Al Di Meola @ the City Winery, Atlanta, GA on 1/24/2024 (Live Full Show)

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  • Al Di Meola's performance from the City Winery in Atlanta GA on 1/24/2024. His band is currently on the Electric Years tour, and on this day, his fans were greeted with classic Al De Meola and Return To Forever tunes. Hope you enjoy it!!
    Set 1:
    0) Start (00:00:00)
    1) Band Intro (00:00:18)
    2) The Wizard (00:03:54)
    3) Flight Over Rio (00:09:42)
    4) Beyond The Seventh Galaxy (00:16:48)
    5) Elegant Gypsy Suite (00:26:01)
    6) Dark Eye Tango (00:34:51)
    7) Casino (00:41:18)
    8) Ava's Dance in the Moonlight (00:51:57)
    9) One Night Last June (01:00:03)
    Set 2:
    10) Egyptian Danza (01:10:52)
    11) Señor Mouse (01:16:53)
    12) Midnight Tango (01:26:01)
    13) Song To The Pharoah Kings (01:33:21)
    Note: Did not play "Tears" and "Race With Devil On Spanish Highway"
    Philippe Saisse (keys)
    Gumbi Ortiz (percussions)
    Luis Alicea (drums)
    Elias Tona (bass)
    Al Di Meola (guitar)

КОМЕНТАРІ • 169

  • @user-dt1bb7mt9z
    @user-dt1bb7mt9z 8 днів тому +5

    His sound is like no other period. I must say his solo album Elegant Gypsy is sill one of my favorite fusion albums of all times for me. Still sounds amazing after all those years!

  • @michaelvaladez6570
    @michaelvaladez6570 3 місяці тому +24

    Very happy to see him back on stage playing considering he is recovering from heart surgery just a few months ago Fantastic !!!!

  • @RandyVampiro
    @RandyVampiro 3 місяці тому +24

    Al is absolutely one of the best guitarists and composers of all time!

  • @outoper
    @outoper 18 днів тому +3

    Return to Forever (Chick + Stanley + Al + Lenny) was THE most important fusion-jazz fusion band EVER. Genius Chick "created the sound", (Stanley's words). The rest is history. Al's guitar was the powerhouse for that amazing sound! Bravo Al!

  • @tmo7734
    @tmo7734 3 місяці тому +13

    Stellar performance by Al. No guitar player sounds like him.

  • @claudio130
    @claudio130 10 днів тому

    I had the honor to meet him in person when he came with his group to play at Blues Alley in DC. So himble and do genius at the same time. Fantastic show. Will never forget that. Now waiting until Friday to see him at the Birchmere. Can’t wait!

  • @robertvillegas7472
    @robertvillegas7472 6 днів тому

    Al looks great !

  • @WilliamC1966
    @WilliamC1966 Місяць тому +4

    Can't even describe my joy....this man has given me the best years of my life... through his music....it's gotten me through too many things in life....bless this guy ..❤️

  • @ltgray2780
    @ltgray2780 3 місяці тому +10

    Glad to see he recovered and is jammin' again.

  • @loganpierce9244
    @loganpierce9244 3 місяці тому +14

    Wow…!!! I can’t believe it…!!!! One of the greatest guitar players of all time…!!!! Grew up listening to his albums in the early to mid seventies…!!! Simply wonderful…!!!!!

  • @raydelavega7457
    @raydelavega7457 3 місяці тому +6

    Land of The Midnight Sun / Elegant Gypsy / Casino, Those Are My Favorites. 🎸🎸🎸 Recovered & Going Ahead!!! 🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸

  • @316word
    @316word 3 дні тому

    so amaaaaaaaaa zing you all

  • @lorenzo6mm
    @lorenzo6mm 3 місяці тому +7

    God Bless Al DiMeola.
    Forever.

  • @michaelswaim5177
    @michaelswaim5177 Місяць тому +4

    I was blessed enough to attend this show. Wonderful!

  • @megasoid
    @megasoid 21 день тому

    Al! Will see him live in May. Looking forward to a good show.

  • @darcsaster
    @darcsaster 2 місяці тому +8

    Al Di Meola is one of the very best guitarists. We're lucky to have him. I've only seen him play live once, back in '87 (or early '88?) in a now defunct Toronto club called The Diamond. After his incredible show, and after his band had already left the stage, he slowly walked up to the front of the stage and just really casually said hello to whoever wanted to chat with him. I was 18 at the time, went to the show by myself, and he was/is one the very best (as we all know). There were just a few people milling about at the front so I walked up and said hello and thank you for the wonderful music and he reached out and shook my hand. Al has a good soul and a good heart.

    • @stevehaward2109
      @stevehaward2109 2 місяці тому

      Classic ,,from London,,huge Al fan and saw the Diamond Club show in 87 ,,Cobham at the Bamboo Club 92 i think ,,mind blowing

  • @robertzm
    @robertzm 3 місяці тому +3

    Al Di Meola is a musical treasure. Such amazing talent!

  • @chitownstoneman
    @chitownstoneman 3 місяці тому +8

    I first heard Al when a friend of mine, a drummer, made a cassette copy of Casino, telling me I needed to hear this. The drummer, Steve Gadd is amazing. So I listened to almost the whole album totally digging on the drumming before it clicked in my head that hey, this guitarist is pretty good. Lol

  • @COTG666
    @COTG666 3 місяці тому +9

    These are the songs I liked the best. Would love to have a chance to see this in concert.

  • @agis2000
    @agis2000 3 місяці тому +7

    Good to see you are still kickin' it Al! Fantastic performance! Love that you are playing electric again. God Bless!

  • @danburnes722
    @danburnes722 3 місяці тому +5

    Nice to see Al healthy.

  • @fusionfan6883
    @fusionfan6883 3 місяці тому +7

    Oh man, neign a fan since the beginning with RTF and ever since, I would kill to be able to see this tour as Al's music was such a big part of my life! Wishing All all the best for his continuing recovery.

  • @photographerjonathan
    @photographerjonathan 3 місяці тому +10

    I have listened to allot of his music in my life. he deserves such a bigger audience than playing at a winery. but I would've loved to of seen him play in a small place like this.

    • @markkeeler2343
      @markkeeler2343 2 місяці тому

      Wish I could be that up close to hear him

  • @carapungo
    @carapungo 3 місяці тому +6

    Electric Rendezvou!!!!, come on Al.....that's one of your best songs. Is a shame you did not play that one.

  • @cristianodias3529
    @cristianodias3529 3 місяці тому +3

    A real living legend!

  • @Voltaire57
    @Voltaire57 3 місяці тому +5

    Saw Al three times in Pittsburgh, number 4 in Kent soon🎸

  • @gyitardave1505
    @gyitardave1505 3 місяці тому +7

    Flight Over Rio (I still Listen to Regularly after many years )

    • @waynefoote3781
      @waynefoote3781 3 місяці тому

      Takes the mind on a beautiful visual journey!

  • @jeanbernabe7815
    @jeanbernabe7815 3 місяці тому +4

    Electric rendez vous.... Casino
    super jazz rock latin ❤🔥✌️

  • @4stringz.
    @4stringz. 3 місяці тому +3

    This was awesome !!! Cant wait to see him in April

  • @jeffreysladkus1227
    @jeffreysladkus1227 3 місяці тому +10

    Thank you for posting. I was there too - watching you film and hoping I’d find it! Amazing show!!

  • @markbarboza1407
    @markbarboza1407 3 місяці тому +2

    Al is on fire!!!

  • @wendelllanders8439
    @wendelllanders8439 3 місяці тому +4

    Wow!!Still Burning on Guitar!!!Al was my inspiration during my growing playing years as an early teen!!!He is the reason I play the way I do now!!!God Bless you Al for all you have given and continue to give us!!!!!Wendell Landers.

  • @JM-kq1nx
    @JM-kq1nx 3 місяці тому +1

    Al! Play what you want. I will love it! Thx for taking me on the trip to my very early years.

  • @ballenstorms
    @ballenstorms 2 місяці тому +1

    Just love how each band member gets to shine.

  • @rogerbaron9514
    @rogerbaron9514 2 місяці тому +1

    Glad I get to see him and his talented band in Kent June 21. Thanks for rescheduling. My wife and I always look forward to seeing Al.

  • @andreasomenzi5194
    @andreasomenzi5194 3 місяці тому +2

    l'impronta RTF di Al e la magia di Saisse in un quintetto fantastico !!! Tutti straordinari !!

  • @docwill184
    @docwill184 3 місяці тому +6

    C. '76, we stood next to a tiny 2' high stage in a tiny packed Santa Cruz bar, Margarita's, for RTF. We got the weekday gigs between S.F. and L.A. They played a solid >2-hr. set and clearly dug it. That venue was an amazing venue...and then we spilled out into the chill, foggy sea air.
    Amazing times never to be repeated...

    • @jonholland6067
      @jonholland6067 3 місяці тому

      Great stuff! They are truly special moments

    • @jusritebags5321
      @jusritebags5321 3 місяці тому

      I was there also long time back also at the rio a few years back when he said he was not going to play electric again ! Due to ear damage

  • @santiago77920
    @santiago77920 23 дні тому

    "THE MASTER" Enough said!

  • @michaeltaylors2456
    @michaeltaylors2456 3 місяці тому +3

    This man inspired me so much. Wore out my copy of Elegant Gypsy on vinyl. Another guitar player composer who doesn’t get nearly enough credit.

  • @kenvorland
    @kenvorland 3 місяці тому +2

    I remember when my music teacher played me the live record live in san francisco it blew me away i was in trance this music was more than heavy metal awesome guitar chops perfect harmony rock on forever maestro

  • @ralphthornhill6663
    @ralphthornhill6663 2 місяці тому +1

    What a great show! I heard Al's first album being played at Zound's record store in Boston and I was hooked.😊

  • @Pedro2706
    @Pedro2706 3 місяці тому +4

    well this is rather good isn't it-great to see the early albums getting an airing and some RTF stuff.I read he had a heart attack back in September so he's obviously made a good recovery.Come over to the UK with an electric band Al-please!!!

  • @mikel4797
    @mikel4797 3 місяці тому +4

    Thank you Cosmic Hippo for posting this wonderful concert..

  • @windycity70
    @windycity70 3 місяці тому +1

    one of the greatest ever

  • @nigelmidwinter3269
    @nigelmidwinter3269 3 місяці тому +1

    Great post, many thanks for sharing!..Been a fan of ADM for 44 years.

  • @spydergkh6337
    @spydergkh6337 Місяць тому +2

    I've seen Al Di Meola twice. The first time was 1978 following the release of 'Casino' in Tucson, AZ. Absolutely amazing! Interestingly enough he opened for the fantastic band, Renaissance! Crazy pairing! Lol! As much as I love Renaissance, after Al opened the show, it was almost anticlimactic when Annie & the band took the stage.

  • @ARoadd
    @ARoadd 3 місяці тому +2

    Unbelievably good 👍 absolutely 💯 new full show! Many thanks to the all involved in this job ❤

  • @manduker
    @manduker 3 місяці тому +2

    VALE ORO ESTE VIDEO!! GRACIAS!!...

  • @pixelvisions
    @pixelvisions 3 місяці тому

    Amazing! Al and the band sound incredible! The Wizard is one of my favorite songs and it is great to be able to watch a live performance of it. Thank you. Al is one of the greatest musical talents ever!

  • @user-cq1rq7zk3k
    @user-cq1rq7zk3k 3 місяці тому

    Also good as fortyfive years ago! Thank you Al !!!!

  • @allans2642
    @allans2642 2 місяці тому

    The original shredder 🤘

  • @user-mz8yd7ny6u
    @user-mz8yd7ny6u 3 місяці тому +1

    That's pretty awesome Mr. Al I'm glad you're up playing your shows and your health is looking pretty darn good happy New Year

  • @waynefoote3781
    @waynefoote3781 3 місяці тому +9

    Al i Meola ......You are the best and I wish you a speedy recovery thank you for all of the incredible musical contributions and to the band for this excellent show!

  • @jordusherrill949
    @jordusherrill949 2 місяці тому

    I am for sure that the music fusion world is very happy to know Al is back playing incredible music again. The band is tight and the grooves are infectious. Thanks Al

  • @ohmtronseedling
    @ohmtronseedling 3 місяці тому +3

    great video. thanks for posting!

  • @arthurhyde8428
    @arthurhyde8428 2 місяці тому

    Great to see & hear this! What a great performance of his early work -- where he really demonstrated his virtuosity with an electric guitar!

  • @lorenzo6mm
    @lorenzo6mm 3 місяці тому +5

    "Casino" the best song of the all.
    The OG Al DiMeola tune.
    Still the wide open 100 WATT Marshall would have Done it the Justice.
    Maybe two Marshall 800
    50 Watt in STEREO.
    Amazing he didn't play this live more often.
    His original band I am missing too.
    1980 Santa Barbara Bowl.
    And the next night
    The Greek Theatre, Berkeley, CA.
    Two nights back to back.
    Carlos Santana shared both gigs.
    Santana overnight totally absorbed
    Every palm muted modal scale Al ever played. Seeing Al's eyes big as saucers
    watching Carlos blaze note for note with
    Al in the encore ???!!!!....AMAZING!!!!!
    Like two Bull fighters with
    Electric guitars..¡!!!?..?...!!!!????
    On stage to GETHER...
    FUSION DRIVES ON FULL BLAST.
    all that was missing was
    John McLaughlin.

  • @Deebz270
    @Deebz270 2 місяці тому

    Superb to see the maestro in fine fettle! Great set, though a little disappointed that he missed-out - Alien Chase on Arabian Desert

  • @kamaboko1
    @kamaboko1 3 місяці тому +3

    Al is the man! Nice to see he's giving his classic 71 Les Paul some exercise.

    • @williamsporing1500
      @williamsporing1500 3 місяці тому +3

      Short story….my neighbor and I were talking one day, and she was excited that she was going to dinner with her sister, who she hadn’t seen in a while. I asked where she lived, she said miami, and she’d just gotten home from the carribian. This is the conversation…
      What does she do for a living?
      Nothing, she’s married to some guitar player.
      Really? Who?
      Some jazz guy.
      Who?
      Al somebody.
      Al dimeola?
      Yea! You know who he is?
      (Me being a musician for 50+ years)
      Uh….you’re Al Dimeolas sister in law?
      Yea, guess I am!
      When he came to Cincinnati at the 20th century, I got to go sit in the front row a couple times and meet him.
      Nice dude! Beast player!!!
      Also saw him with return to forever at the UC field house in the 70’s with Stanley and the gang.

    • @arfshesaid4325
      @arfshesaid4325 Місяць тому

      @@williamsporing1500thats ridiculous man, you gotta get in on one of those Al makes dinner for you for 20 grand deals. wish i was loaded sometimes

    • @williamsporing1500
      @williamsporing1500 Місяць тому

      @@arfshesaid4325 I haven’t seen him in probably 15 years. He was a very nice dude, but very busy because everybody wanted him for something. He’s a great player, the arpeggio king. But his band was equally impressive.
      When I saw him with return to forever, it was the GREAT line up. Lenny, Chick, Stanley, Al….it was almost too much for a teenager to take in.

  • @ahon7562
    @ahon7562 8 днів тому

    Going to see him in Columbus tonight. CAN'T WAIT!!!!!!

    • @cosmichippo9708
      @cosmichippo9708  7 днів тому +1

      Hope you had a great time!

    • @ahon7562
      @ahon7562 7 днів тому

      @@cosmichippo9708 Thanks so much. Had an amazing time. Even got a fist bump from the man.

    • @cosmichippo9708
      @cosmichippo9708  7 днів тому +1

      ​@@ahon7562 that's awesome. He didn't come out after the show in Atlanta. One day I'll meet him.

  • @lucasbazzano7290
    @lucasbazzano7290 Місяць тому

    There you are Aldi!
    🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩

  • @mikebrown9850
    @mikebrown9850 3 місяці тому +4

    It’s great to see Al back on stage after that scare back in October. An elegant Gypsy with a bad attitude! 😡

  • @maxo1124
    @maxo1124 3 місяці тому +1

    I saw Al accoustic in 2022, thanks for electric...missed it . Thanks for video

  • @mrliburd8823
    @mrliburd8823 2 місяці тому

    Man I would be jumping up and down in this gig wow can believe I'm hearing this song from so long ago it's onnnn go al

  • @alexisvialortiz1829
    @alexisvialortiz1829 3 місяці тому

    Uno de los más grandes guítarristas de todos los tiempos.

  • @frederickbaugher8361
    @frederickbaugher8361 7 днів тому

    I saw Al in 1979 at the Berkeley Greek Theatre. Believe it or not he was the opening act for Kenny Loggins(he had just broken with Missena and was on his first solo tour).

  • @papunAlicea
    @papunAlicea 2 місяці тому

    Thanks so much for share this video. Nice to see him with the band live.
    Great as always, virtuoso.

  • @timothyvaher2421
    @timothyvaher2421 2 місяці тому

    50 years ago I listened to an FM radio 📻 ad for Chick Coreas "Return To Forever" at the Paramount theater in Seattle and heard Jazz Fusion for the 1st time! This video is a gift still giving! Thanks Hippo 🦛 😁!

  • @mor8286
    @mor8286 2 місяці тому

    Big Al is back in 2024 baby!😎👍

  • @dexblue
    @dexblue 2 місяці тому

    Dark Eyed Tango is a monument.

  • @julaiarnold641
    @julaiarnold641 2 місяці тому

    one of the best acoustic and electric guitarist of the planet

  • @tizianomarenda4730
    @tizianomarenda4730 3 місяці тому +1

    incantevole.............

  • @stub2022
    @stub2022 2 місяці тому

    My uncle used to play Return to Forever. I was about 8, and it was a little too out there for my young mind. Just 3 or 4 years later I was starting to play and I jumped headlong down the fusion rabbit-hole, never to return. 😊

  • @fredhurst2528
    @fredhurst2528 3 місяці тому +1

    Had a few of those "Les Paul" albums, really wore the groove on Tour de Force live.

  • @EddieCrocco
    @EddieCrocco Місяць тому

    Wow! 🤩That percussionist rocked my day (if not the week!) starting solo at 1:40:00! Every band-member incredible! Brilliant guitar sound, too! =)👌😃👍 Thank you very much for filming this!

  • @worldbadminton9852
    @worldbadminton9852 3 місяці тому +1

    casino album very good

  • @autk
    @autk 3 місяці тому +1

    Saw him in 1977, played most of Land of the Midnight Sun, and Elegant Gypsy in a 3 thousand seat concert hall from the second row dead in front of him with the full band, two drummers, two xylophone players additional percussionists ...it was a tour de Force of Epic proportions...never seen anything like it before or since.
    saw him again in Chattanooga TN at Riverbend in 06 ...still amazing but with a much smaller band and not quite the same fire...
    this is tragic, glad i didn't go through with a reunion with my cousin to see this tour...be well Al D, glad I witnessed the best when he was the best.

    • @cosmichippo9708
      @cosmichippo9708  3 місяці тому

      He may be in his prime, but this band is still way better than many others out there.

    • @autk
      @autk 3 місяці тому

      ​@@cosmichippo9708 never compared Al D to anyone, he's the best to ever pick one up imo, but I have to compare it to what he was and this isn't it, not even close, half the songs are missing as are the solos and mistakes abound,.that never was the case before this
      I've seen him over twenty times, this to me is sad by comparison...if you revisit something you should do it justice or just leave it be..

  • @joelwhite954
    @joelwhite954 2 місяці тому

    Way back...my older brother takes me to a concert at thePhiladelphia Spectrum to see Journey for their Escape tour...I was sad to finalize,in my head, the fact that Journey were no longer a straight up jam band,anyhow,after the show, coming back up interstate 95,in a torrential downpour,my brother says" hey Joel,check this out". He pops a cassette in the player...and I hear this instrumental presentation the likes of which I've never heard before! Race with the devil a Spanish highway was the song and sitting in the passenger seat of my brother's car...my life was changed forever forward to seek out Al Di Meola and the realm of Jazz Fusion.I am in love with this mans music!!!

  • @kenbrohere
    @kenbrohere 2 місяці тому

    I need an Al DiMeola Eric Johnson jam session.

  • @janourzua
    @janourzua 3 місяці тому +1

    Al dime hola ....
    hooooola quiúbo !! como tamo ..
    ya chao ...

  • @ledinguedemusique
    @ledinguedemusique 2 місяці тому

    Un seul mot "GÉANT"

  • @haroldlloyd8621
    @haroldlloyd8621 2 місяці тому

    Time did not help for this music!

  • @thesaj1110
    @thesaj1110 3 місяці тому +1

    I was there :))

  • @jeanlucchapelon
    @jeanlucchapelon 3 місяці тому

    I saw the same (Di meola and Saisse) in the late’s 80’ in Paris !!

  • @robowenmikels
    @robowenmikels 2 місяці тому

    That has to be the same guitar from the Elegant Gypsy album cover - just look at all that checking in the finish! You only get that with time and lots of it. Great to see, Al, back at it after his health issues, last year. He's got a phenomenal band and that's no surprise - you've got to be great to play with the best.

  • @jeanlucchapelon
    @jeanlucchapelon 3 місяці тому

    Hope they are touring in Europe specially in France !!!!!

  • @rajkumarrajamani4811
    @rajkumarrajamani4811 3 місяці тому +1

    brilliant work ! Pl share camera details .............simply unbelievable ! What a noble thought to share a finished show that could not be attended by so many people for various reasons !

    • @cosmichippo9708
      @cosmichippo9708  2 місяці тому

      Thanks for the comment. I use pixel 8 pro and use the Zoom am7 to capture the sound.

  • @SVATTIMO
    @SVATTIMO 3 місяці тому

    That black Les Paul sounds the best of all his Paul's!!!

  • @craig_ingram
    @craig_ingram Місяць тому

    This is awesome footage! Thank you so much for sharing it. Anyone know what his rig is on this run? I see a Matchless behind him…

  • @frankstecker5675
    @frankstecker5675 3 місяці тому +3

    The greates..Rock jazz klassik 🎸...all time

  • @jamiemorgan4146
    @jamiemorgan4146 3 місяці тому +1

    Hi Al, we used to jam together at Berzerklee.
    ( J.M. not my real name)
    Remember Cosmo’s and Slice? Father’s?
    Glad you’re back!
    A little more shed time. wink.
    ( Don’t take anymore of those shots)

  • @jamesreckling6697
    @jamesreckling6697 3 місяці тому +4

    Kinda surprised no Race with the Devil On A Spanish Highway. Thank you for this wonderful video!

    • @cosmichippo9708
      @cosmichippo9708  3 місяці тому +2

      I wished they played that as well. 2nd set was much shorter.

  • @nathandodge665
    @nathandodge665 3 місяці тому +1

    Glad to see him back in action after his heart attack

  • @fredmckendree
    @fredmckendree 3 місяці тому +11

    Bummed he did not play the full set like previous nights on this tour but still always a treat to see Big Al!
    Spoke with crew afterwards and they said he was not feeling well so cut the set short. Still recovering from heart attack. Prayers Al feels better moving forward.

  • @TheDevilMusic69
    @TheDevilMusic69 3 місяці тому +2

    Thank you so much for the share. I missed the Houston show bc i procrastinated abt getting advance tix. Was Al's tone this bright or just how it comes across on video?

  • @OrganicFaithFactory
    @OrganicFaithFactory 3 місяці тому +3

    He looks 20 years younger than his real age

  • @sheercerebralpower
    @sheercerebralpower 3 місяці тому +2

    With a Boogie MKI or a MKIIc it would have really been a time travel…..used to jam to these records as a kid….

    • @jamiemorgan4146
      @jamiemorgan4146 3 місяці тому

      Mark lll.. They sound the same.

    • @autk
      @autk 3 місяці тому

      This sounds nothing like it did, this is thin and shrill something is missing along with the venerable technique he used to have.

  • @VIRGONOMICS
    @VIRGONOMICS 3 місяці тому +1

    The drummer looks like George Dukes kid. Great show .

  • @sheercerebralpower
    @sheercerebralpower 3 місяці тому +1

    although on the 1981 Tour de Force Live record Al Di did play the Elegant Gypsy Suite with Steve Gadd,Anthony Jackson etc....in concert....just sayin.....

  • @mitchie2267
    @mitchie2267 3 місяці тому +1

    Hope he's doing ok now.