The Best of Al DiMeola: The Manhattan Years

Al Di Meola | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (December 30, 2011)
• Original Release Date: November 3, 1992
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Blue Note
• ASIN: B000005HAW
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #73,374 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #29 in Music > Indie Music > Jazz > Jazz Fusion

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The Best of Al DiMeola: The Manhattan Years by Al Dimeola

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Title is Deceiving, May 14, 2000

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"gdozzzz" (Avon, CT United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Best of Al DiMeola: The Manhattan Years (Audio CD)

Please don't mistake this for a real "Best of Al DiMeola" collection, for this is not that.

This is merely the best of his 3 albums for Manhattan, "Soaring Through a Dream", "Ciello e Terra", and "Tirami Su". These 3 albums are comparatively weak (except Tirami Su) to Al's other works, but this collection overall is very good.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very pleasant jazzy New Age sounds..., April 17, 2003

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William E. Adams (Midland, Texas USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Best of Al DiMeola: The Manhattan Years (Audio CD)

This is only my second exposure to Mr. DiMeola's work, but I like this compliation better than I liked "Heart of the Immigrants." This involves guitars, percussion, some typical New Age vocalizations (chants?), keyboards and bass. Two of the nine selections are from his earlier CD "Soaring Through a Dream"; three tunes are excerpted from his "Cielo e Terra" album, and four were first issued on the disc "Tirami Su." The overall effect here is a little mellower than Andreas Vollenweider's famous "White Winds" release, but is similar in feeling. Ordinarily, I like "New Age" only in small doses, and non-vocal "New Age" at that. This CD has a nice balance of moods and elements and the vocals neither dominate nor annoy. You might say of it "Smooth jazz meets the Metaphysical" and yet not be demeaning. I would have liked it to offer more uptempo acoustic jazz, but when one is in a certain mood, this CD delivers quality sounds. My copy came at a bargain price, so I am delighted to have it. Diehard DiMeola fans probably have the three original albums on the Manhattan label already. For newcomers, this is a nice introduction to the genre and to the guitarist.

0 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Slow geeting there, May 1, 2010

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C. N. Smith (SOLOMONS, MD, US) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Best of Al DiMeola: The Manhattan Years (Audio CD)

This CD was late getting to me in the mail, but finally arrived. Amazon had already refunded my money, but when I received the CD, I sent a check to Lisa's to pay for it. It arrived in generally good condition. It was a new CD, but there was a small crack in the case from shipping. Great music though, and the CD was in first class condition! As I told Lisa, "All's well that ends well."

Thanks for the refund, Amazon - your reputation is 5 stars, in my view. And Lisa accepted that Amazon had made a refund, a plus in her favor. I gave 4 stars because of the cracked case, but it was a 5 star effort on everybody's part.