Al Di Meola

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composer fusion guitarist human jazz guitarist recording artist

Al Di Meola is an American jazz fusion guitarist renowned for his virtuosic technique, complex compositions, and influential work with Return to Forever and as a solo artist.

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Label Occurrences
Al Di Meola canonical 10
Albert Laurence Di Meola 1

Statements (57)

Predicate Object
instanceOf composer ⓘ
fusion guitarist ⓘ
human ⓘ
jazz guitarist ⓘ
recording artist ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1970s ⓘ
associatedAct Chick Corea ⓘ
Gonzalo Rubalcaba ⓘ
Jean-Luc Ponty ⓘ
John McLaughlin ⓘ
Lenny White ⓘ
Paco de Lucía ⓘ
Stanley Clarke ⓘ
Steve Vai ⓘ
World Sinfonia ⓘ
awardReceived Guitar Player magazine Best Overall Guitarist ⓘ
surface form: Guitar Player magazine Best Jazz Guitarist
birthName Al Di Meola self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Albert Laurence Di Meola
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1954-07-22 ⓘ
genre Latin jazz ⓘ
jazz fusion ⓘ
progressive rock ⓘ
world music ⓘ
influenced many contemporary fusion guitarists ⓘ
influencedBy Chick Corea ⓘ
Larry Coryell ⓘ
Paco de Lucía ⓘ
instrument Ovation guitar ⓘ
acoustic guitar ⓘ
electric guitar ⓘ
guitar ⓘ
memberOf Return to Forever ⓘ
name Al Di Meola self-link ⓘ
notableAlbum Cielo e Terra ⓘ
Electric Rendezvous ⓘ
Kiss My Axe ⓘ
Orange and Blue ⓘ
World Sinfonia ⓘ
notableCollaboration Friday Night in San Francisco with Paco de Lucía and John McLaughlin ⓘ
notableWork Casino ⓘ
Elegant Gypsy ⓘ
Friday Night in San Francisco ⓘ
Land of the Midnight Sun ⓘ
Splendido Hotel ⓘ
occupation composer ⓘ
guitarist ⓘ
record producer ⓘ
placeOfBirth Jersey City ⓘ
surface form: Jersey City, New Jersey, United States
recordLabel Columbia Records ⓘ
Eagle Records ⓘ
Manhattan Records ⓘ
Sony Music Entertainment ⓘ
surface form: Sony Music

Telarc ⓘ
styleCharacteristic Latin and Mediterranean influences ⓘ
complex compositions ⓘ
fast alternate picking ⓘ
virtuosic technique ⓘ

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Chick Corea → associatedAct → Al Di Meola ⓘ
Federico Britos → hasCollaboratedWith → Al Di Meola ⓘ
Stanley Clarke → collaboratedWith → Al Di Meola ⓘ
Return to Forever → hasMember → Al Di Meola ⓘ
John Patitucci → associatedAct → Al Di Meola ⓘ
Al Di Meola → name → Al Di Meola self-link ⓘ
Al Di Meola → birthName → Al Di Meola self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Albert Laurence Di Meola
Lenny White → workedWith → Al Di Meola ⓘ
Lenny White → associatedAct → Al Di Meola ⓘ
John McLaughlin → associatedAct → Al Di Meola ⓘ
John McLaughlin → collaboratedWith → Al Di Meola ⓘ