Casino (Al Di Meola album)
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Casino is a 1978 album by Latin jazz fusion
guitarist
Al Di Meola
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Jazz fusion
Jazz fusion is a musical fusion genre that developed from mixing funk and R&B rhythms and the amplification and electronic effects of rock, complex time signatures derived from non-Western music and extended, typically instrumental compositions with a jazz approach to lengthy group improvisations,...
guitarist
Guitarist
A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. Guitarists may play a variety of instruments such as classical guitars, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, and bass guitars. Some guitarists accompany themselves on the guitar while singing.- Versatility :The guitarist controls an extremely...
Al Di Meola
Al Di Meola
Al Di Meola is an acclaimed American jazz fusion and Latin guitarist, composer, and record producer of Italian origin. With a musical career that has spanned more than three decades, he has become respected as one of the most influential guitarists in jazz to date...
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Track listing
- "Egyptian DanzaEgyptian DanzaEgyptian Danza is a composition by Latin jazz-fusion guitarist Al Di Meola. He first recorded it in 1977 for his album Casino and also recorded in live in Philadelphia in February 1982. It later appeared on his 1994 album Essence of Al Di Meola...
" (Al Di Meola) – 5:56 - "Chasin' the Voodoo" (Mingo Lewis) – 5:05
- "Dark Eye Tango" (Al Di Meola) – 5:23
- "Señor Mouse" (Chick Corea) – 7:21
- "Fantasia Suite for Two Guitars" (Al Di Meola) – 5:11
- "Viva La Danzarina"
- "Guitars Of The Exotic Isle"
- "Rhapsody Italia"
- "Bravoto Fantasia"
- "Casino" (Al Di Meola) – 9:29
Personnel
- Al Di MeolaAl Di MeolaAl Di Meola is an acclaimed American jazz fusion and Latin guitarist, composer, and record producer of Italian origin. With a musical career that has spanned more than three decades, he has become respected as one of the most influential guitarists in jazz to date...
: Guitars, mandolin, percussion, hand claps. - Anthony Jackson: Bass guitar.
- Barry Miles (musician)Barry Miles (musician)Barry Miles is an American pianist, drummer, composer, producer, arranger and author.Miles was born in Newark, New Jersey and grew up in North Plainfield, New Jersey....
: Keyboards, percussion, synthesizer. - Steve GaddSteve GaddSteve Gadd is an American session and studio drummer, notable for his work with popular musicians from a wide range of genres.-Biography:...
: Drums. - James Mingo Lewis: Percussion
- Eddie Colon: Percussion.