Flesh on Flesh explained

Flesh on Flesh
Type:	Album
Artist:	Al Di Meola
Cover:	Fleshonflesh.jpg
Released:	27 August 2002
Recorded:	March – April 2002
Studio:	The Hit Factory Criteria (North Miami, Florida) Cintron Studios (Miami Beach, Florida)
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	50:50
Label:	Telarc
Producer:	Al Di Meola
Prev Title:	World Sinfonía III - The Grande Passion
Prev Year:	2000
Next Title:	Consequence of Chaos
Next Year:	2006

Flesh on Flesh is a 2002 album by Italian-American jazz fusion and Latin jazz guitarist Al Di Meola. The album contains new compositions and reworkings of older ones as well.^[1]

Track listing

All songs by Al Di Meola unless otherwise noted.

1. "Zona Desperata" – 9:23
2. "Innamorata" – 8:38
3. "Meninas" (Egberto Gismonti) – 5:41
4. "Flesh on Flesh" – 5:57
5. "Fugata" (Ástor Piazzolla) – 5:46
6. "Deep and Madly" – 1:45
7. "Saffire Soleil" – 4:11
8. "Señor Mouse" (Chick Corea) – 9:24

Personnel

• Al Di Meola – acoustic guitars (1-5, 7, 8), electric-acoustic guitars (1, 2, 4-7), Roland VG-88 (1, 2, 4-7), bombo legüero (1, 2), dumbek (2, 5), klong khaek (2), tarbuka (2), timpani (2), acoustic-electric guitars (4, 6), cymbals (4), drum programming (6), electric guitar (7, 8), drums (8)
• Gonzalo Rubalcaba – Fender Rhodes (1, 5), Rhodes solo (1)
• Mario Parmisano – acoustic piano (1-5, 7, 8), synthesizers (1, 2, 4, 5), marimba (1), arrangements (3), calliope (4)
• Anthony Jackson – electric contrabass (1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8), electric bass (3)
• Ernie Adams – drums (2, 7)
• Gumbi Ortiz – percussion (1), congas (1, 2, 4, 5), cajón (2, 4, 5)
• Alejandro Santos – flutes (1, 2, 4, 5, 7), pan pipes (2), bass flute (3)
• Guillermo Ruiz – alto saxophone (1)
• Jeans Valdés Labrada – alto saxophone (1)
• Williams Polledo – trumpet (1)

Production

• Robert Woods – executive producer
• Al Di Meola – producer, arrangements
• Roger Nichols – basic track engineer, mastering
• Michael Renna – engineer (6)
• Mark Lee – assistant engineer, additional engineer
• Dan O'Brien – second assistant engineer, studio coordinator
• German Ortiz – overdub engineer, mixing
• Marty Clinton III – assistant overdub engineer, mix assistant
• Anilda Carrasquillo – art direction, design
• Superstock – cover photography
• Peter Zander – back cover photography

Notes and References

1. Schneppen, Heinz, “The case of Karl Peters: a colonial official on trial” Zeitschrift für Geschichtswissenschaft, 869-885, [database on-line]; available from Historical Abstracts.
2. Web site: Flesh on Flesh - Al di Meola | Awards | AllMusic . allmusic.com . 27 October 2013.