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Di Meola Plays Piazzolla 
Summary
Di Meola Plays Piazzolla is an album by Al Di Meola which is a tribute to Argentinian composer Ástor Piazzolla. Eight of the ten songs were written by Piazzolla. Di Meola is accompanied by percussionist Arto Tuncboyacian and Dino Saluzzi, who plays bandoneon.[2] Vince Mendoza provided some of the string arrangements.[3]
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| Released | November 5, 1996 | |||
| Studio | The Hit Factory, Skyline Studios and The Tracking Zone (New York City, New York)
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| Genre | Jazz fusion | |||
| Length | 59:54 | |||
| Label | Mesa/Bluemoon | |||
| Producer | Al Di Meola
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Track listing edit
All songs by Ástor Piazzolla except where noted.
- "Oblivión" – 6:01
- "Café 1930" – 6:13
- "Tango Suite, Pt. I" – 8:49
- "Tango Suite, Pt. III" – 8:50
- "Verano Reflections" (Piazzolla, Di Meola) – 4:10
- "Night Club 1960" – 5:44
- "Tango II" – 5:33
- "Bordel 1900" – 4:30
- "Milonga del Angel" – 3:44
- "Last Tango for Astor" (Di Meola) – 6:20
Personnel edit
- Al Di Meola – guitars (1, 2, 5-9), all guitar parts (1), percussion (1, 5), orchestration (1, 5, 10), arrangements (1-6, 8, 10), acoustic guitars (3, 4, 10), pandean pipe (5), voice (5), guitar solo (9)
- Spyros Poulos – programming (1, 5)
- Dino Saluzzi – bandoneon (2-4, 7, 8, 10)
- Hernan Romero – keyboards (5), charango (5), voice (5, 8)
- Chris Carrington – guitars (2, 6), classical guitar (3, 4, 10)
- Arto Tunçboyacıyan – percussion (3, 4, 6, 8, 10), voice (3, 4, 10)
- Gumbi Ortiz – percussion (3, 4, 10), congas (3, 4, 10)
- Vince Mendoza – string arrangements (2, 6, 8)
Production edit
- Al Di Meola – producer
- Hernan Romero – co-producer (1, 5)
- David Baker – assistant producer (1), engineer (1, 3-5)
- Roy Hendrickson – engineer (2, 6-9)
- Dan Garcia – string engineer (2), engineer (6, 8)
- Scott Ansell – engineer (10)
- Joe Ferla – engineer (10)
- Rich Tozzoli – assistant engineer (1, 5)
- Sean Haines – assistant engineer (3, 4, 6-9)
- Michael Nuceder – assistant engineer (3, 4)
- Bob Ludwig – mastering at Gateway Mastering (Portland, Maine) and Sound On Sound (New York, NY)
- Richard Evans – art direction, design, photography
- Richard Haughton – photos of Al Di Meola
- Camilla Van Zuylen – photo of Astor Piazzolla