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Released
  
1977

Length
  
37:00

Artist
  
Al Di Meola

Producer
  
Al Di Meola

Genres
  
Jazz fusion, Latin jazz

Recorded
  
May–September 1977

Elegant Gypsy (1977)
  
Casino (1978)

Release date
  
1977

Label
  
Columbia Records

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Similar
  
Al Di Meola albums, Jazz fusion albums

Elegant Gypsy is the second album by American jazz fusion guitarist Al Di Meola. It was released in 1977 on Columbia Records.

Contents

Flight over rio al di meola


Background

Elegant Gypsy was a follow-up album to Di Meola's debut release, Land of the Midnight Sun. The distinctive music on the album is a speedy fusion of jazz and rock, with lightning-fast guitar riffs intermixed with lyrical acoustical passages. The songs include explorations of Latin music themes, including acoustic genres like flamenco.

Elegant Gypsy won an annual award for Best Guitar Album in Guitar Player Magazine.

Track listing

All songs by Al Di Meola unless otherwise noted.

Personnel

  • Al Di Meola: Electric guitars, acoustic guitars, piano, synthesizer, percussion.
  • Paco de Lucía: Acoustic guitar (track 3).
  • Anthony Jackson: Bass guitar (tracks 1, 2, 4, 6).
  • Jan Hammer: Keyboards, synthesizer (tracks 1, 6).
  • Barry Miles: Piano, keyboards, synthesizer (tracks 2, 4).
  • Steve Gadd: Drums (tracks 1, 6).
  • Lenny White: Drums (tracks 2, 4).
  • Mingo Lewis: Congas, synthesizers, organ, percussion (tracks 1, 2, 4, 6).

    • Songs

    1Flight Over Rio7:17
    2Midnight Tango7:29
    3Mediterranean Sundance5:14

    References

    Elegant Gypsy Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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