Al Di Meola
USA
Formed: 1954
Years Active: 70, 80, 90, 2000
Genres: Jazz, Pop/Rock, International
Styles: World Fusion, Latin Jazz/World Fusion, Latin Jazz/World Fusion, Fusion, Jazz-Rock, Guitar Virtuoso, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Contemporary Jazz, Tango, Latin America
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Guitarist Al di Meola first rose to prominence as a blazing jazz fusion player before his playing matured and he began to conquer other styles, such as acoustic Latin music. Born on July 22, 1954, in Jersey City, NJ, di Meola briefly studied at the Berklee School of Music in Boston during the early '70s before accepting a job replacing guitarist Bill Connors in fusion trailblazers Return to Forever (a group that included such monster instrumentalists as keyboardist Chick Corea and bassist Stanley Clarke) in 1974. It was with di Meola that Retur...
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- Return to Forever (10)
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Influenced by
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Performed Songs By
- Chick Corea (111)
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