Product Description

DiMeola made his name as a member of Chick Corea's groundbreaking fusion supergroup Return To Forever, but it wasn't long before he embarked on a solo career, of which this album is the second installment. DiMeola takes the electric, rock-inflected jazz approach of John McLaughlin and multiplies itexponentially, upping both the wattage and the speed. He offers a few lyrical acoustic passages (foreshadowing his later collaborations with Paco DeLucia [who guests here] and McLaughlin), but the focus of ELEGANT GYPSY is DiMeola's blistering, mile-a-minute electric fretwork. He spins out endless lines of death-defying sixteenth notes, sometimes in tandem with synth wizard Jan Hammer, over slightly funky rhythms that bear a hint of Latin influence. His thick, overdriven tone and superhuman abilities, displayed to their fullest here,make the Eddie Van Halens of the world look like underachievers.

Track Listing

1. Flight Over Rio
2. Midnight Tango
3. Mediterranean Sundance
4. Race With The Devil On Spanish Highway
5. Lady Of Rome
6. Sister Of Brazil
7. Elegant Gypsy Suite

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #19180 in Music
• Released on: 1994-04-25
• Number of discs: 1

Customer Reviews

Rhythmically unstoppable guitar-fest!!!!!!
Jazz..Latino..Fusion are the words that describe the style of this instrumental monster! From the lightin' speed ferocity of "Race with devil on the spanish Highway! to the graceful "Elegant Gypsy Suite". I fell in love with this album on first listening! Rhythmically unstoppable guitar-fest!!!!!!