Al Di Meola - Dark Eye Tango
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- Опубліковано 28 кві 2010
- Recorded live in Berlin, Germany, 1978
Al Di Meola - Guitar
Philippe Saisse - Keyboards
Tim Landers - Bass
Robbie Gonzalez - Drums
Vlodek Gulgowski - E-Pf
Eddie Colon - Percussions
A special thanks to Österreichischer Rundfunk for graciously allowing this video to exist here.
Where is the LOVE button??? This stuff is still searing and killer almost 35 years later!
Di Meola's control and inventiveness are stunning, and his tones range from silky to screaming.
there's no way that stuff gets invented! it's gottabe comin' from some ready-made invent'ry-or-some-such-stock-pile-some-how, man~
Ah, Hammersmith Odeon, London, magical sumner evening sometime in the early 80s. They blew the roof off. Brilliant, thank you Al Di Meola.
Started listening to more serious music in my teens in the 70s, specifically fusion jazz like this.
what a bad ass he is....he makes it look so easy to create such beauty v
One of my all time favorite Al Di Meola songs.
In 2011 my daughter and I went to the Greek Theatre in LA for a Rodrigo Y Gabriella concert, and one of the guest artists was Al Di Meola! They played Mediterranean Sundance, an all-acoustic set! Rodrigo and Gabriella are terrific in their own right, but Al sitting in just made the evening perfect!!!! I'd never heard of them and my daughter never heard of Al, so we both learned something new!
such good musicians, people like this arent appreciated enough today
Even less now in the future and will continue to diminish
Every once in a while I have to go back and listen to this stuff again to remind me of how freaking amazing this guy is.
Big Al,can make it happen!! From a musician point of view of this song and his playing.. it's truly remarkable.. what a smooth band he has backing him up...
Now that’s what I call amazing “feel” man
I saw this legend so many times, and he's always getting better, but stayed original!
Iconic....
Maestro de los Maestros,ayer tuve éste tema todo el día sonando en mi cabeza y hoy encuentro ésta versión en vivo,gracias a la vida,salud.
There are a lot of greats, but greatest Al is!! I've got 26years with Al and I can hear in just 1 note that I'd him speaking!! Love always!!
so glad i know that this music exists.
Wow, I've never heard him calm down and let notes breathe before. Beautiful.
He does that plenty, so I guess you haven't listened to him much until now. Check out some of his acoustic stuff; you might like that too.
Love this song, nice Dorian feel. Al is just a joy to listen to.
+Chungas Revenge I love the way this song builds. It starts out simple and then the timing becomes very fun to listen to. I'm not great with theory but this isn't Harmonic Minor. It's natural minor or dare I say Aeolian with a few sharps here and there, but it's not snake charmer time like harmonic suggests.
Yes, its natural minor mostly.
Holy crap.. This is truly amazing... You know what.. Al deserves alot of credit for inspiring other players to alternate pick the way they do/did example vinnie moore, yngwie..
yeah, who else can like, skip things, and play against-the-space-and-time-that-a-way, man! it's impossible, practic'ly, man~! definitely i was inspired to be a coffee drinker when i was almost eighteen, back in 1982, yup, when uncle jim put parts of 'midnight sun' onto a flippin' tape for me, and bruce cockburn, some roy buchanan, i mean --oh yes! there was 'there and back' on the very other side, the space boogie and really all them tracks have never stopped, hardly ever even slowed down since then, in fact, they're so entrenched now into that 'fabric' of timespace, that it's like, good-luck-gettin'-them-things-outta there now, it's like, gracias, uncle jim, once again, i might add! and uncle al, uncle jeff, uncle bob, uncle larry, uncle kerry! and uncle pat, uncle tim, and all the aunts and the grandparents, and all the other relatives, friends and familia and other whatnots! once again, thanks, and thanks!
My favorite Al era. So full of raw energy and creativity. There's a different Al that starts around the World Symphonia albums where he kind of gets stagnant with a comfortable formula. He's still a titant of guitar anyway.
One of Al's best compositions IMHO. Al deserves so much respect. Sometimes I think people slam him because he's so good. Such BS! What more can you want from a fusion player? He's melodic, his compositions are inspired, his chops are peerless, his tone is totally balls out. We all want to be Al Di Meola.
@Golden Knight no right hand
yes, he has all that, but he comes across as a narcissistic control freak.
Al's dancing while plays lol LEGEND.
ay! you can't make this stuff up,folks! this guy's the real flippin' DEAL!
@Chris Manzi he's constantly shedding more notes than most can make any sense of or use convincingly in a lifetime, man! like where do they-all-come-from? and where-dooo-they-all-belong!!
Great vintage clip!
Love this song. Classic Al. I am a guitar man, but Philippe Saisse the keyboard player has some real nice tunes also.
I’d like to see Al play with Carlos Santana. This song, with both of them trading licks. I’ve been a fan of Al since1977 and Carlos since 1972.
Intro resembles Montgomery's Without You. Both are beautiful but Dark Eye Tango is so beautiful it hurts. One of my fav Al's songs although the whole Casino album is incredible. In fact, all his albums from this early jazz fusion period are awesome. His best albums imo, although I love other his stuff too. BTW, the bass player is also great here.
Come on Al! Put the fire on!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I so agree cbtrules. Love watching the artist play his instrument. Love the tango too. ;-))) Delightful click of my finger. :-)))) Umm my fave' bass thrilling me as this delightful tune is being played into my ears--wide open and oh high volume. :-)) Thanks for your shared story. Awesome. Hmmmm and I love Brown Eyes.;-))) Peace!!! Oh soaring ~~~~~~
This will make anybody's day...Thanks AL, you just blew my mind on LSD...
and there surely are no dislikes(:: amazing song
His tangos are always quite sexy... i love them all
I loved Al back when he had his own hair.
I've grown up with Al, all I can say is Fan Tactic!!! There is only one other Guitarist worth mention. Jeff Beck.
That's hopefully just an Uber ignorant comment; if not you need to overhaul your listening skills.
Shawn Lane, Allan Holdsworth, Adrian Belew, Robert Fripp, Jimmy Herring, Jennifer Batton, Mike Seal, Alex Machacek, Tim Miller, Trevor Rabin, Don Mock, John Stowell are just a few still alive and well, that immediately pop to mind each rendering your comment absurd.
The first time I saw Al live was 1980, with Jan Hammer, Anthony Jackson, Phillip sasse , Steve Gadd. I never knew how lucky I was, but this is a great reminder of what he was back then. Wierd thing is Jan Hammer, was also collaborating with Jeff Beck around that time. I was lucky enough to see Jeff in 1980 also. WOW. Wish I had a smart phone. Back then.
I wrote Al a fan letter when I was 17 and he personally wrote me back. Still have it to this day! Saw him 3-4 times including RTF and with John, Paco and Steve Morse. Absolutely amazing!
I’m hearing a little Santana in this.
Als LP thru Marshalls. Very thick.
guitar genius
@negrozoid I agree with you 110% i'm so glad i had the opportunity to see him
Never fear.
I didn't know Bill Hicks could jam this hard.
In Puerto Rico in the 70s they called that hairstyle a playero.
Never seen Al with a sunburst guitar.
Didn't know Carles Puyol is such a good bass player
Al seems to have his guitar plugged in with an XLR cable. Hmmmm.
la guitarrita se parece a la mia que buena!! wish i could learn from the master ADM
Al Di Meola was a child protege that enter the Juilliard School for the performing Arts at the age of 15. At the age of 16 her was recording and touring with Jazz great Chick Corea and Return To Forever. Many people wonder where Yngwie Malmsteen, Stevie Vie, Joe Satriani and John Patrucci get it from, just listen to Al Di Meola.
No, don't make things up and lie. He didn't go to Juilliard and he wasn't 16 when joining Return To Forever.
Al went to Berklee College of Music and joined RTF around 19 yrs old.
does anyone know the sound the bass player is using. i know it was on many albums back in the late 70's.
The biggest key is the fretless bass; probably a nod to Jaco, who played on some of Al's old stuff; probably this song included.
@OmniscientVirtuosity yes, a tad heavy on the improv, but not too much. I agree the album version is PERFECT. This is the song that turned me on to Al over 30 years ago
"tad heavy on the improv"? But this is jazz related music. Considering that jazz is mainly an improviser's music, and they constantly hammer home the form throughout even the solo, I say the opposite: nice performance, but just like I recall from this period, I left the show feeling like I just watched Al do his best imitation of a jukebox playing his record.
It's strange. He looks older here now than he does now...
What concert is this from? I want to buy a copy yesterday...
barifkin31 -"Live in Berlin, 1978".
did he make a mistake ay 0:36? the bassist looked abit suprised and he looked a little annoyed. Sounded good to me!
@Negrozoid I do appreciate him lol.
I saw a version of this tour in Tampa Florida- he headlined to a sold out small arena (Jai Alai fronton). The prog rock group Renaissance opened, and the whole show was memorable. I saw DiMeola in Cincinnati about three years ago- still excellent and passionate, but playing in front of about 300 or so in a theater. And yet, Lady Gaga survives. There is no justice.
He is not out of tune :P
Why sound is so terrible? One of the best era of Al Di Meola
way too much improvising for my taste... Album version is Perfect... But the fact that this even exists is still awesome