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Prague Post
Music preview: Al Di Meola & Gonzalo Rubalcaba
Prague Post
By Tony Ozuna - For the Post | Comments (0) | Post comment An influential legend of the fusion era, jazz-guitar virtuoso Al Di Meola is joining one of Cuba's youngest jazz stars, pianist Gonzalo Rubalcaba, for an evening of New world fusion.


 
Korea Times
Jazz to open summer festival season this weekend
Korea Times
Among those slated to perform are legendary soul and funk band Earth, Wind & Fire (EWF), jazz guitar greats George Benson and Al Di Meola, as well as one of Korea's favorite R&B singers Eric Benet. In its sixth run, this year's festival has grown ...

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Malta is king of festivals this summer
TravelBite.co.uk
Highlights for this year's event include Grammy Award winners Al di Meola and Terri Lynne Carrington. Festival goers can ditch their tents and stay at the Phoenicia Hotel, which is just a short stroll from all the action, and enjoy affordable luxury ...


 
Acoustic Guitar
Ovation DS778TX
Acoustic Guitar
This preamp—which elegantly slides in and out of the body for battery changes—is also found in high-end Ovations such as the Al Di Meola and Melissa Etheridge signature models. To check out the DS778TX's amplified sound, I ran it through my Fender ...


 
Deutsche Welle
Classical music and Middle Eastern pop in Azerbaijan
Deutsche Welle
That led to her working with big names such as Al Di Meola, Stanley Clarke and Bill Evans. She has lived in Mainz since 1989, a city partnered with Baku – the capital city of Azerbaijan. Sevda Alekperzadeh has released two albums with German label ...

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'Always discovering new directions': Steve Smith celebrates 30 years of Vital ...
Something Else! Reviews
By 1977, I was touring with Jean-Luc Ponty, Tim was with Al DiMeola and Dave was with Freddie Hubbard. We would meet in Boston once a year for a reunion gig, using different guitar players like Dean Brown, Daryl Stuermer or Barry Finnerty.


 
I sing the jazz electric III (Geoffrey Keezer/Joe Locke CD reviewed)
Ottawa Citizen (blog)
With respect to that RTF comparison — that's not to confuse Locke's vibes with Al di Meola's guitar. The two players have virtuosity in common, but Locke has a wider stylistic range and his instrument's shimmer lends itself to making pretty, ...