
Al di Meola
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Al di Meola Biography
Guitarist Al di Meola first rose to prominence as a blazing jazz fusion
player before his playing matured and he began to conquer other styles,
such as acoustic Latin music. Born on July 22, 1954, in Jersey City,
NJ, di Meola briefly studied at the Berklee School of Music in Boston
during the early '70s before accepting a job replacing guitarist Bill
Connors in fusion trailblazers Return to Forever (a group that included
such monster instrumentalists as keyboardist Chick Corea and bassist
Stanley Clarke) in 1974. It was with di Meola that Return to Forever
enjoyed their greatest commercial success, as such releases as 1974's
Where Have I Known Before, 1975's No Mystery, and 1976's Romantic
Warrior cracked the U.S. Top 40 before di Meola jumped ship to launch a
solo career.
What followed remains some of the finest jazz fusion guitar-based
recordings ever: 1976's Land of the Midnight Sun, 1977's Elegant Gypsy
(which would eventually earn gold certification in the U.S.), and
Casino, plus 1979's Splendido Hotel, before uniting with fellow guitar
greats John McLaughlin and Paco de Lucía for 1980's Friday Night in San
Francisco. Throughout the '80s and '90s, di Meola racked up numerous
accolades (including earning yearly top honors in Guitar Player
Magazine polls), kept on issuing solo releases on a regular basis, and
played with others, including releases by Stomu Yamash'ta, Paul Simon,
Stanley Jordan, and David Matthews, as well as further work with such
former bandmates as Corea, Clarke, de Lucía, and McLaughlin. During the
'90s, di Meola turned his back almost entirely on fusion to concentrate
more on acoustic-based world music, as evidenced by such releases as
World Sinfonia, Di Meola Plays Piazzolla, and Heart of the Immigrants,
among others. ~ Greg Prato, All Music Guide