (4/97, pp.72-73)



...Di Meola's tribute serves his (Piazolla's) memory well, with enough textural variation to maintain balance and intrigue....The other hero of this recording is Dino Saluzzi, the powerful bandoneon player who was in World Sinfonia and who supplies the reedy brilliance and virtuosity...

Musician (3/97, p.94)



Astor Piazzolla, der Begründer des Tango Nuevo, wirkt Jahre nach seinem Tod noch als Anreger auf sehr unterschiedlichen Feldern. Während der Klassik-Geiger Gidon Kremer das Erbe Piazzollas einer weiteren “Verkunstung” unterzieht (Heinz-Klaus Jungheinrich), betreibt der Jazz-Gitarrist Al Di Meola dessen Verflachung. Auf seiner CD versammelt er Aufnahmen, die zum Teil schon vor Jahren unter Mitwirkung von Dino Saluzzi und anderen Instrumentalisten entstanden. Mittels moderner Studiotechnik tritt uns Di Meola, der auch als Produzent verantwortlich zeichnet, in seinen Arrangements gleich in der Mehrzahl entgegen. Wo Piazzollas Quintett noch durch die delikate Mischung instrumentaler Klangfarben bezauberte, dominiert hier Gitarrenartistik in einer von synthetischen Streichern und künstlichem Hall angedickten Klangsoße. Kurze Momente musikalischer Schönheit vergehen, sobald Di Meola die Muskeln spielen läßt.

Jürgen Schwab, RONDO 4/97
 

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