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Al Di Meola
acg, g, *1954 US, Jersey City, New Jersey
Musician / Composer / Songwriter / Producer of Jazz
A.k.a. Al Laurence Dimeola
Al Di Meola (born Al Laurence Dimeola, July 22, 1954 in Jersey City, New Jersey) is an acclaimed American jazz fusion and Latin jazz guitarist, composer, and record producer of Italian origin (from Cerreto Sannita). With a musical career that has spanned more than three decades, he has become respected as one of the most influential guitarists in jazz to date. Albums such as Friday Night in San Francisco have earned him both artistic and commercial success with a solid fan base throughout the world.
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Mediterranean Sundance / Rio Ancho - Live at Warfield Theatre, San Francisco, CA - December 5, 1980 on Friday Night in San Francisco by Al Di Meola, John McLaughlin & Paco de Lucía Beyond The Mirage on Paco De Lucia, Al Di Meola, John McLaughlin by Paco de Lucía, Al Di Meola & John McLaughlin Manhã De Carnaval on Paco De Lucia, Al Di Meola, John McLaughlin by Paco de Lucía, Al Di Meola & John McLaughlin Mediterranean Sundance on Elegant Gypsy by Al Di Meola Lady of Rome, Sister of Brazil on Elegant Gypsy by Al Di Meola Short Tales of the Black Forest - Live at Warfield Theatre, San Francisco, CA - December 5, 1980 on Friday Night in San Francisco by Al Di Meola, John McLaughlin & Paco de Lucía No potho reposare on Non potho reposare - Il canto d'amore della Sardegna by Various Artists Race With Devil On Spanish Highway on Anthology by Al Di Meola Mawazine, Pt. I on Pursuit of Radical Rhapsody by Al Di Meola Letter From India on Paco De Lucia, Al Di Meola, John McLaughlin by Paco de Lucía, Al Di Meola & John McLaughlinTrack list and 30sec audio provided by 
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Discography
| Title | Artist | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Opus | Al Di Meola | 2018 | Album |
| Elegant Gypsy & More Live | Al Di Meola | 2018 | Album |
| Opus | Al Di Meola | 2018 | Album |
| Morocco Fantasia | Al Di Meola | 2017 | Album |
| Live '95 | Al Di Meola | 2016 | Album |
| Elysium | Al Di Meola | 2015 | Album |
| All Your Life - A Tribute To The Beatles Recorded At Abbey Road Studios, London | Al Di Meola | 2013 | Album |
| Live At The North Sea Jazz Festival | Al Di Meola | 2012 | Album |
| Pursuit Of Radical Rhapsody | Al Di Meola, World Sinfonia | 2011 | Album |
| Tour De Force - "Live" / Scenario | Al Di Meola | 2011 | Compil. |
| Live In Tokyo | Sturcz Quartet Featuring Al Di Meola | 2010 | Album |
| One Night In Montreal | Al Di Meola | 2010 | Album |
| Elegant Gypsy/Casino | Al Di Meola | 2010 | Compil. |
| One Night In Montreal | Al Di Meola | 2010 | Album |
| Original Album Classics | Al Di Meola | 2010 | Album |
| Splendido Hotel / Electric Rendevous | Al Di Meola | 2010 | Compil. |
| Giganci Jazzu 18 | Al Di Meola | 2010 | Compil. |
| Live At North Sea Jazz Festival 1993 | Al Di Meola | 2010 | Album |
| Cielo E Terra / Soaring Through A Dream / Tirami Su | Al Di Meola | 2009 | Compil. |
| He & Carmen - Live Concert | Al Di Meola, Horgas Eszter | 2009 | Album |
| Live From Seattle And Elsewhere | Al Di Meola, World Sinfonia | 2009 | Album |
| Super Guitar Trio - Live 1990 | Al Di Meola | 2009 | Album |
| Cosmopolitan Live | Al Di Meola & Леонид Агутин | 2008 | Album |
| Beautiful Love - The NYC Session | Eddie Gomez, Billy Drummond, Yutaka Kobayashi Featuring Al Di Meola | 2008 | Album |
| MP3 Collection | Al Di Meola | 2008 | Album |
| MP3 | Al Di Meola | 2008 | Album |
| La Melodia (Live In Milano) | Al Di Meola, World Sinfonia | 2008 | Album |
| Live In London 1991 (Special Limited Edition) | Al Di Meola, World Sinfonia | 2007 | Album |
| Speak A Volcano - Return To Electric Guitar | Al Di Meola | 2007 | Album |
| Diabolic Inventions And Seduction For Solo Guitar Volume I (Music Of Astor Piazzolla) | Al Di Meola | 2007 | Album |
| Consequence Of Chaos | Al Di Meola | 2006 | Album |
| I Tried | Al Di Meola Feat. Angie Stone And Macy Gray | 2006 | Single |
| Vocal Rendezvous | Al Di Meola | 2006 | Album |
| One Of These Nights | Al Di Meola Featuring: Ernie Adams - Gumbi Ortiz - Mario Parmisano - The Sturcz String Quartet | 2005 | Album |
| Midsummer Night In Sardinia - Armentos | Andrea Parodi, Al Di Meola | 2005 | Album |
| Live At Montreux 1994 | Al Di Meola, Jean-Luc Ponty, Stanley Clarke | 2005 | Album |
| Super Guitar Trio And Friends | Al Di Meola / Larry Coryell / Biréli Lagrène With Special Guests: Chris Carrington / Gumbi Ortiz / Arto Tuncboyaciyan | 2005 | Album |
| Live At Montreux 1994 | Al Di Meola, Jean-Luc Ponty, Stanley Clarke | 2005 | Album |
| Cuba Africa | Al Di Meola & Леонид Агутин | 2005 | Single |
| Cosmopolitan Life | Al Di Meola & Леонид Агутин | 2005 | Single |
| Cosmopolitan Life | Al Di Meola & Леонид Агутин | 2005 | Album |
| Go / Go Live From Paris | Stomu Yamash'ta, Steve Winwood, Michael Shrieve, Klaus Schulze, Al Di Meola | 2004 | Album |
| MP3 Звездная Серия | Al Di Meola | 2004 | Compil. |
| Live At Montreux 1986 / 1993 | Al Di Meola | 2004 | Album |
| Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood | No Mercy Feat. Al Di Meola | 2002 | Single |
| Flesh On Flesh | Al Di Meola | 2002 | Album |
| Jazzmasters | Al Di Meola | 2001 | Compil. |
| Anthology | Al Di Meola | 2000 | Compil. |
| The Grande Passion | Al Di Meola, World Sinfonia | 2000 | Album |
| The Al Di Meola Collection | Al Di Meola | 2000 | Compil. |
| Winter Nights | Al Di Meola | 1999 | Album |
| The Collection | Al Di Meola | 1999 | Compil. |
| The Infinite Desire | Al Di Meola | 1998 | Album |
| This Is Jazz Volume 31 | Al Di Meola | 1997 | Compil. |
| Di Meola Plays Piazzolla | Al Di Meola | 1996 | Album |
| The Guitar Trio | Paco De Lucía, Al Di Meola, John McLaughlin | 1996 | Album |
| The Rite Of Strings | Stanley Clarke, Al Di Meola, Jean-Luc Ponty | 1995 | Album |
| Electric Anthology | Al Di Meola | 1995 | Compil. |
| Acoustic Anthology | Al Di Meola | 1995 | Compil. |
| The Essence Of Al Di Meola | Al Di Meola | 1994 | Compil. |
| Orange And Blue | Al Di Meola | 1994 | Album |
| World Sinfonia - Heart Of The Immigrants | Al Di Meola | 1993 | Album |
| The Best Of Al Di Meola: The Manhattan Years | Al Di Meola | 1992 | Compil. |
| Al Di Meola - Herbie Hancock | Al Di Meola - Herbie Hancock | 1992 | Compil. |
| Fugata - The Best Of Al Di Meola | Al Di Meola | 1992 | Compil. |
| MP3 Collection | Al Di Meola | 1992 | Compil. |
| The Way In | Jeff Richman With Al Di Meola, Steve Lukather, Frank Gambale, John Abercrombie | 1991 | Album |
| The Collection | Al Di Meola | 1991 | Compil. |
| World Sinfonia | Al Di Meola | 1991 | Album |
| Monster Technique | Vinnie Moore / Juan Serrano / Al Di Meola | 1990 | Album |
| The Super Guitar Trio And Friends | Al Di Meola, Larry Coryell, Biréli Lagrène | 1990 | Album |
| Greatest Hits | Al Di Meola | 1990 | Compil. |
| Elegant Gypsy + Land Of The Midnight Sun | Al Di Meola | 1989 | Album |
| Untitled | Al Di Meola | 1989 | Compil. |
| The Senate | Foley, Al Di Meola | 1988 | Album |
| Latin | Γιώργος Νταλάρας Συμμετέχει Ο Al Di Meola | 1987 | Album |
| Friday Night In San Francisco - Passion Grace & Fire | John McLaughlin / Al Di Meola / Paco De Lucía | 1987 | Compil. |
| Untitled | Al Di Meola / Bill Aitken | 1986 | Album |
| Rhapsody Of Fire (The Best Of Al Di Meola) | Al Di Meola | 1986 | Compil. |
| Cielo E Terra | Al Di Meola | 1985 | Album |
| Sequencer / I Am Only Shooting Love | Al Di Meola / Time Bandits | 1984 | Album |
| Sequencer (Special 12" Mixes) | Al Di Meola | 1984 | Album |
| Friday Night In San Francisco / Passion, Grace & Fire | John McLaughlin / Al Di Meola / Paco De Lucía | 1983 | Compil. |
| Aspen / Sichia | John McLaughlin - Al Di Meola - Paco De Lucía | 1983 | Single |
| Aspan / Chiquito | John McLaughlin / Al Di Meola / Paco De Lucía | 1983 | Single |
| Passion, Grace & Fire | John McLaughlin - Al Di Meola - Paco De Lucía | 1983 | Album |
| Scenario | Al Di Meola | 1983 | Album |
| Tour De Force - "Live" | Al Di Meola | 1982 | Album |
| Cruisin' | Al Di Meola | 1982 | Single |
| The Guitarist | Al Di Meola | 1982 | Compil. |
| Elegant Gypsy / Electric Rendezvous | Al Di Meola | 1982 | Compil. |
| Electric Rendezvous | Al Di Meola | 1982 | Album |
| Columbia Records Presents Jazz Jazz Jazz | Arthur Blythe, Miles Davis, Al Di Meola, Charles Earland, Fathers & Sons Productions, Maynard Ferguson | 1982 | Compil. |
| Ritmo De La Noche | Al Di Meola | 1982 | Single |
| Friday Night In San Francisco | Al Di Meola / John McLaughlin / Paco De Lucía | 1981 | Album |
| Friday Night In San Francisco | John McLaughlin / Al Di Meola / Paco De Lucía | 1981 | Single |
| Dinner Music Of The Gods | Al Di Meola | 1980 | Album |
| Roller Jubilee | Al Di Meola | 1980 | Single |
| Spanish Eyes | Al Di Meola | 1980 | Single |
| Splendido Hotel | Al Di Meola | 1980 | Album |
| Casino | Al Di Meola | 1978 | Album |
| Crossing The Line | Stomu Yamash'ta / Steve Winwood / Michael Shrieve / Klaus Schulze / Al Di Meola | 1978 | Single |
| European Tour Sept./Oct. 1978 | Al Di Meola | 1978 | Album |
| Land Of The Midnight Sun / Elegant Gypsy | Al Di Meola | 1977 | Compil. |
| Elegant Gypsy | Al Di Meola | 1977 | Album |
| Elegant Gypsie Suite | Al Di Meola | 1977 | Single |
| Danza Del Sol Mediterraneo | Al Di Meola Y Paco De Lucía | 1977 | Single |
| Land Of The Midnight Sun | Al Di Meola | 1976 | Album |
| Land Of The Midnight Sun | Al Di Meola | 1976 | Album |
| Best - Ritmo De La Noche | Al Di Meola | Compil. | |
| Classic and Electric Guitars - Rocktempel, Amsterdam 30/05/82 | Al Di Meola | Album | |
| Al Di Meola MP3 | Al Di Meola | Compil. |
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