Di Meola Plays Piazzolla Explained

Di Meola Plays Piazzolla
Type:	studio
Artist:	Al Di Meola
Cover:	AlDiMeolaPlaysPiazzolla.jpg
Released:	November 5, 1996
Studio:	The Hit Factory, Skyline Studios and The Tracking Zone (New York City, New York) Sound Chamber Recorders (North Hollywood, California)
Genre:	Jazz fusion
Length:	59:54
Label:	Mesa/Bluemoon
Producer:	Hernan Romero (Tracks 1 & 5)
Prev Title:	Orange and Blue
Prev Year:	1994
Next Title:	The Infinite Desire
Next Year:	1998

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.^[1] Vince Mendoza provided some of the string arrangements.^[2]

Track listing

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

• 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 Saluzzi – bandoneon (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

• 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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Ferguson . Jim . Al Di Meola: Di Meola Plays Piazzolla . JazzTimes . 14 December 2018 . 1 April 1997.
2. Web site: Al DiMeola "DiMeola Plays Piazzolla" Guitar Nine . www.guitar9.com . 14 December 2018.