All Your Life: A double CD or here an expensive double LP, of the reviewers actually so highly esteemed guitarist Al Di Meola. In excitement of the concert of Al Di Meola in the famous little Jazz Club Hannover-a figurehead in Germany for the live performance of small and large Stars-old and young celebrities-partially awarded the Grammy to beginners: Not limited to that of the pure jazz sector, but from free jazz to blues, soul, piano concertos and vocal performances reaching-usually with two concerts each Woche.Ein small but fine jazz club, who is anchored by honorary music lovers, led by Uwe Tedsen admirable sacrificially Thanks to the tireless commitment Nicolas Sempf, who managed to engage the famous Al Di Meola for a concert room: smaller than my living room at home said a visibly good mood Meola: So close I was to my audience never even, reaching over 120 minutes on two evenings in the guitar strings .Two concert evenings, which were also made possible by the Friends of Jazz. Heard in Hannover still predominantly the old Al Di Meola from the 80's and 90 years with brilliant compositions like: Alien Chase on Arabian Desert on Egyptian Danza, Elegant Gypsy, here Souring to a legend, so presents a guitar player far beyond his powers the three times was elected the best acoustic guitarists and added to the Gallery of Greats in 1981. Already in the seventies, he was considered the then fastest guitarist of Welt.Unüberhörbar was his guitar playing and sound through the use of percussive Technik.Somit Al Di Meola could generate a unique unmistakable sound that conquered the concert halls together with Chick Chorea and Jan Hammer and the audience fascinated.
But steer clear of this production: strictly speaking, from the usual style and sound of Al Di Meola is virtually nothing in these many gecoverten of the Beatles recordings to hören.Der sense these interpretations reveals itself to the author at all-rather are Beatles classics verfremdet.Die music drags very varied and in need of improvement on four sides of the plate there.
The music is generally tolerable and the recording quality and production without blemish and Tadel.Sie only has absolutely nothing with the sound volume and the panache of old recordings 76-87 do-Al Di Meola heyday in terms of playing technique and band performance. Sorely lacking one-way-least approach shimmering guitar riffs like: Two to Tango, Somalia, Traces of a Tear, Vertigo Shadow ... With compositions like: Istafan, I Can Tell, Matahari is pointed at an early stage that Al Di Meola refused to be set on the hard guitar riffs on Gibson Gittarren but also melodic guitar sounds with acoustic guitars with in his repertoire incorporate wollte.Auch a few sequences were even then interwoven with string orchestras.
For those who prefer this rather concertante Al Di Meola the soft tones, is abolished the right place for these recordings.
Who the old Al Di Meola-ie against the unmistakable incisive sound of his compositions, the Hein also submit to the Arab world, embedded in the skill of his musical comrades as: want to hear Kevin Seddiki, Peter Kascas and Rhani Krija do attend one of his live concerts on his European tour.
