''Kiss My Axe'' is an album by jazz guitarist
Al Di Meola that was released in 1991. It is a
jazz fusion album, with significant
world music influences.
Like its predecessor, ''
Tirami Su'' (1987), it is credited to "The Al Di Meola Project", although the two albums have an almost entirely different set of backing musicians.
The album's title is a play on words on the phrase "
kiss my ass
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", with "axe" as a common nickname for an
electric guitar
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. Di Meola chose the title in part because of his frustration with the music industry of the time, which he felt rewarded "
elevator muzak" over more adventurous music.
Track listing
All songs by Al Di Meola unless otherwise noted.
# "South Bound Traveler" (Barry Miles) – 5:22
# "The Embrace" – 5:49
# "Kiss My Axe" – 5:04
# "Morocco" – 7:41
# "Gigi's Playtime Rhyme (Interlude #1)" – 2:36
# "One Night Last June" – 8:19
# "Phantom" (
Chick Corea, arranged by Al Di Meola) 7:53
# "Erotic Interlude (Interlude #2)" – 2:32
# "Global Safari" – 5:42
# "Interlude #3" – 1:59
# "Purple Orchids" – 6:45
# "The Prophet (Interlude #4)" – 1:16
# "Oriana (September 24, 1988)" – 5:19
Personnel
* Al Di Meola – guitars, keyboards, percussion
*
Barry Miles
Barry Miles (born 21 February 1943) is an English author known for his participation in and writing on the subjects of the 1960s London underground and counterculture. He is the author of numerous books and his work has also regularly appeare ...
– keyboards
*
Rachel Z – synthesizers
*
Anthony Jackson – electric contrabass guitar
*
Tony Scherr
Tony Scherr is an American jazz and folk rock bassist, guitarist, singer-songwriter, and record producer.
Biography
Scherr was born in New Haven, Connecticut, and is a graduate of the Hammonasset School. He played with Woody Herman as a teenag ...
– double bass, bass guitar
*
Omar Hakim
Omar Hakim (born February 12, 1959) is an American jazz, jazz fusion and pop music drummer, producer, arranger and composer. He has worked with Weather Report, David Bowie, Foo Fighters, Sting, Madonna, Dire Straits, Bryan Ferry, Journey, Kate ...
– drums
* Richie Morales – drums
* Gumbi Ortiz – congas, bata, percussion
*
Arto Tunçboyacıyan
Arto Tunçboyacıyan ( hy, Արտո Թունջբոյաջյան; hyw, Արթօ Թունճպոյաճեան, Art'ō T'unjpoyajean; born August 4, 1957) is a United States-based avant-garde folk and jazz multi-instrumentalist and singer of Armenian ...
– bongos, percussion, voice
Chart performance
References
Al Di Meola albums
1991 albums
Tomato Records albums
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