Elegant Gypsy

Occupation

• Guitar, Piano, Percussion Al Di Meola
• E-Piano/Keyboard Barry Miles [2, 4 ]
• E-Piano/Keyboard: Jan Hammer [1, 6]
• E -Bass: Anthony Jackson [1, 2, 4, 6]
• Percussion, Piano, Keyboard: Mingo Lewis [1, 2, 4, 6]
• Drums: Steve Gadd [1, 6]
• Drums: Lenny White [ 2, 4]
• Guitar: Paco de Lucía

Elegant Gypsy Al Di Meola 's second studio album and sold over 2 million copies of his most commercially successful.

At the time of publication Di Meola was just 23 years old and was a member of Chick Corea's fusion band Return to Forever, where he had already acquired a reputation as a talented musician. In contrast to his 1976 debut released Land of the Midnight Sun is on this album a departure determine towards more melodic arrangements away from pure speed game; therefore, it is also regarded as his best album. Furthermore, influences of Latin Jazz, Flamenco and Rock stated: The pieces are very rich in contrast, by inspired on Brazilian music and the flamenco acoustic pieces for Di Meola alone (Lady of Rome, Sister of Brazil) or in a duo with guitarist Paco de Andalucía ( Mediterranean Sundance ) to technically extremely sophisticated jazz-rock ( Race with Devil on Spanish Highway) and rocky heights (Flight Over Rio with a " devilish sound duel " with Jan hammer Moog synthesizer ).

The Guitar Player magazine has named Elegant Gypsy at the best guitar album of the year. For Scott Yanow, the album is " almost a classic of the fusion direction "; He gave him five stars.

Title list

The pieces were (except) composed by Al Di Meola.

Chart success

The album entered the U.S. charts at number # 58 and in the U.S. charts for jazz albums to rank # 5 The album was honored for the sales in the U.S. with a gold record on 24 July 1989.