Di Meola Plays Piazzolla

Di Meola Plays Piazzolla is an album by Al Di Meola which is a tribute to Argentinian composer Ástor Piazzolla. Eight of the ten songs were written by Piazzolla. Di Meola is accompanied by percussionist Arto Tuncboyacian and Dino Saluzzi, who plays bandoneon.[2] Vince Mendoza provided some of the string arrangements.[3]

Di Meola Plays Piazzolla
Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 5, 1996
StudioThe Hit Factory, Skyline Studios and The Tracking Zone (New York City, New York)
  • Sound Chamber Recorders (North Hollywood, California)
GenreJazz fusion
Length59:54
LabelMesa/Bluemoon
ProducerAl Di Meola
  • Hernan Romero (Tracks 1 & 5)
Al Di Meola chronology
Orange and Blue
(1994)
Di Meola Plays Piazzolla
(1996)
The Infinite Desire
(1998)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Track listing

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All songs by Ástor Piazzolla except where noted.

  1. "Oblivión" – 6:01
  2. "Café 1930" – 6:13
  3. "Tango Suite, Pt. I" – 8:49
  4. "Tango Suite, Pt. III" – 8:50
  5. "Verano Reflections" (Piazzolla, Di Meola) – 4:10
  6. "Night Club 1960" – 5:44
  7. "Tango II" – 5:33
  8. "Bordel 1900" – 4:30
  9. "Milonga del Angel" – 3:44
  10. "Last Tango for Astor" (Di Meola) – 6:20

Personnel

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  • Al Di Meola – guitars (1, 2, 5-9), all guitar parts (1), percussion (1, 5), orchestration (1, 5, 10), arrangements (1-6, 8, 10), acoustic guitars (3, 4, 10), pandean pipe (5), voice (5), guitar solo (9)
  • Spyros Poulos – programming (1, 5)
  • Dino Saluzzibandoneon (2-4, 7, 8, 10)
  • Hernan Romero – keyboards (5), charango (5), voice (5, 8)
  • Chris Carrington – guitars (2, 6), classical guitar (3, 4, 10)
  • Arto Tunçboyacıyan – percussion (3, 4, 6, 8, 10), voice (3, 4, 10)
  • Gumbi Ortiz – percussion (3, 4, 10), congas (3, 4, 10)
  • Vince Mendoza – string arrangements (2, 6, 8)

Production

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  • Al Di Meola – producer
  • Hernan Romero – co-producer (1, 5)
  • David Baker – assistant producer (1), engineer (1, 3-5)
  • Roy Hendrickson – engineer (2, 6-9)
  • Dan Garcia – string engineer (2), engineer (6, 8)
  • Scott Ansell – engineer (10)
  • Joe Ferla – engineer (10)
  • Rich Tozzoli – assistant engineer (1, 5)
  • Sean Haines – assistant engineer (3, 4, 6-9)
  • Michael Nuceder – assistant engineer (3, 4)
  • Bob Ludwig – mastering at Gateway Mastering (Portland, Maine) and Sound On Sound (New York, NY)
  • Richard Evans – art direction, design, photography
  • Richard Haughton – photos of Al Di Meola
  • Camilla Van Zuylen – photo of Astor Piazzolla

References

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  1. ^ Henderson, Alex. "Di Meola Plays Piazzolla". AllMusic. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
  2. ^ Ferguson, Jim (1 April 1997). "Al Di Meola: Di Meola Plays Piazzolla". JazzTimes. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
  3. ^ "Al DiMeola "DiMeola Plays Piazzolla" | Guitar Nine". www.guitar9.com. Retrieved 14 December 2018.