Al Di Meola discography
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This is a discography of Al Di Meola, an American jazz, jazz fusion, Latin jazz, world music, and world fusion guitarist, composer, and record producer of Italian origin.
Studio albums26
Live albums7
Compilation albums7
Singles9
| Al Di Meola discography | |
|---|---|
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| Studio albums | 26 |
| Live albums | 7 |
| Compilation albums | 7 |
| Singles | 9 |
| As featured artist | 1 |
| Collaboration albums | 8 |
Albums
Studio albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||||||||
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| US [1][2][3][4][5] |
US Jazz [1] |
US Cont Jazz [1] |
SWE [6] |
NLD [7] |
NZL [8] |
GER [9] | ||||||||
| Land of the Midnight Sun |
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129 | 13 | — | — | 20 | — | — | ||||||
| Elegant Gypsy |
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58 | 5 | — | 40 | — | 35 | — | ||||||
| Casino |
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52 | 5 | — | 37 | — | — | — | ||||||
| Splendido Hotel |
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119 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| Electric Rendezvous |
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55 | 3 | — | 26 | — | 47 | 57 | ||||||
| Scenario |
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128 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| Cielo e Terra |
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— | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| Soaring Through a Dream |
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— | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| Tirami Su |
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190 | — | 14 | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| World Sinfonia |
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— | — | 10 | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| Kiss My Axe |
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— | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| World Sinfonia II – Heart of the Immigrants |
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— | — | 15 | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| Orange and Blue |
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— | — | 17 | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| Di Meola Plays Piazzolla |
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| The Infinite Desire |
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— | — | 17 | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| Winter Nights |
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— | — | 15 | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| World Sinfonía III - The Grande Passion |
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— | — | 24 | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| Flesh on Flesh |
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— | — | 25 | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| Consequence of Chaos |
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— | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| Vocal Rendezvous |
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| Diabolic Inventions and Seduction For Solo Guitar |
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| Pursuit of Radical Rhapsody |
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— | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| All Your Life (A Tribute to the Beatles) |
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— | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| Elysium |
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| Opus |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | 80 | ||||||
| Across the Universe |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | 36 | ||||||
| Twentyfour[12] |
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TBA | ||||||||||||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||
with Return to Forever
| Title | Album details |
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| Where Have I Known You Before |
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| No Mystery |
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| Romantic Warrior |
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| Returns |
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Collaborations
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [1] |
US Jazz [1] |
US Cont Jazz [1] |
GER [9] |
NLD [7] |
AUT [13] |
NZL [8] |
FRA [14] | |||||||
| Friday Night in San Francisco (Paco de Lucía, John McLaughlin, and Al Di Meola) |
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97 | 6 | — | 22 | 66 | 5 | 48 | 154 | |||||
| Passion, Grace and Fire (Paco de Lucía, John McLaughlin, and Al Di Meola) |
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171 | 9 | — | 35 | — | — | — | — | |||||
| The Rite of Strings (Stanley Clarke, Jean-Luc Ponty, and Al Di Meola) |
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— | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| The Guitar Trio (Paco de Lucía, John McLaughlin, and Al Di Meola) |
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— | 1 | — | 55 | — | 27 | — | 21 | |||||
| Cosmopolitan Life (Leonid Agutin and Al Di Meola) |
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— | — | — | 57 | — | — | — | — | |||||
| Midsummer Night in Sardinia (Andrea Parodi and Al Di Meola) |
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| The NYC Session: Beautiful Love (Eddie Gómez, Billy Drummond, Yutaka Kobayashi, and Al Di Meola) |
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| He & Carmen (Eszter Horgas and Al Di Meola) |
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| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||
Live albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | ||||||||||||
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| US [1] |
US Jazz [1] | |||||||||||||
| Tour De Force – Live |
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165 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Live in London |
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| Melodia Live in Milano |
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| World Sinfonia: Live from Seattle and Elsewhere |
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| Live at the North Sea Jazz Festival |
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| Morocco Fantasia |
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| Elegant Gypsy & More |
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| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||
Compilation albums
| Title | Details |
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| Greatest Hits |
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| The Best of Al Di Meola: The Manhattan Years |
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| The Essence of Al Di Meola |
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| This Is Jazz |
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| Anthology |
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| Al Di Meola Collection |
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| Elysium |
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Video albums
| Title | Video details |
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| The Super Guitar Trio and Friends (with Larry Coryell and Bireli Lagrene) |
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| Live at Montreux 1986/1993 |
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| Live at Montreux 1994 (with Stanley Clarke and Jean-Luc Ponty) |
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| One of These Nights (with Ernie Adams, Gumbi Ortiz, Mario Parmisano, and Sturcz String Quartet) |
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| Speak a Volcano: Return to Electric Guitar |
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| Super Guitar Trio: Live at Montreux /1989 (with Larry Coryell and Bireli Lagrene) |
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| Cosmopolitan Live (with Leonid Agutin) |
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| Return to Forever: Returns – Live at Montreux (with Stanley Clarke, Chick Corea and Lenny White) |
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| Live in Tokyo (with The Sturcz String Quartet) |
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| Live at North Sea Jazz Festival |
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| One Night in Montreal |
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| Carmen |
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| Morocco Fantasia |
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Singles
As lead artist
| Title | Year | Album |
|---|---|---|
| "Milonga Noctiva" (featuring Kemuel Roig) |
2017 | Opus |
| "Broken Heart" | 2018 | |
| "Ava's Dream Sequence Lullaby" | ||
| "Strawberry Fields Forever" | 2020 | Across the Universe |
| "One Sky" | Non-album single | |
| "Magic Song (Carol of the Bells / Shchedryk)" (Leonid Agutin, Amaury Gutiérrez, and Al Di Meola featuring Ed Cale, Angelica Varum, and Zhangjiajie Philharmonic Orchestra) |
2021 | |
| "Chelsea Hotel No. 2 (Sliverpark with Al Di Meola) |
2022 | Endless Sleep |
| "Fandango" | 2024 | Twentyfour |
| "For Only You" | ||
| "Ava's Dance in the Moonlight" |
As featured artist
| Title | Year | Album |
|---|---|---|
| "The Cruelest Goodbye" (Outlanders featuring Al Di Meola) |
2022 | Non-album single |
Other appearances
| Year | Notes | Album | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | electric guitar in "Prince of the Sea" | Venusian Summer - Lenny White | |
| 1976 | guitar solo in "Man of Leo", "Stellar", "Carnival", "Ghost Machine" and "Time is Here" |
Go - Stomu Yamashta, Steve Winwood and Michael Shrieve | |
| guitar | Go Live from Paris - Stomu Yamashta's Go | ||
| 1977 | guitar | Go Too - Stomu Yamashta's Go | [21] |
| 1982 | guitar in "Compadres" | Touchstone - Chick Corea | |
| 1984 | guitar solo in "Allergies" | Hearts and Bones - Paul Simon | |
| 1988 | acoustic guitar in "The Way In", and "Sledgehammer" | The Way In - Jeff Richman | |
| guitar | Latin - George Dalaras | [22] | |
| 1993 | electric guitar solos in "Tangos" and "Buleria" | Jazzpana - Vince Mendoza and Arif Mardin | [23] |
| 1995 | guitar | David Broza - David Broza | [24] |
| acoustic guitar | Dance of Fire - Aziza Mustafa Zadeh | ||
| producer | Magic Touch - Stanley Jordan | [25] | |
| 1996 | acoustic guitar trio with McLaughlin and de Lucia in "El Ciego" | The Promise - John McLaughlin | [26] |
| guitar in "Mediterranean Sundance" | Pavarotti & Friends For War Child - Luciano Pavarotti | [27] | |
| 1997 | guitar | People in Room No 8 - Leslie Mándoki | [28] |
| 1999 | guitar | Crossing the Bridge - Eileen Ivers | [29] |
| 2000 | acoustic guitar | Inspiration – Colors & Reflections - Aziza Mustafa Zadeh | |
| 2001 | guitar in "Beyond the Mirage, for 2 guitars", "Azzurra, for 2 guitars" and "The Grand Passion, for 2 guitars" |
Nylon & Steel - Manuel Barrueco | [30] |
| acoustic guitar | The Running Roads - George Dalaras | [31] | |
| 2002 | guitar in "Torbellino (Whirlwind)" | Camino Latino - Liona Boyd | [32] |
| guitar | Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood - No Mercy | ||
| guitar | Soulmates - Leslie Mándoki | ||
| 2003 | acoustic guitar in "The Sons of Anu" and "Gypsy Moth" | Black Utopia - Derek Sherinian | [33] |
| guitar in "Sinej Reki Voda" | Deja Vu - Leonid Agutin | [34] |