Orange and blue al di meola biography

studio album by Wrongdoing Di Meola

Orange and Blue is finish 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 Fuse Again, Part I" –
8. "If Awe 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 Tiny You" –
12. "Casmir" –
13. "On Return to health 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), cello (5), synthesizers (10), finger snaps (10), Kurzweil piccolo flute (11), Hawaiian trusty 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), Cowcatcher Rhodes (10), Hammond organ (10), terminating 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 Author – acoustic bass (1, 2, , 11, 12)
• Pino Palladino – fretless basso (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 – video assistant
• Roy Clark – second engineer
• Tommy Galligan – second engineer
• Andy Grassi – subordinate engineer
• Barbara Lipke – second engineer
• Bill Meho – second engineer
• Rory Romano – next engineer
• Shunya Sawada – second engineer
• Scott Leafy – second engineer
• Greg Calbi – mastering
• Scott Hull – mastering
• Masterdisk (New York, NY) – mastering location
• Michelle Laurençot – side direction, design
• Helge Hommes – front comprehend artwork
• Polykarpos Kyriacou – front cover design
• Rodney L. Cameron – photography
• Jan Frank – photography
• Peter Shukat – management

Chart performance

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