Misplaced Pages

Electric Rendezvous
Studio album by Al Di Meola
Released	1982
Recorded	May–July 1981
Studio	Electric Lady Studios and The Power Station (New York City, New York) Minot Sound (White Plains, New York) Cherokee Studios (Hollywood, California) Ochoa Recording Studios (San Juan, Puerto Rico)
Genre	Jazz fusion
Length	34:27
Label	Columbia
Producer	Al Di Meola Dennis Mackay
Al Di Meola chronology
Tour De Force – Live (1982) Electric Rendezvous (1982) Scenario (1983)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide

Electric Rendezvous is the fifth studio album by jazz guitarist Al Di Meola that was released in 1982. It features flamenco guitarist Paco de Lucía (who recorded Friday Night in San Francisco with Di Meola and John McLaughlin) on “Passion, Grace & Fire”.

Track listing

All songs by Al Di Meola unless otherwise noted.

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

Personnel

• Al Di Meola – electric guitars, acoustic guitars
• Jan Hammer – keyboards (1-4, 6-8)
• Philippe Saisse – keyboards (5)
• Paco de Lucía – acoustic guitar (3)
• Anthony Jackson – bass guitar
• Steve Gadd – drums
• James Mingo Lewis – percussion

Production

• Philip Roberge – executive producer
• Al Di Meola – producer
• Dennis Mackay – co-producer, engineer
• Barry Bongiovi – assistant engineer
• Dave Greenberg – assistant engineer
• Chris Haas – assistant engineer
• Jeff Hendrickson – assistant engineer
• James Nichols – assistant engineer
• Paul Ray – assistant engineer
• Bruce Robbins – assistant engineer
• Mark Sackett – assistant engineer
• David Spritz – assistant engineer
• Stephen Benben – assistant engineer (3)
• Steve Bravin – assistant engineer (3)
• Bob Ludwig – mastering at Masterdisk (New York, NY)
• Paula Scher – design
• Mark Hess – illustration

Chart performance

References

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

This 1980s jazz album-related article is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

• v
• t
• e

• 1982 albums
• Al Di Meola albums
• Columbia Records albums
• 1980s jazz album stubs