Al Di Meola discography
Al Di Meola, 2013
This is a discography of Al Di Meola, an American jazz fusion and Latin jazz guitarist, composer, and record producer of Italian origin.
Studio albums[]
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [1][2][3][4][5] |
US Jazz [1] |
US Cont Jazz [1] |
SWE [6] |
NLD [7] |
NZL [8] |
GER [9] | ||||||||
| Land of the Midnight Sun |
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129 | 13 | — | — | 20 | — | — | ||||||
| Elegant Gypsy |
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58 | 5 | — | 40 | — | 35 | — |
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| Casino |
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52 | 5 | — | 37 | — | — | — | ||||||
| Splendido Hotel |
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119 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| Electric Rendezvous |
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55 | 3 | — | 26 | — | 47 | 57 | ||||||
| Scenario |
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128 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| Cielo e Terra |
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— | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| Soaring Through a Dream |
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— | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| Tirami Su |
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190 | — | 14 | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| World Sinfonia |
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— | — | 10 | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| Kiss My Axe |
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— | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| World Sinfonia II – Heart of the Immigrants |
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— | — | 15 | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| Orange and Blue |
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— | — | 17 | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| Di Meola Plays Piazzolla |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| The Infinite Desire |
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— | — | 17 | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| Winter Nights |
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— | — | 15 | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| World Sinfonía III - The Grande Passion |
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— | — | 24 | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| Flesh on Flesh |
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— | — | 25 | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| Consequence of Chaos |
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— | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| Pursuit of Radical Rhapsody |
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— | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
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— | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
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— | — | — | — | — | — | 80 | |||||||
| Across the Universe |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | 36 | ||||||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||
Collaborative albums[]
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [1] |
US Jazz [1] |
US Cont Jazz [1] |
GER [9] |
NLD [7] |
AUT [11] |
NZL [8] |
FRA [12] | |||||||
| Friday Night in San Francisco with Paco de Lucía and John McLaughlin |
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97 | 6 | — | 22 | 66 | 5 | 48 | 154 | |||||
| Passion, Grace and Fire Paco de Lucía and John McLaughlin |
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171 | 9 | — | 35 | — | — | — | — | |||||
| The Rite of Strings with Stanley Clarke and Jean-Luc Ponty |
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— | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| The Guitar Trio with Paco de Lucía and John McLaughlin |
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— | 1 | — | 55 | — | 27 | — | 21 | |||||
| Cosmopolitan Life with Leonid Agutin |
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— | — | — | 57 | — | — | — | — | |||||
| with Andrea Parodi |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| The NYC Session: Beautiful Love with Eddie Gómez, Billy Drummond and |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| with |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||
Live albums[]
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [1] |
US Jazz [1] | |||||||||||||
| Tour De Force – Live |
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165 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Live in London |
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| Melodia Live in Milano |
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| World Sinfonia: Live from Seattle and Elsewhere |
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— | — | |||||||||||
| Live at the North Sea Jazz Festival |
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— | — | |||||||||||
| Morocco Fantasia |
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| Elegant Gypsy & More |
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— | — | |||||||||||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||
Other appearances[]
| Year | Notes | Album | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | band member | - Return to Forever | [15] |
| 1975 | band member | No Mystery - Return to Forever | [16] |
| electric guitar in "Prince of the Sea" | Venusian Summer - Lenny White | ||
| 1976 | guitar solo in "Man of Leo", "Stellar", "Carnival", "Ghost Machine" and "Time is Here" |
Go - Stomu Yamashta, Steve Winwood and Michael Shrieve | |
| band member | Romantic Warrior - Return to Forever | [17] | |
| guitar | Go Live from Paris - Stomu Yamashta's Go | ||
| 1977 | guitar | Go Too - Stomu Yamashta's Go | [18] |
| 1982 | guitar in "Compadres" | Touchstone - Chick Corea | |
| 1984 | guitar in "Allergies" | Hearts and Bones - Paul Simon | |
| 1988 | acoustic guitar in "The Way In", and "Sledgehammer" | The Way In - | |
| guitar | Latin - George Dalaras | [19] | |
| 1993 | guitar | Jazzpana - Vince Mendoza and Arif Mardin | [20] |
| 1995 | guitar | David Broza - David Broza | [21] |
| acoustic guitar | Dance of Fire - Aziza Mustafa Zadeh | ||
| producer | Magic Touch - Stanley Jordan | [22] | |
| 1996 | guitar in "El Ciego" | The Promise - John McLaughlin | [23] |
| guitar in "Mediterranean Sundance" | Pavarotti & Friends For War Child - Luciano Pavarotti | [24] | |
| 1997 | guitar | People in Room No 8 - Leslie Mándoki | [25] |
| 1999 | guitar | Crossing the Bridge - Eileen Ivers | [26] |
| 2000 | acoustic guitar | Inspiration – Colors & Reflections - Aziza Mustafa Zadeh | |
| 2001 | guitar in "Beyond the Mirage, for 2 guitars", "Azzurra, for 2 guitars" and "The Grand Passion, for 2 guitars" |
Nylon & Steel - Manuel Barrueco | [27] |
| acoustic guitar | The Running Roads - George Dalaras | [28] | |
| 2002 | guitar in "Torbellino (Whirlwind)" | Camino Latino - Liona Boyd | [29] |
| guitar | Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood - No Mercy | ||
| guitar | Soulmates - Leslie Mándoki | ||
| 2003 | acoustic guitar in "The Sons of Anu" and "Gypsy Moth" | Black Utopia - Derek Sherinian | [30] |
| guitar in "Sinej Reki Voda" | Deja Vu - Leonid Agutin | [31] | |
| 2009 | band member | Returns - Return to Forever | [32] |
Video albums[]
| Title | Video details |
|---|---|
| The Super Guitar Trio and Friends with Larry Coryell and Bireli Lagrene |
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| Live at Montreux 1986/1993 |
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| Live at Montreux 1994 with Jean-Luc Ponty and Stanley Clarke |
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| One of These Nights with , , Mario Parmisano and |
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| Speak a Volcano: Return to Electric Guitar |
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| Super Guitar Trio: Live at Montreux /1989 with Larry Coryell and Bireli Lagrene |
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| Cosmopolitan Live with Leonid Agutin |
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| Return to Forever: Returns – Live at Montreux with Stanley Clarke, Chick Corea and Lenny White |
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| Live in Tokyo with The Sturcz Quartet |
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| Live at North Sea Jazz Festival |
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| One Night in Montreal |
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| Carmen |
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| Morocco Fantasia |
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References[]
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Al Di Meola | Awards | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2016-05-16.
- ^ "Passion, Grace & Fire - John McLaughlin,Al Di Meola,Paco de Lucía | Awards | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2016-05-16.
- ^ "The Guitar Trio: Paco de Lucia/John McLaughlin/Al Di Meola - Paco de Lucía,Al Di Meola,John McLaughlin | Awards | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2016-05-16.
- ^ "Friday Night in San Francisco - Al Di Meola,John McLaughlin,Paco de Lucía | Awards | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2016-05-16.
- ^ "Rite of Strings - Stanley Clarke | Awards | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2016-05-16.
- ^ Steffen Hung. "swedishcharts.com - Swedish Charts Portal". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 2016-05-16.
- ^ a b Steffen Hung. "Dutch Charts - dutchcharts.nl". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 2016-05-16.
- ^ a b Steffen Hung. "charts.nz - New Zealand charts portal". charts.nz. Retrieved 2016-05-16.
- ^ a b "Discographie von Al Di Meola". GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
- ^ "RIAA - Gold & Platinum Searchable Database - February 24, 2015". RIAA.
- ^ Steffen Hung. "Das Österreichische Hitparaden- und Musik-Portal". austriancharts.at. Retrieved 2016-05-16.
- ^ Steffen Hung. "lescharts.com - Les charts français". lescharts.com. Retrieved 2016-05-16.
- ^ "Midsummer Night in Sardinia - Andrea Parodi - Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards - AllMusic". AllMusic.
- ^ Thom Jurek. "Beautiful Love: The NYC Session Featuring Al di Meola - Eddie Gomez - Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards - AllMusic". AllMusic.
- ^ "Where Have I Known You Before? - Chick Corea, Return to Forever - Credits - AllMusic". AllMusic.
- ^ "No Mystery - Return to Forever - Credits - AllMusic". AllMusic.
- ^ "Romantic Warrior - Return to Forever - Credits - AllMusic". AllMusic.
- ^ "Go Too - Stomu Yamashta, Stomu Yamashta's Go - Credits - AllMusic". AllMusic.
- ^ "Greece". george-dalaras.com.
- ^ "Jazz Reviews: JazzpanaVince Mendoza/Arif Mardin - By Andrew Lindemann Malone — Jazz Articles". jazztimes.com. Archived from the original on 2014-08-12. Retrieved 2014-08-12.
- ^ "David Broza [1995] - David Broza - Credits - AllMusic". AllMusic.
- ^ "Magic Touch - Stanley Jordan - Credits - AllMusic". AllMusic.
- ^ Thom Jurek. "The Promise - John McLaughlin - Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards - AllMusic". AllMusic.
- ^ William Ruhlmann. "Pavarotti & Friends for War Child - Luciano Pavarotti - Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards - AllMusic". AllMusic.
- ^ "MAN DOKI : People in room no 8". jorgenand.se.
- ^ "Crossing the Bridge - Eileen Ivers - Credits - AllMusic". AllMusic.
- ^ "Nylon & Steel - Manuel Barrueco - Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards - AllMusic". AllMusic.
- ^ "The Running Roads - George Dalaras - Credits - AllMusic". AllMusic.
- ^ "Camino Latino (Latin Journey) - Liona Boyd - Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards - AllMusic". AllMusic.
- ^ "Untitled Document". dereksherinian.com. Archived from the original on 2008-10-11.
- ^ "Amazon.com: Deja-Vu: Leonid Agutin: MP3 Downloads". amazon.com.
- ^ "Returns - Return to Forever - Credits - AllMusic". AllMusic.
- ^ "Al Di Meola: Live at Montreux, 1986, 1989, 1993 - Al di Meola - Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards - AllMusic". AllMusic.
- ^ Ken Dryden. "Live at Montreux 1994 [DVD] - Stanley Clarke, Al di Meola, Jean-Luc Ponty - Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards - AllMusic". AllMusic.
- ^ Joe Viglione. "Speak a Volcano: Return to Electric Guitar - Al di Meola - Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards - AllMusic". AllMusic.
- ^ "Cosmopolitan Live [DVD] - Leonid Agutin, Al di Meola - Credits - AllMusic". AllMusic.
External links[]
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