Biography al di meola
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Born July 22, 1954, in Jersey City, NJ; son of immigrants from Naples, Italy. Education: Studied privately with guitarist Robert Aslanian; attended Berklee School of Music, Boston, 1971 and 1974.
Biography al di meola
Addresses: Management--Don't Worry, Inc., 111 West 57th St., New York, NY 10019. Record company--Mesa Records, 209 East Alameda Ave., #101, Burbank, CA 91502.
"If you don't advance creatively," Al Di Meola once told Guitar Player's Jim Ferguson, "then all you have left is playing Vegas." From his stunning arrival on the scene as the fiery virtuoso in Chick Corea's jazz fusion group Return to Forever to his international acclaim as the member of an acoustic guitar trio, to his championing of the musical legacy of tango master Astor Piazzolla, guitarist Di Meola has held firm to this credo.
Passionate, opinionated, and immensely gifted, he has covered more musical terrain in his 20-year career than many artists have in a lifetime.
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