Land Of The Midnight Sun

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Total Tracks: 6   Total Length: 35:15

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Hands down, his best

Walker63

I love this disc. As mentioned by Tonefreak, this turned me on to Jazz, especially seventies fusion. Just a masterpiece!

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Land Of The Midnight Sun

shark-meister

This is Al Di Meola. What can I say other than his fingers portray an emotion that has long been lost since the fingers of another artist that was last heard in the '60s. Add a small touch of classical guitar and you get Al. It's a magic ride of wonderment I still to this day can't get enough of...

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Fusion Classic

Tonefreak

For a boy who was into Zeppelin and Floyd at the time, this got me listening to jazz. Thanks, Al. Get it.

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Big Al!

mkmckinney

I love this record-blazing guitars and a nice variety of sounds and instrumental textures, too!

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One of the guitar heroes of fusion, Al di Meola was just 22-years-old at the time of his debut as a leader but already a veteran of Chick Corea’s Return to Forever. The complex pieces (which include the three-part “Suite-Golden Dawn,” an acoustic duet with Corea on “Short Tales of the Black Forest,” and a brief Bach violin sonata show di Meola’s range even at this early stage. With assistance from such top players as bassists Jaco Pastorius and Stanley Clarke, keyboardist Barry Miles, and drummers Lenny White and Steve Gadd, this was a very impressive beginning to di Meola’s solo career. – Scott Yanow