Al Di Meola World Sinfonia

"Heart of the Immigrants" includes five musical pieces from Astor Piazzola, the outstandingly creative Argentine composer who gave the "tango" the possibility to grow and merge with other musical styles. Di Meola, who had the opportunity to meet Piazzola to exchange musical concepts, friendship and their mutual admiration, manages to expresses the melancholic sentiment of Piazzola's tango. Di Meola evidences that

he shares many of Piazzola's motivations that allowed him to transform
music standards into a new musical concept. Piazzola's music is very
difficult to play and specially cover (listen to the original CD's
played by either his quartet or sextet). The vertigo and movement that
Piazzola imposes on his musical scales is unique, however, a virtuoso
guitar player like Al Di Meola has the versatility needed to move
within Piazzola's musical concepts. In addition to Piazzola's tribute,
the CD offers five themes from Di Meola's inspiration, two tunes from
Arto Tuncboyacian, who is responsible for percussion and voice, and a
cover of the jazz standard "Someday My Prince Will Come" which is
offered as a tribute to Miles Davis according to Al Di Meola and Dino
Saluzzi who plays the "bandoneon" in this project.
The material written by Di Meola is very sentimental and is executed
with deep inspiration. The different acoustic guitars used by him and
his partner Christopher Carrington, together with the use of
bandoneon, percussion, and voices, create a very unique atmosphere
that distinguishes this material from any previous work done.
The cover of "Someday My Prince Will Come" sounds more like a tango
played by Piazzola than a jazz standard which fits in perfect with
the mood and sound of the CD. There are no "circus of speed" acts in
this project, although the guitar parts are very rich and carry a
challenging degree of difficulty.

?- Musicians:
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?- Al Di Meola - guitar
?- Dino Saluzzi - bandoneon
?- Arto Tuncboyacian - percussion
?- Chris Carrington - guitar

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Al Di Meola New World Sinfonia , Live in Cluj, Ro. at 02.11.2011
Musicians :
Al Di Meola - guitar
Fausto Becalossi - accordion
Peo Alfonsi - acoustic guitar
Peter Kaszas - drums, percussion