Electric Rendezvous

Studio album by Al Di Meola

Released

1982

Recorded

May-July 1981

Genre

Jazz fusion

Length

34:27

Label

Columbia

Producer

Al Di Meola & Dennis Mackay

Al Di Meola chronology

Splendido Hotel
(1978)

Electric Renedezvous
(1982)

Tour De Force - Live
(1982)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	^[2]

Electric Rendezvous is an album by Italian-American jazz fusion and Latin jazz guitarist Al Di Meola released in 1982. It features Flamenco guitarist Paco de Lucía who also recorded Friday Night in San Francisco with Di Meola.

Track listing

All songs by Al Di Meola unless otherwise noted.

"God Bird Change" (Mingo Lewis) – 3:51
"Electric Rendezvous" – 7:47
"Passion, Grace & Fire" – 5:34
"Cruisin'" (Jan Hammer) – 4:16
"Black Cat Shuffle (Philippe Saisse) – 3:00
"Ritmo de la Noche" – 4:17
"Somalia" – 1:40
"Jewel Inside a Dream" – 4:02

Personnel

Al Di Meola – electric and acoustic guitars
Paco de Lucía – acoustic guitar on "Passion, Grace & Fire"
Anthony Jackson – bass guitar
Jan Hammer – keyboards
Philippe Saisse – keyboards on "Black Cat Shuffle"
Steve Gadd – drums and percussion
James Mingo Lewis – percussion

Chart performance

Year	Chart	Position
1982	Billboard 200	55^[3]
1982	Billboard Top Jazz Albums	3^[3]

References

↑ Yanow, Scott. "Electric Rendezvous - Al di Meola | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 12 August 2011.
↑ Swenson, J. (Editor) (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 61. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
1 2 "Electric Rendezvous - Al di Meola | Awards | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 27 October 2013.

Al Di Meola

Studio albums	Land of the Midnight Sun Elegant Gypsy Casino Splendido Hotel Electric Rendezvous Scenario Cielo e Terra Soaring Through a Dream Tirami Su World Sinfonia Kiss My Axe World Sinfonia II – Heart of the Immigrants Orange and Blue Di Meola Plays Piazzolla The Infinite Desire Winter Nights World Sinfonía III - The Grande Passion Flesh on Flesh Consequence of Chaos Vocal Rendezvous Diabolic Inventions And Seduction For Solo Guitar Pursuit of Radical Rhapsody All Your Life: Tribute to The Beatles recorded at the Abbey Road Studios, London

Live albums	Tour De Force – Live Live in London Melodia Live in Milano World Sinfonia :Live From Seattle And Else Where Live at the North Sea Jazz Festival

with Return to Forever	Where Have I Known You Before No Mystery Romantic Warrior Returns

with the Guitar Trio	Friday Night in San Francisco Passion, Grace and Fire The Guitar Trio

with Clarke and Ponty	Rite Of Strings

Guest appearances	Venusian Summer Go Live From Paris Go Go Too Hearts and Bones The Way In Latin Touchstone Jazzpana David Broza Dance of Fire The Promise Pavarotti & Friends For War Child People In Room No 8 The New Tango Project Crossing The Bridge Inspiration – Colors & Reflections Nylon & Steel The Running Roads Camino Latino Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood Soulmates Black Utopia Deja Vu Cosmopolitan Life Midsummer Night In Sardinia Mária (Égi szerelem) The NYC Session: Beautiful Love Ő és Carmen (He and Carmen) Rockin in the Free World

as producer	Magic Touch

Related articles	Discography

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