Di Meola Plays Piazzolla

by Al Di Meola

Overview

Latin music has been a strong influence on Al Di Meola 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 catalog, Di Meola Plays Piazzolla pays homage to the late Argentine 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 Piazzolla's legacy, but the charismatic Di Meola is too great an improviser to let that happen. Though his reverence for Piazzolla comes through loud and clear on these haunting classics, there's no mistaking the fact that this is very much an Al Di Meola project. ~ Alex Henderson

Product Details

Release Date:	11/05/1996
Label:	Mesa/Bluemoon / Atlantic
UPC:	0075679274427
Rank:	88740

Tracks

1. Oblivion
2. Caf¿¿ 1930
3. Tango Suite, Pt. 1
4. Tango Suite, Pt. 2
5. Verano Reflections
6. Night Club 1960
7. Tango II
8. Bordel 1900
9. Milonga del Angel
10. Last Tango for Astor

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Al Di Meola   Primary Artist,Guitar,Voices,Percussion,Andean Pipe
Hernan Romero   Voices,Keyboards,Charango
Gumbi Oritz   Congas,Percussion
Chris Carrington   Guitar,Guitar (Classical)
Arto Tuncboyaciyan   Voices,Percussion
Dino Saluzzi   Bandoneon

Technical Credits

Dave Baker   Assistant Producer,Engineer
Hernan Romero   Producer
Al Di Meola   Arranger,Composer,Producer,Orchestration
Richard Evans   Photography,Art Direction,Design
Richard Haughton   Photography
Camilla Van Zuylen   Photography
Joe Ferla   Engineer
Vince Mendoza   String Arrangements
Scott Ansell   Engineer
Roy Hendrickson   Engineer
Spyros Poulos   Programming
Rich Tozzoli   Assistant Engineer
Astor Piazzolla   Composer
Dan Garcia   Engineer