Flesh on Flesh

Flesh on Flesh
Studio album by Al Di Meola
Released	27 August 2002
Recorded	March – April 2002
Studio	The Hit Factory Criteria (North Miami, Florida) Cintron Studios (Miami Beach, Florida)
Genre	Jazz
Length	50:50
Label	Telarc
Producer	Al Di Meola
Al Di Meola chronology
World Sinfonía III - The Grande Passion (2000) Flesh on Flesh (2002) Consequence of Chaos (2006)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
All About Jazz	(positive) [2]

Flesh on Flesh is a 2002 album by Italian-American jazz fusion and Latin jazz guitarist Al Di Meola. The album contains new compositions and reworkings of older ones as well. ^[3]

Track listing

All songs by Al Di Meola unless otherwise noted.

1. "Zona Desperata" – 9:23
2. "Innamorata" – 8:38
3. "Meninas" (Egberto Gismonti) – 5:41
4. "Flesh on Flesh" – 5:57
5. "Fugata" (Ástor Piazzolla) – 5:46
6. "Deep and Madly" – 1:45
7. "Saffire Soleil" – 4:11
8. "Señor Mouse" (Chick Corea) – 9:24

Personnel

• Al Di Meola – acoustic guitars (1–5, 7, 8), electric-acoustic guitars (1, 2, 4–7), Roland VG-88 (1, 2, 4–7), bombo legüero (1, 2), dumbek (2, 5), klong khaek (2), tarbuka (2), timpani (2), acoustic-electric guitars (4, 6), cymbals (4), drum programming (6), electric guitar (7, 8), drums (8)
• Gonzalo Rubalcaba – Fender Rhodes (1, 5), Rhodes solo (1)
• Mario Parmisano – acoustic piano (1–5, 7, 8), synthesizers (1, 2, 4, 5), marimba (1), arrangements (3), calliope (4)
• Anthony Jackson – electric contrabass (1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8), electric bass (3)
• Ernie Adams – drums (2, 7)
• Gumbi Ortiz – percussion (1), congas (1, 2, 4, 5), cajón (2, 4, 5)
• Alejandro Santos – flutes (1, 2, 4, 5, 7), pan pipes (2), bass flute (3)
• Guillermo Ruiz – alto saxophone (1)
• Jeans Valdés Labrada – alto saxophone (1)
• Williams Polledo – trumpet (1)

Production

• Robert Woods – executive producer
• Al Di Meola – producer, arrangements
• Roger Nichols – basic track engineer, mastering
• Michael Renna – engineer (6)
• Mark Lee – assistant engineer, additional engineer
• Dan O'Brien – second assistant engineer, studio coordinator
• German Ortiz – overdub engineer, mixing
• Marty Clinton III – assistant overdub engineer, mix assistant
• Anilda Carrasquillo – art direction, design
• Superstock – cover photography
• Peter Zander – back cover photography

Charts

Year	Chart	Position
2002	Billboard Top Contemporary Jazz Albums	25 [4]

References

1. Edelstein, Paula. Flesh on Flesh at AllMusic
2. Bailey, C. Michael. "Al Di Meola: Flesh on Flesh". allaboutjazz.com. Retrieved August 13, 2002.
3. Schneppen, Heinz, “The case of Karl Peters: a colonial official on trial” Zeitschrift für Geschichtswissenschaft, 869-885, [database on-line]; available from Historical Abstracts.
4. "Flesh on Flesh - Al di Meola | Awards | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved October 27, 2013.