I remember, I borrowed my bother's vinyl record of Al DiMeola and kept it for a long time. He finally got it back and I missed it so much I went and got my own. Heavy rock-jazz fusion like this was so rarely as well done as this guy right here. Yeah Yngwie came along later, and van halen, and satriani. But this guy came from the Jazz world and it all was sooo musically interesting while it shreds because the other musicians were talents in their own right.
Incredible performance.. that's what they did back in the 70's.. Real musicians doing it for real.. live... no b.s.! At that time Al was becoming the leader of the pack in the guitar world...He had just left Return to Forever and was assuming Guitar God status!
Love this stuff dude I'm FoH engineer when I was a young man this is was what I listen to every day because the studio mixes was all about Tone and the players. Showed me how to mix. So it is part of my DNA. THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES
Watch at 7.03 how he reaches for that volume knob and turns that LP from a staccato machine into a sustain monster..all in a nano-second..no pedals folks.
My fav Al era is this early music all the way until Kiss My Axe, after that he's very hit and miss for me, but those first 4 albums and up to axe are amazing.
band line-up is wrong for 1978 - on May 5th in New York, it was: Steve Gadd - drums Anthony Jackson - bass Barry Miles - keyboards Mingo Lewis - percussion Eddie Colon - percussion . . . so I suspect the date listed for this performance is later than April 1978.
I first learned who AI was back in 1980 when I first started playing After seeing him in an ad for dimarzio pickups. He used the super distortion model in his les pauls just like in this video. Al was a major influence on my own playing.
Just saw Al play in Natick, Massachusetts with World Sinfonia, if you can believe it. It was a tiny arts club that I never even heard of. Absolutely amazing. I brought my kids. All they could say was "Oh My GOD!"
Great stuff here! I also saw the Chick Corea/Stanley Clarke with Al that you liked, I like that even better. I guess we have a little more work to do with our version of Jumpin Jack Flash!
I don't think that even can be questioned. Shred guitar, speed metal-level riffing, fantastic bass and drum work...why can't all jazz be like this! =D I'm not a jazz fan, but my simplistic metalhead self can appreciate the hell out of what Al did on Elegant Gypsy.
@Talkin Bout Nawlins Thanks! With all those ''shredders'' in the last decades in fact not many can appreciate the impact this track had on guitar world back in the day, but in the middle of 70s when guys like Jimmy Page and Eric Clapton were considered ''the edge'' of contemporary guitar, Al Di Meola was light years ahead of them and most other guitarplayers. Yeah, I know they play Rock and he is a Jazz musician, but still...
@Talkin Bout Nawlins He did great, his live performance is astonishing. I know they're maybe the best fusion band in the world - with people like Chick Corea, Stanky Clarke and Lenny White the final result can only be outstanding. TBH Al Di Meola is my favourite guitarplayer, together with Frank Gambale and Alan Holdsworth. I like some Rock guitarplayers as Steve Lukather also. Congrats on good taste!
This guy is truly an impact on what you can do on guitar along with his various genre fusions, Imo I've always thought Malmsteen to be a tad overrated.
The guitar playing is rock solid and the band is tight all round. BUT, I don't know about you guys, but I would kill to hear Al play the solo right at the end in it's unadulterated / studio version form.
Let's spend it on s vacation then fly back to depart from Amsterdam where we bought the van . Deal. Garret us from Amsterdam holland. Has a country rick band . Live songs guitar.back to Toronto spring late .
6:44.... the *one* freakin' part every guitarist watching this wants to see, and what's the camera man doing? focusing the camera on DiMeola's face. Big FAIL to the cameraman. On a lighter note - DiMeola rocks!
One of the main godfathers of shred, if not the most important for the 80s movement, lots of guys tried to copy his killer picked runs. And not only Al, the entire band is off the charts, Tim Landers on bass slays, and love Robbie Gonzalez on drums. Brought to you by a good dose of excellent 70s cocaine of course.😁
Endless al demeola Spain I loved the 🖤 clothes and malaga minstrels one birthday dinner yaya malaga Spain Ray The bull fight that hat red rose in the hat Madrid Gibraltar to mirricci by ship with my van to casa blanca fez the harem where I want to live I dress like that for al demeola Felipe flores enjoy ed this 200 percent love te quiero mi amor al Jane gypswine caves in Spain I ordered my ticket from mexico to Spain they said no miami Jane we must transfer in Miami. Te wuiero
@bej144 ....yngwie, vai, satriani....van halen for that matter..they are all great, so who cares?al is certainly in a class all his own, but 90% of the world listens to crap music,so how about picking on them instead of the 80's shredders..who for the most part are pretty great too My top 10 guitarists are... (NOT ranked in order, just the top ten) Al Dimeola Allan Holdsworth Frank Zappa Steve Vai John Petrucci Jeff Loomis Yngwie Malmsteen Jimi Hendrix Jimmy Page Myself
A LITTLE PRESUMPTUOUS. TOO MUCH NOTES, TOO MUCH SPEED, TOO MUCH PYROTECHNICS, TOO MUCH EVERYTHING, EXCEPT MUSIC. I DON´T HATE AL DI MEOLA, BUT I PREFER MUSICIANS LIKE BILL FRISELL, JOHN ABERCROMBIE, TERJE RYPDAL AND OTHERS, FAR. ME GUSTABA AL DI MEOLA CUANDO YO TENÍA 15, PERO AHORA... NO ES MALO, POR FAVOR, PERO ES UN POCO COMO PORNOGRAFÍA MUSICAL, A VER CUÁNTAS NOTAS PUEDO TOCAR POR SEGUNDO. BIEN PARA CLASES DE GUITARRA, PERO LIGERAMENTE CARENTE DE PROFUNDIDAD O EXPRESIVIDAD.
I was given my first Al Di Meola album when I was 8. My mom is a badass.
omg this is unreal...all the young guys learning to play should be going back and listening to this...jaws will drop
My dad took me to a return to forever tour with stanley clark and al di meola and I havent put the bass down since. For reference I was born in 1990
Di Meola Invented shredding himself, he has also won more awards than any other guitar player in the world. My ultimate favorite!!
I remember, I borrowed my bother's vinyl record of Al DiMeola and kept it for a long time. He finally got it back and I missed it so much I went and got my own. Heavy rock-jazz fusion like this was so rarely as well done as this guy right here. Yeah Yngwie came along later, and van halen, and satriani. But this guy came from the Jazz world and it all was sooo musically interesting while it shreds because the other musicians were talents in their own right.
I have introduced many friends to Al Dimeola’s magic. I love watching their face as they listen the first time.
This always was my favorite Al Di Meola tune. Specifically the first part of his solo right after the fast intro.
Di Meola back in the day. He looks straight off the album cover. He plays with a really youthful charisma here.
Awesome. I knew Di Meola was great from listening to him, but watching him play takes it to another level.
Incredible performance.. that's what they did back in the 70's.. Real musicians doing it for real.. live... no b.s.! At that time Al was becoming the leader of the pack in the guitar world...He had just left Return to Forever and was assuming Guitar God status!
The greatest and the very best of his type of Guitarist - Al Di Meola
Love this stuff dude I'm FoH engineer when I was a young man this is was what I listen to every day because the studio mixes was all about Tone and the players. Showed me how to mix. So it is part of my DNA. THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES
Fire in the Day. Epic Then. Iconic Now.
What a sound!This just shows again that old amps and guitars sounds better then modern gear.
there's nothing like a non-master volume Marshall to rustle your pants around
Watch at 7.03 how he reaches for that volume knob and turns that LP from a staccato machine into a sustain monster..all in a nano-second..no pedals folks.
Al Di Meola, a style all in his own. Amazing!
My fav Al era is this early music all the way until Kiss My Axe, after that he's very hit and miss for me, but those first 4 albums and up to axe are amazing.
band line-up is wrong for 1978 - on May 5th in New York, it was:
Steve Gadd - drums
Anthony Jackson - bass
Barry Miles - keyboards
Mingo Lewis - percussion
Eddie Colon - percussion
. . . so I suspect the date listed for this performance is later than April 1978.
That’s Robbie Gonzales on drums, not Steve Gadd.
Al has amazing precision
Al DiMeola is LEGEND!
I couldn't stop smiling the whole time.
Al is just off his face here. He always plays the song a little different but it never fails To get a rousing reaction!
Saw Al with RTF in 1979 and still have this di meola LP in great shape
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Name an '80s shredder who could pull this off.
They got some of that from him.
the keyboardist is amazing
I first learned who AI was back in 1980 when I first started playing After seeing him in an ad for dimarzio pickups. He used the super distortion model in his les pauls just like in this video. Al was a major influence on my own playing.
really very cool, great guitarist, I knew his name but have never heard him, great!
Just saw Al play in Natick, Massachusetts with World Sinfonia, if you can believe it. It was a tiny arts club that I never even heard of. Absolutely amazing. I brought my kids. All they could say was "Oh My GOD!"
Great stuff here! I also saw the Chick Corea/Stanley Clarke with Al that you liked, I like that even better. I guess we have a little more work to do with our version of Jumpin Jack Flash!
as i stated on the other video. al and this band are off the hook. amazing
Al = Music = Our Soul
this is BEAST
absolutly awesome. love the bell bottoms and the way al turns into a keith richards for a few seconds after rwtdonash....brillient
phenomenal!
Just the best!
Amazing!
My main and most important influence, gracias Al!!♫♫☼☺
Shredd King..!
el mejor al di meola!!!!
una pieza de el jazz fusion de la humanidad
thanks for sharing... amazing
Definitely one of his best!
IMHO Al Di Meola's Race is the best guitar instrumental ever
I don't think that even can be questioned. Shred guitar, speed metal-level riffing, fantastic bass and drum work...why can't all jazz be like this! =D
I'm not a jazz fan, but my simplistic metalhead self can appreciate the hell out of what Al did on Elegant Gypsy.
@Talkin Bout Nawlins Thanks! With all those ''shredders'' in the last decades in fact not many can appreciate the impact this track had on guitar world back in the day, but in the middle of 70s when guys like Jimmy Page and Eric Clapton were considered ''the edge'' of contemporary guitar, Al Di Meola was light years ahead of them and most other guitarplayers. Yeah, I know they play Rock and he is a Jazz musician, but still...
@Talkin Bout Nawlins He did great, his live performance is astonishing. I know they're maybe the best fusion band in the world - with people like Chick Corea, Stanky Clarke and Lenny White the final result can only be outstanding. TBH Al Di Meola is my favourite guitarplayer, together with Frank Gambale and Alan Holdsworth. I like some Rock guitarplayers as Steve Lukather also. Congrats on good taste!
This guy is truly an impact on what you can do on guitar along with his various genre fusions, Imo I've always thought Malmsteen to be a tad overrated.
The guitar playing is rock solid and the band is tight all round. BUT, I don't know about you guys, but I would kill to hear Al play the solo right at the end in it's unadulterated / studio version form.
Nice transition from guitar to drums. Amazing playing.
Al's best tune I think. I also think this is a prelude to hearing Dream Theater later.
At 6:48 the riff was stolen by Paul Gilbert ;-)
yep PG has good taste
he looks so different here..surely 70s..nice..
awesome video, anyone know where i can find a live performance of land of the midnight sun?
AMAZING
@boyboyduff Actually, he's from New Jersey.
Awsome stage presence! Dat white boy got groove!
awesome... great job on the vid itself too !
Best Al Di Meola Song
I didn't know Bill Hicks was so good at guitar.
@hartles99him Damn must have been awesome, I wasn't even a thought yet haha
@boyboyduff Jersey, he's from Jersey.
2:45 - 2:47. Ah, so that's where Malmsteen got that lick :)
this fucking song......I love it, this is the only video on youtube with no dislikes...who can dislike this????
I like his flare pants.
al di meola rocks almost as much as the bass players boots
man al is the best by far you can hear it the command on the guitar wow hes incontrol of it all
This is fuking AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
wow Al and the boyz were scorching that night. not sure about jumpin jack interlude @ end though
The must be the Spledido Hotel Tour and band. Awesome!
Actually, it's the "Casino" tour; "Splendido Hotel" came out not too long thereafter (1980?)
@@glennhecker4422 oh, I thought Gadd and Jackson toured with him on the casino tour. He must have used this band for Spendido after touring with them.
Al di is god.
EAR-GASM......😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅
I Love Marina With all My Heart !!!!
10 days I get on a jet to be with the Love of my Life
So you are married now? I have bad news for you...
SO WHAT HAPPENED?
@nowandzen7 so true!!!!
mr al destroyer
That progressive reggaeton at 7:24 caught me off guard lol
Let's spend it on s vacation then fly back to depart from Amsterdam where we bought the van . Deal. Garret us from Amsterdam holland. Has a country rick band . Live songs guitar.back to Toronto spring late .
Al was a kid back then with a lot of hair on his face!
Arthur? Man's man felipe .
just found out he picks every note,not legato superb player.
@boyboyduff Who cares lets just enjoy the music. Deal?
Al Di Meola, Uli Jon Roth, Michael Schenker, Ritchie Blackmore and Steve Morse, the original shredders with soul, before evh yngwie and Randy Rhoads
6:44.... the *one* freakin' part every guitarist watching this wants to see, and what's the camera man doing? focusing the camera on DiMeola's face. Big FAIL to the cameraman. On a lighter note - DiMeola rocks!
I feel like If iwas on drugs I would appreciate the camera effcts so much more AHH the seventies
Malmsteen was here
最後ジャンピングジャックフラッシュやってるじゃん！
Kids, If you play live remember to wear your earplugs
One of the main godfathers of shred, if not the most important for the 80s movement, lots of guys tried to copy his killer picked runs. And not only Al, the entire band is off the charts, Tim Landers on bass slays, and love Robbie Gonzalez on drums.
Brought to you by a good dose of excellent 70s cocaine of course.😁
copacetic kerfuffle. ftw!
I SOOOOOO AGREE with ALL the Comments about AL ! But I've seen much better, from Big D.
come on cameraman, find the keyboard. . . .
Endless al demeola
Spain I loved the 🖤 clothes and malaga minstrels one birthday dinner yaya malaga Spain Ray
The bull fight that hat red rose in the hat Madrid
Gibraltar to mirricci by ship with my van to casa blanca fez the harem where I want to live
I dress like that for al demeola
Felipe flores enjoy ed this 200 percent love te quiero mi amor al Jane gypswine caves in Spain
I ordered my ticket from mexico to Spain they said no miami Jane we must transfer in Miami. Te wuiero
what's the bass players name?
corkskrewclubhouse93 Tim Landers
Palma de Majorca two weeks hotel rent a car after selling the van in London cash for new engine installed in bamberg getmsny
@bej144 ....yngwie, vai, satriani....van halen for that matter..they are all great, so who cares?al is certainly in a class all his own, but 90% of the world listens to crap music,so how about picking on them instead of the 80's shredders..who for the most part are pretty great too
My top 10 guitarists are... (NOT ranked in order, just the top ten)
Al Dimeola
Allan Holdsworth
Frank Zappa
Steve Vai
John Petrucci
Jeff Loomis
Yngwie Malmsteen
Jimi Hendrix
Jimmy Page
Myself
Not bad..but he needs to work on his alternate picking
A LITTLE PRESUMPTUOUS. TOO MUCH NOTES, TOO MUCH SPEED, TOO MUCH PYROTECHNICS, TOO MUCH EVERYTHING, EXCEPT MUSIC. I DON´T HATE AL DI MEOLA, BUT I PREFER MUSICIANS LIKE BILL FRISELL, JOHN ABERCROMBIE, TERJE RYPDAL AND OTHERS, FAR.
ME GUSTABA AL DI MEOLA CUANDO YO TENÍA 15, PERO AHORA... NO ES MALO, POR FAVOR, PERO ES UN POCO COMO PORNOGRAFÍA MUSICAL, A VER CUÁNTAS NOTAS PUEDO TOCAR POR SEGUNDO. BIEN PARA CLASES DE GUITARRA, PERO LIGERAMENTE CARENTE DE PROFUNDIDAD O EXPRESIVIDAD.
stfu, you're an idiot... got a good chuckle outta yer nonsense though.
@MikeMzeski Spanish he's Spanish