Latin music has been a strong influence on Al Di Meola since his early years, and in the '90s, he paid especially close attention to the music of Argentina.
A welcome addition to his already impressive catalog, Di Meola Plays Piazzolla pays homage to the late Argentine tango master Astor Piazzolla (whose distinctive and very poetic brand of romanticism was considered quite daring and radical in Argentina).
It would have been easy for an artist to allow his own personality to become obscured when saluting Piazzolla's legacy, but the charismatic Di Meola is too great an improviser to let that happen.
Though his reverence for Piazzolla comes through loud and clear on these haunting classics, there's no mistaking the fact that this is very much an Al Di Meola project.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | OblivionAstor Piazzolla | Al Di Meola | Play | 06:01 | 13 MB | 41 MB |
| 2 | Café 1930Astor Piazzolla | Al Di Meola | Play | 06:12 | 14 MB | 38 MB |
| 3 | Verano ReflectionsAl Di Meola, Astor Piazzolla | Al Di Meola | Play | 04:10 | 9 MB | 29 MB |
| 4 | Night Club 1960Astor Piazzolla | Al Di Meola | Play | 05:46 | 13 MB | 35 MB |
| 5 | Tango IIAstor Piazzolla | Al Di Meola | Play | 05:32 | 12 MB | 34 MB |
| 6 | Bordel 1900Astor Piazzolla | Al Di Meola | Play | 04:29 | 10 MB | 33 MB |
| 7 | Milonga del AngelAstor Piazzolla | Al Di Meola | Play | 03:45 | 8 MB | 23 MB |
| 8 | Last Tango for AstorAl Di Meola | Al Di Meola | Play | 06:17 | 14 MB | 39 MB |
| 9 | Tango Suite Part I | Al Di Meola | Play | 08:48 | 20 MB | 49 MB |
| 10 | Tango Suite Part III | Al Di Meola | Play | 08:48 | 20 MB | 48 MB |
| 59 mins | 137 MB | |||||
| 59 mins | 372 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scott Ansell | Engineer |
| 2 | Dave Baker | Assistant Producer, Engineer |
| 3 | Chris Carrington | Guitar, Guitar (Classical) |
| 4 | Al Di Meola | Andean Pipe, Arranger, Composer, Guitar, Orchestration, Percussion, Primary Artist, Producer, Voices |
| 5 | Richard Evans | Art Direction, Design, Photography |
| 6 | Joe Ferla | Engineer |
| 7 | Dan Garcia | Engineer |
| 8 | Richard Haughton | Photography |
| 9 | Roy Hendrickson | Engineer |
| 10 | Vince Mendoza | String Arrangements |
| 11 | Gumbi Oritz | Congas, Percussion |
| 12 | Astor Piazzolla | Composer |
| 13 | Spyros Poulos | Programming |
| 14 | Hernan Romero | Charango, Keyboards, Producer, Voices |
| 15 | Dino Saluzzi | Bandoneon |
| 16 | Rich Tozzoli | Assistant Engineer |
| 17 | Arto Tuncboyaciyan | Percussion, Voices |
| 18 | Camilla Van Zuylen | Photography |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |