Al Di Meola discography

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Al Di Meola discography
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Studio albums26
Live albums7
Compilation albums7
Singles9
As featured artist1
Collaboration albums8

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.

Contents

Albums

Studio albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions Certifications
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
  • Released: October 25, 1976
  • Label: Columbia
  • Formats: LP, CD, download
1291320
Elegant Gypsy
  • Released: 1977
  • Label: Columbia
  • Formats: LP, CD, 8T, download
5854035
Casino
  • Released: February 25, 1978
  • Label: Columbia
  • Formats: LP, CD, download
52537
Splendido Hotel
  • Released: May 10, 1980
  • Label: Columbia
  • Formats: LP, CD, download
1198
Electric Rendezvous
  • Released: 1982
  • Label: Columbia
  • Formats: LP, CD, download
553264757
Scenario
  • Released: 1983
  • Label: Columbia
  • Formats: LP, CD, download
1288
Cielo e Terra
  • Released: 1985
  • Label: Manhattan
  • Formats: LP, CD
18
Soaring Through a Dream
  • Released: 1985
  • Label: Manhattan
  • Formats: LP, CD
14
Tirami Su
  • Released: 1987
  • Label: Manhattan
  • Formats: LP, CD
19014
World Sinfonia
  • Released: 1991
  • Label: Tomato
  • Formats: LP, CD
10
Kiss My Axe
  • Released: 1991
  • Label: Tomato
  • Formats: LP, CD
2
World Sinfonia II – Heart of the Immigrants
  • Released: 1993
  • Label: Tomato
  • Formats: CD
15
Orange and Blue
  • Released: 1994
  • Label: Tomato
  • Formats: CD
17
Di Meola Plays Piazzolla
  • Released:November 5, 1996
  • Label: Atlantic
  • Formats: CD, download
The Infinite Desire
  • Released: August 18, 1998
  • Label: Telarc
  • Formats: CD, download
17
Winter Nights
  • Released: September 1, 1999
  • Label: Telarc
  • Formats: CD, download
15
World Sinfonía III - The Grande Passion
  • Released: October 24, 2000
  • Label: Telar
  • Formats: CD, download
24
Flesh on Flesh
  • Released: August 27, 2002
  • Label: Telarc
  • Formats: CD, download
25
Consequence of Chaos
  • Released: September 26, 2006
  • Label: Telarc
  • Formats: CD, download
9
Vocal Rendezvous
  • Released: May 19, 2006
  • Label: SPV
  • Formats: CD
Diabolic Inventions and Seduction For Solo Guitar
  • Released: January 8, 2007
  • Label: Di Meola Productions
  • Formats: CD, download
Pursuit of Radical Rhapsody
  • Released: March 15, 2011
  • Label: Concord
  • Formats: CD, download
4
All Your Life (A Tribute to the Beatles)
  • Released: September 10, 2013
  • Label: Valiana/Songsurfer
  • Formats: LP, CD, download
16
Elysium
  • Released: May 22, 2015
  • Label: in-akusitik
  • Formats: LP, CD, download, streaming
Opus
  • Released: February 23, 2018
  • Label: earMUSIC
  • Formats: LP, CD, download, streaming
80
Across the Universe
  • Released: March 13, 2020
  • Label: earMUSIC
  • Formats: LP, CD, download, streaming
36
Twentyfour [12]
  • Release: July 19, 2024
  • Label: earMUSIC
  • Format: LP, CD, download, streaming
TBA
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

with Return to Forever

TitleAlbum details
Where Have I Known You Before
  • Released: 1974
  • Label: Polydor
  • Format: Vinyl, CD
No Mystery
  • Released: 1975
  • Label: Polydor
  • Format: Vinyl, CD
Romantic Warrior
  • Released: 1976
  • Label: Columbia
  • Format: Vinyl, CD
Returns
  • Released: March 17, 2009
  • Label: Eagle
  • Format: CD, download

Collaborations

TitleAlbum detailsPeak 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)
  • Released: August 10, 1981
  • Label: Philips
  • Formats: LP, CD, CS, download
9762266548154
Passion, Grace and Fire
(Paco de Lucía, John McLaughlin, and Al Di Meola)
  • Released: March 23, 1983
  • Label: Philips
  • Formats: LP, CD, SACD, CS, download
171935
The Rite of Strings
(Stanley Clarke, Jean-Luc Ponty, and Di Meola)
  • Released: July 17, 1995
  • Label: Gai Saber
  • Formats: CD
4
The Guitar Trio
(Paco de Lucía, John McLaughlin, and Al Di Meola)
  • Released: October 15, 1996
  • Label: Verve
  • Formats: LP, CD, CS, download
1552721
Cosmopolitan Life
(Leonid Agutin and Al Di Meola)
  • Released: May 23, 2005
  • Label: Ole Records
  • Formats: CD
57
Midsummer Night in Sardinia
Andrea Parodi and Al Di Meola)
  • Released: February 16, 2007 [15]
  • Label: ZYX Music
  • Formats: CD
The NYC Session: Beautiful Love
(Eddie Gómez, Billy Drummond, Yutaka Kobayashi, and Al Di Meola)
  • Released: April 1, 2008 [16]
  • Label: Isol Discus
  • Formats: CD, download
He & Carmen
(Eszter Horgas and Al Di Meola)
  • Released: 2008
  • Label: Galaxy Music Ltd./Danubius Music
  • Formats: CD, download
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Live albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions
US
[1]
US Jazz
[1]
Tour De Force – Live
  • Released: September 27, 1982
  • Label: Columbia
  • Formats: CD, download
1658
Live in London
  • Released: May 16, 2007
  • Label: Di Meola Productions
  • Formats: CD, download
Melodia Live in Milano
  • Released: March 20, 2008
  • Label: Valiana
  • Formats: CD, download
World Sinfonia: Live from Seattle and Elsewhere
  • Released: 2009
  • Label: Valiana
  • Formats: CD
Live at the North Sea Jazz Festival
  • Released: April 10, 2012
  • Label: The Store For Music
  • Formats: CD
Morocco Fantasia
  • Released: 2017
  • Label: Inakustik
  • Formats: CD
Elegant Gypsy & More
  • Released: 2018
  • Label: earMUSIC
  • Formats: CD
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Compilation albums

TitleDetails
This Is Jazz
The Essence of Al Di Meola
  • Released: 1977
  • Label: Sony Music
  • Format: Vinyl, CD
Greatest Hits
  • Released: November 1, 1990
  • Label: Sony Music
  • Format: CD
The Best of Al Di Meola: The Manhattan Years
  • Released: January 1, 1992
  • Label: Blue Note
  • Format: CD
Anthology
  • Released: October 22, 2000
  • Label: Sony Music
  • Format: CD
Al Di Meola Collection
  • Released: January 1, 2014
  • Label: Concord
  • Format: CD, download
Elysium
  • Released: June 8, 2015
  • Label: Valiana Music and Media
  • Format: CD, download, streaming

Video albums

TitleVideo details
The Super Guitar Trio and Friends
(with Larry Coryell and Bireli Lagrene)
  • Released: 1990
  • Label: Pioneer, TDK
  • Formats: Laserdisc, DVD
Live at Montreux 1986/1993
  • Released: 16 November 2004 [17]
  • Label: Montreux Sounds/Eagle Vision
  • Formats: DVD
Live at Montreux 1994
(with Jean-Luc Ponty and Stanley Clarke)
  • Released: 3 May 2005 [18]
  • Label: Eagle Eye Media/Montreux Sounds
  • Formats: DVD
One of These Nights
(with Ernie Adams, Gumbi Ortiz, Mario Parmisano, and Sturcz String Quartet)
  • Released: 1 February 2005
  • Label: In-Akustik
  • Formats: DVD
Speak a Volcano: Return to Electric Guitar
  • Released: 30 October 2007 [19]
  • Label: In-Akustik
  • Formats: DVD
Super Guitar Trio: Live at Montreux /1989
(with Larry Coryell and Bireli Lagrene)
  • Released: 7 August 2007
  • Label: Eagle Rock
  • Formats: DVD
Cosmopolitan Live
(with Leonid Agutin)
  • Released: 4 March 2008 [20]
  • Label: Ole Records
  • Formats: DVD
Return to Forever: Returns – Live at Montreux
(with Stanley Clarke, Chick Corea and Lenny White)
  • Released: 12 May 2009
  • Label: Eagle Rock
  • Formats: DVD, Blu-ray
Live in Tokyo
(with The Sturcz String Quartet)
  • Released: 7 December 2010
  • Label: IMV
  • Formats: DVD
Live at North Sea Jazz Festival
  • Released: 19 October 2010
  • Label: The Store For Music
  • Formats: DVD
One Night in Montreal
  • Released: 18 May 2010
  • Label: Immortal Eur/Zoom
  • Formats: DVD
Carmen
  • Released: 13 June 2011
  • Label: The Store For Music
  • Formats: DVD
Morocco Fantasia
  • Released: 5 December 2011
  • Label: In-Akustik
  • Formats: DVD, Blu-ray

Singles

As lead artist

TitleYearAlbum
"Milonga Noctiva"
(featuring Kemuel Roig)
2017Opus
"Broken Heart"2018
"Ava's Dream Sequence Lullaby"
"Strawberry Fields Forever"2020Across 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)
2022Endless Sleep
"Fandango"2024Twentyfour
"For Only You"
"Ava's Dance in the Moonlight"
TitleYearAlbum
"The Cruelest Goodbye"
(Outlanders featuring Al Di Meola)
2022Non-album single

Other appearances

YearNotesAlbumRef
1975electric guitar in "Prince of the Sea"Venusian Summer - Lenny White
1976guitar 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
1977guitar Go Too - Stomu Yamashta's Go [21]
1982guitar in "Compadres" Touchstone - Chick Corea
1984guitar in "Allergies" Hearts and Bones - Paul Simon
1988acoustic guitar in "The Way In", and "Sledgehammer"The Way In - Jeff Richman
guitarLatin - George Dalaras [22]
1993guitarJazzpana - Vince Mendoza and Arif Mardin [23]
1995guitarDavid Broza - David Broza [24]
acoustic guitar Dance of Fire - Aziza Mustafa Zadeh
producer Magic Touch - Stanley Jordan [25]
1996guitar in "El Ciego" The Promise - John McLaughlin [26]
guitar in "Mediterranean Sundance"Pavarotti & Friends For War Child - Luciano Pavarotti [27]
1997guitarPeople in Room No 8 - Leslie Mándoki [28]
1999guitarCrossing the Bridge - Eileen Ivers [29]
2000acoustic guitar Inspiration – Colors & Reflections - Aziza Mustafa Zadeh
2001guitar in "Beyond the Mirage, for 2 guitars",
"Azzurra, for 2 guitars" and "The Grand Passion, for 2 guitars"
Nylon & Steel - Manuel Barrueco [30]
acoustic guitarThe Running Roads - George Dalaras [31]
2002guitar in "Torbellino (Whirlwind)"Camino Latino - Liona Boyd [32]
guitarDon't Let Me Be Misunderstood - No Mercy
guitarSoulmates - Leslie Mándoki
2003acoustic guitar in "The Sons of Anu" and "Gypsy Moth" Black Utopia - Derek Sherinian [33]
guitar in "Sinej Reki Voda"Deja Vu - Leonid Agutin [34]

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