Al Di Meola (Jersey City, July 22 1954) is an American fusion guitarist. He was a member of Chick Corea's band Return to Forever, and played with, among others, Paco de Lucia, Herbie Hancock and Gonzalo Rubalcaba. He plays mostly acoustic, but always with the plectrum. He decorates his performances regularly with various omlijstende show effects.
Albums:
1976 - Land of the Midnight Sun (Columbia/Sony)
1977 - Elegant Gypsy (Columbia/Sony)
1978 - Casino (Columbia/Sony)
1980 - Splendido Hotel
1982 - Tour De Force - Live
1982 - Electric Rendezvous
1983 - Scenario
1985 - Soaring through a Dream
1985 - Cielo E Terra
1987 - Tirami Su
1990 - World Sinfonia (Tomato/in-akustik)
1991 - Kiss my Axe (inak/in-akustik)
1993 - World Sinfonia II - Heart of the Immigrants
1994 - Orange and Blue (Gold)
1996 - Rite of Strings
1996 - Al Di Meola plays Piazzolla (Blue Moon/East West)
1998 - The Infinite Desire (Telarc/in-akustik) (Gold)
1999 - Winter Nights (Gold)
2000 - The Grande Passion (Gold)
2000 - World Sinfonia - The Grande Passion
2002 - Fugata
2002 - Flesh On Flesh (Gold)
2006 - Consequence Of Chaos
2006 - Vocal Rendezvous
2007 - Diabolic Inventions and Seduction for Solo Guitar, Volume I, Music of Astor Piazzolla
2008 - La Melodia - World Sinfonia
2011 - Pursuit of Radical Rhapsody (Release in Europa: April 2011)
2013 - All Your Life - A Tribute To The Beatles (Gold)
2013 - All Your Life - A Tribute To The Beatles (Gold)
2015 - Elysium