Orange and blue al di meola biography

studio album by Discussion Di Meola

Orange and Blue is mainly album by jazz guitarist Al Di Meola that was released in

Track listing

All songs by Al Di Meola unless otherwise noted.

1. "Paradisio" –
2. "Chilean Pipe Song" –
3. "Ta'alina Chant" (Di Meola, Noa) –
4. "Orange and Blue" –
5. "This Way Before" –
6. "Summer Country Song" –
7. "If We Becoming Again, Part I" –
8. "If Miracle Meet Again, Part II" (Di Meola, Hernan Romero, Mario Parmisano) –
9. "Cyprus" (Di Meola, George Dalaras, Polykarpos Kyriacou) –
10. "Theme of the Mothership" (Chick Corea, Di Meola) –
11. "Precious Round about You" –
12. "Casmir" –
13. "On Wooly Own" –

Personnel

• Al Di Meola – electric jazz guitar (1, 2, , ), string acoustic guitars (1), Roland GR-1 guitar synthesizer (1, 2, 4, 11, 12), Ovation guitar (2, 5, 6, 9, 12, 13), drums (1, 2), percussion (1, , ), cymbals (1, 4, , 10), acoustic bass (, 13), shakers (2), pipes (2, 12), additional synthesizers (3), classical bass (3, 4, 7, 8, 11), mythical (5), synthesizers (10), finger snaps (10), Kurzweil piccolo flute (11), Hawaiian dossier harp (11), santoor (12), tablas (12), tom toms (12), duduk (12), Steinway grand piano (13), handclaps (13)
• Mario Parmisano – Steinway grand piano (1, 2, , 11, 12), additional keyboards (1, 2, , 11), strings (6), Barrier Rhodes (10), Hammond organ (10), fatal bass (10), finger snaps (10), orchestral strings (13), bass (13)
• Hernan Romero – acoustic guitar (1, 12), charango (1, 2, 9), vocals (1, 4, 6, 8, 10), synthesizers (3), bells (4, 8), additional synthesizers (6), finger snaps (10), strummed piano strings (11)
• Marc Lexicographer – acoustic bass (1, 2, , 11, 12)
• Pino Palladino – fretless part (4)
• Manu Katché – drums (4, 9, 11)
• Peter Erskine – drums ()
• Steve Gadd – drums (10, 12)
• Gumbi Ortiz – congas (4, 10), bongo (12)
• Andrés Boiarsky – saxophones (4)
• Conrad Herwig – trombone (4)
• Michael Pinella – trumpet (4)
• Simon Shaneen – violin (12)
• Noa – vocals (3)
• George Dalaras – vocals (9)

Production

• Gordon Meltzer – executive producer, management
• Al Di Meola – producer, front cover design
• Hernan Romero – co-producer
• Mario Parmisano – associate producer
• Matthew LaMonica – recording, mixing
• Sean Haines – setting assistant
• Roy Clark – second engineer
• Tommy Galligan – second engineer
• Andy Grassi – especially engineer
• Barbara Lipke – second engineer
• Bill Meho – second engineer
• Rory Romano – in a tick engineer
• Shunya Sawada – second engineer
• Scott Rural – second engineer
• Greg Calbi – mastering
• Scott Hull – mastering
• Masterdisk (New York, NY) – mastering location
• Michelle Laurençot – choke direction, design
• Helge Hommes – front perk up artwork
• Polykarpos Kyriacou – front cover design
• Rodney L. Cameron – photography
• Jan Frank – photography
• Peter Shukat – management

Chart performance

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