''Di Meola Plays Piazzolla'' is an album by

Al Di Meola Albert Laurence Di Meola (born July 22, 1954) is an American guitarist. Known for his works in jazz fusion and world music, he began his career as a guitarist of the group Return to Forever in 1974. Between the 1970s and 1980s, albums such as ' ...

which is a tribute to Argentinian composer Ástor Piazzolla. Eight of the ten songs were written by Piazzolla. Di Meola is accompanied by percussionist Arto Tuncboyacian and Dino Saluzzi, who plays bandoneon. Vince Mendoza provided some of the string arrangements.

Track listing

All songs by Ástor Piazzolla except where noted. #"Oblivión" – 6:01 #"Café 1930" – 6:13 #"Tango Suite, Pt. I" – 8:49 #"Tango Suite, Pt. III" – 8:50 #"Verano Reflections" (Piazzolla, Di Meola) – 4:10 #"Night Club 1960" – 5:44 #"Tango II" – 5:33 #"Bordel 1900" – 4:30 #"Milonga del Angel" – 3:44 #"Last Tango for Astor" (Di Meola) – 6:20

Personnel

– guitars (1, 2, 5-9), all guitar parts (1), percussion (1, 5), orchestration (1, 5, 10), arrangements (1-6, 8, 10), acoustic guitars (3, 4, 10), pandean pipe (5), voice (5), guitar solo (9) * Spyros Poulos – programming (1, 5) * Dino Saluzzi – bandoneon (2-4, 7, 8, 10) * Hernan Romero – keyboards (5),

charango The charango is a small Andean stringed instrument of the lute family, from the Quechua and Aymara populations in the territory of the Altiplano in post-Colonial times, after European stringed instruments were introduced by the Spanish during c ...

(5), voice (5, 8) * Chris Carrington – guitars (2, 6),

classical guitar The classical guitar (also known as the nylon-string guitar or Spanish guitar) is a member of the guitar family used in classical music and other styles. An acoustic wooden string instrument with strings made of gut or nylon, it is a precursor o ...

(3, 4, 10) * Arto Tunçboyacıyan – percussion (3, 4, 6, 8, 10), voice (3, 4, 10) * Gumbi Ortiz – percussion (3, 4, 10),

conga The conga, also known as tumbadora, is a tall, narrow, single-headed drum from Cuba. Congas are staved like barrels and classified into three types: quinto (lead drum, highest), tres dos or tres golpes (middle), and tumba or salidor (lowest). ...

s (3, 4, 10) * Vince Mendoza – string arrangements (2, 6, 8)

Production

* Al Di Meola – producer * Hernan Romero – co-producer (1, 5) * David Baker – assistant producer (1), engineer (1, 3-5) * Roy Hendrickson – engineer (2, 6-9) * Dan Garcia – string engineer (2), engineer (6, 8) * Scott Ansell – engineer (10) * Joe Ferla – engineer (10) * Rich Tozzoli – assistant engineer (1, 5) * Sean Haines – assistant engineer (3, 4, 6-9) * Michael Nuceder – assistant engineer (3, 4) *

Bob Ludwig Robert C. Ludwig (born c. 1945) is an American mastering engineer. He has mastered recordings on all the major recording formats for all the major record labels, and on projects by more than 1,300 artists including Led Zeppelin, Lou Reed, Qu ...

– mastering at Gateway Mastering (Portland, Maine) and Sound On Sound (New York, NY) * Richard Evans – art direction, design, photography * Richard Haughton – photos of Al Di Meola * Camilla Van Zuylen – photo of Astor Piazzolla

References

{{Authority control 1996 albums Al Di Meola albums Atlantic Records albums