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Flesh on Flesh
Studio album by Al Di Meola
Released	27 August 2002
Recorded	March – April 2002
Studio	The Hit Factory Criteria (North Miami, Florida) Cintron Studios (Miami Beach, Florida)
Genre	Jazz
Length	50:50
Label	Telarc
Producer	Al Di Meola
Al Di Meola chronology
World Sinfonía III - The Grande Passion (2000) Flesh on Flesh (2002) Consequence of Chaos (2006)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
All About Jazz	(positive)

Flesh on Flesh is a 2002 album by Italian-American jazz fusion and Latin jazz guitarist Al Di Meola. The album contains new compositions and reworkings of older ones as well.

Track listing

All songs by Al Di Meola unless otherwise noted.

1. "Zona Desperata" – 9:23
2. "Innamorata" – 8:38
3. "Meninas" (Egberto Gismonti) – 5:41
4. "Flesh on Flesh" – 5:57
5. "Fugata" (Ástor Piazzolla) – 5:46
6. "Deep and Madly" – 1:45
7. "Saffire Soleil" – 4:11
8. "Señor Mouse" (Chick Corea) – 9:24

Personnel

• Al Di Meola – acoustic guitars (1-5, 7, 8), electric-acoustic guitars (1, 2, 4-7), Roland VG-88 (1, 2, 4-7), bombo legüero (1, 2), dumbek (2, 5), klong khaek (2), tarbuka (2), timpani (2), acoustic-electric guitars (4, 6), cymbals (4), drum programming (6), electric guitar (7, 8), drums (8)
• Gonzalo Rubalcaba – Fender Rhodes (1, 5), Rhodes solo (1)
• Mario Parmisano – acoustic piano (1-5, 7, 8), synthesizers (1, 2, 4, 5), marimba (1), arrangements (3), calliope (4)
• Anthony Jackson – electric contrabass (1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8), electric bass (3)
• Ernie Adams – drums (2, 7)
• Gumbi Ortiz – percussion (1), congas (1, 2, 4, 5), cajón (2, 4, 5)
• Alejandro Santos – flutes (1, 2, 4, 5, 7), pan pipes (2), bass flute (3)
• Guillermo Ruiz – alto saxophone (1)
• Jeans Valdés Labrada – alto saxophone (1)
• Williams Polledo – trumpet (1)

Production

• Robert Woods – executive producer
• Al Di Meola – producer, arrangements
• Roger Nichols – basic track engineer, mastering
• Michael Renna – engineer (6)
• Mark Lee – assistant engineer, additional engineer
• Dan O'Brien – second assistant engineer, studio coordinator
• German Ortiz – overdub engineer, mixing
• Marty Clinton III – assistant overdub engineer, mix assistant
• Anilda Carrasquillo – art direction, design
• Superstock – cover photography
• Peter Zander – back cover photography

Charts

References

1. Edelstein, Paula. Flesh on Flesh at AllMusic
2. Bailey, C. Michael. "Al Di Meola: Flesh on Flesh". allaboutjazz.com. Retrieved 13 August 2002.
3. Schneppen, Heinz, “The case of Karl Peters: a colonial official on trial” Zeitschrift für Geschichtswissenschaft, 869-885, ; available from Historical Abstracts.
4. "Flesh on Flesh - Al di Meola | Awards | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 27 October 2013.

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