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Al Di Meola: Soaring Through a Dream

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Artist: Al Di Meola
Title: Soaring Through a Dream
Released: 1985
Label: Manhattan Records
Time: 47:29
Producer(s): Al Di Meola
Appears with: Stanley Clarke, Jean-Luc Ponty, Paco de Lucia, John McLaughlin
Category: Jazz
Rating: ********.. (8/10)
Media type: CD
Purchase date:  1999
Price in €: 13,99
Web address: www.aldimeola.com

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[1] Capoeira (Di Meola/Moreira) - 9:21
[2] Traces (Of a Tear) (Di Meola) - 9:00
[3] Broken Heart (Di Meola) - 5:00
[4] July (Di Meola) - 5:25
[5] Marina (Di Meola/Moreira) - 4:45
[6] Soaring Through a Dream (Di Meola/Moreira) - 12:26

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Al Di Meola - Guitar, Producer, Composer, Multi Instruments, Guitar (Classical), Guitar (Synthesizer)

Airto Moreira - Percussion, Vocals, Composer
Chip Jackson - Electric Bass, Acoustic Bass
Danny Gottlieb - Drums
Phil Markowitz - Synthesizer, Piano, Keyboards, Piano (Grand)

Dave Baker - Producer, Engineer
Scott Mabuchi - Assistant Engineer
Stephen Wilkes - Photography
Tony Sellari - Design
Bob Ludwig - Mastering

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This recently reissued 1985 date has plenty of electric bombast, along with ample examples of Di Meola's piercing acoustic style. What it lacks is the energy and creative integrity that underscores DiMeola's World Sinfonia sessions and his classic Splendido Hotel . There are some pretty melodies, an entrancing moment or two, and too many interludes where it seems that something is about to happen, but things cool down or degenerate into blandness. The longer compositions drone on without establishing anything substantial, while the short pieces fade in and out, offering bits and pieces of fine playing, but nothing thematically distinguished. When the CD ends, you realize that DiMeola is an excellent technician, but nothing left any lasting impression.

Ron Wynn, All-Music Guide
 

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