Al Di Meola Sextet live at 31st Leverkusener Jazztage 2010

Al Di Meola - Guitar
Fausto Beccalossi - Accordeon
Kevin Seddiki - Guitar
Peter Kaszas - Drums
Victor Miranda - Bass
Gumbi Ortiz - Percussion
recorded live at Forum Leverkusen, November 2010

1. Siberiana
2. Oblivion
3. Bona
4. If
5. Michelangelo´s 7th Child
6. Double Concerto Milonga
7. Umbras

Legendary guitar virtuoso Al Di Meola’s latest outing Pursuit of Radical Rhapsody will be out March 15 on Telarc International, a division of Concord Music Group.
Working with accordionist Fausto Beccalossi, second guitarist Kevin Seddiki, bassist Victor Miranda, drummer Peter Kazsas and percussionist Gumbi Ortiz, Di Meola has created a collection of 15 entrancing tracks that highlight his unparalleled technique on both acoustic and electric guitar. Percussionist Mino Cinelu, Hungary’s Sturcz String Quartet and former Weather Report drummer Peter Erskine also appear on the album.

Al Di Meola New World Sinfonia live at Leverkusener Jazztage 2009

Al Di Meola - Guitar
Fausto Beccalossi - Accordion
Kevin Seddiki - Guitar
Gumbi Ortiz - Percussion
Peter Kaszas - Drums
Victor Miranda - Bass

recorded live at Forum/ Leverkusen, November 11, 2009


1. Siberiana
2. Double Concerto
3. Gumbiero
4. Michelangelo´s 7th Child
5. Fireflies
6. Turquoise

Another great live recording of Al Di Meola´s New World Sinfonia, a band, I  had introduced here earlier this year.

Al DiMeola live at 40th International Jazzweek Burghausen 2009

1. Misterio
2. Siberiana
3. Umbras
4. Gumbiero
5. Michelangelo´s Seventh Child
6. Turquoise - Pt.I
7. Turquoise - Pt.II
8. Café 1930- Pt.I
9. Café 1930- Pt.II
10. Infinite Desire
11. Double Concerto
12. Mediterranean Sundance

Al DiMeola (g), Peo Alfonsi (g),
Eszter Horgas (fl), Fausto Beccalossi (acc),
Victor Miranda (b), Gumbi Ortiz (perc),
Peter Kaszas (dr)

recorded live at Wackerhalle Burghausen, March 19, 2009

Coming off of 2008's triumphant 25-year reunion tour by Return To Forever, Di Meola began rehearsing new music with his New World Sinfonia band in preparation for a coast-to-coast tour of the States in the early part of 2009, followed by whirlwind tours of Europe and the Middle East. Di Meola calls his bandmates in the New World Sinfonia "the best group of musicians so far in my career. I'm just totally involved with the new group,” he says. “Everybody's happy and totally into the music. The RTF reunion tour was fun and it was great for the fans, but it was more of a nostalgic thing. I'm more interested now in moving forward with the New World Sinfonia, which has really developed into something beautiful. For me, it's the most rewarding thing I've done in a long, long time, all the way around. You don't have the overbearing volume with this band. Instead you have a rich harmonic kind of music with lots of improvisation, you have a music that is emotional, which really reaches far beyond the almost head-banging male crowd that electric fusion attracts.”"