Flesh on Flesh
Encyclopedia
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.
2002 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 2002.-Events:*February 3 – U2 perform during the halftime show for Super Bowl XXXVI...
album by Italian-American jazz fusion
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,...
and Latin jazz
Latin jazz
Latin jazz is the general term given to jazz with Latin American rhythms.The three main categories of Latin Jazz are Brazilian, Cuban and Puerto Rican:# Brazilian Latin Jazz includes bossa nova...
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...
. The album contains new compositions and reworkings of older ones as well.
Track listing
All songs by Al Di Meola unless otherwise noted.- "Zona Desperata" – 9:23
- "Innamorata" – 8:38
- "Meninas" (Egberto Gismonti) – 5:41
- "Flesh on Flesh" – 5:57
- "Fugata" (Ástor PiazzollaÁstor PiazzollaÁstor Pantaleón Piazzolla was an Argentine tango composer and bandoneón player. His oeuvre revolutionized the traditional tango into a new style termed nuevo tango, incorporating elements from jazz and classical music...
) – 5:46 - "Deep and Madly" – 1:45
- "Saffire Soleil" – 4:11
- "Senor Mouse 2002" (Chick CoreaChick CoreaArmando Anthony "Chick" Corea is an American jazz pianist, keyboardist, and composer.Many of his compositions are considered jazz standards. As a member of Miles Davis' band in the 1960s, he participated in the birth of the electric jazz fusion movement. In the 1970s he formed Return to Forever...
) – 9:24
Personnel
- Al Di Meola – guitar
- Anthony Jackson – bass
- Gumbi Ortiz – percussion
- Mario Parmisano– keyboards
- Ernie Adams – drums
- Alejandro Santos – flutes
- Gonzalo RubalcabaGonzalo RubalcabaGonzalo Rubalcaba is a Grammy Award-winning Cuban jazz pianist and composer.Gonzalo Julio Gonzalez Fonseca was born in Havana, Cuba, May 27, 1963, into a musical family rich in the traditions of the country’s artistic past...
– Fender Rhodes on "Zona Desperata" and "Fugata"
Charts
| Year | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Billboard Top Contemporary Jazz Albums | 25 |