Al Dimeloa - Elegant Gypsy

[Reid]

I bought a copy way back in 1981. I like the first two tunes the best. I haven't listened to any Al Di in quite a while.
Some of his later albums feature more sophisticated compositions and production. Tirami Su, Cielo e Terra, and Kiss
My Axe are the ones I've listened to most. And they're now available on BGO 2 CD set.

[Udi Koomran]

Casino is my fav still this is great album indeed

[profusion]

I have everything up to splendido hotel, maybe something after that, not sure now. I tired of his work rather quickly. To me, he started to sound too much the same album after album.

Splendido Hotel is where he started to go off the rails, IMHO. I think his ambition started to get a lot bigger than his talent level at the time would support. He was rather limited in his phrasing and overall approach at the time, and a lot of the diverse music on Splendido Hotel sounds half-baked. There are a few really good pieces on it, though. Electric Rendezvous was an improvement, though perhaps unfocused. I've never been a big fan of his later 1980s work, but he clearly started to "fill in the gaps" in his musicality during that period. He emerges on Kiss My Axe in '92 as a much better musician.

[Reid]

Electric Rendezvous is a fun tune to play. The lines flow beautifully under your fingers, and the fingerings move around the fretboard with superior logic and intelligence.

[expresso]

I love his early albums. Too bad he doesn't play them anymore live. I also like his more acoustic, "Passion,Grace..." and "Grande Passion"

I was a bit disappointed with his setlist when i saw him live, his obsession with Piazzolla must end!

[Father Tiresias]

I recently decided to sample his music, and picked this up along with Land of the Midnight Sun. Meh, the music is ok. While he can certainly play a million notes per second, the melodies and arrangements are forgettable and didn't really excite me. For 70s/80s fusion, there so much better out there (including a lot of records he plays on).

[Reid]

I recently decided to sample his music, and picked this up along with Land of the Midnight Sun. Meh, the music is ok. While he can certainly play a million notes per second, the melodies and arrangements are forgettable and didn't really excite me. For 70s/80s fusion, there so much better out there (including a lot of records he plays on).

Arthur, you might want to try one of his later albums. Midnight Sun sounds very dated at this point. The stuff he was doing by the early 90s is a lot more accomplished and features more ambitious arrangements with modern production values.

[Progatron]

One of my favourites is actually the acoustic trio live album Friday Night In San Fransisco with McLaughlin and de Lucia. Outstanding, if all too short. I really like most of his 70s studio albums though.