# CD review: Al Di Meola – Twentyfour – 2024: Video, CD cover

- Link: https://jazzblues.eu/2024/07/06/cd-review-al-di-meola-twentyfour-2024-video-cd-cover/
- Published: 2024-07-06T05:02:19+01:00
- Author: https://JazzBlues.EU

**US guitar legend Al Di Meola has announced that he will release a brand new studio
album, Twentyfour, through ear Music on July 19.**

The album is he follow-up to 2020’s Across The Universe, a second album of Beatles
interpretations, and you can listen to the first single from the new record, Fandango,
below.

“Fandango takes listeners on a mesmerizing journey filled with intricate melodies,
dynamic rhythms and spellbinding improvisation,” say Di Meola’s abel ear Music of
the new single. “Di Meola’s technical prowess and emotive expression shines brightly
in this exhilarating composition, leaving a lasting impression on all who experience
its sonic tapestry. Drawing inspiration from traditional of flamenco music, Fandango
fuses traditional elements with modern jazz sensibilities, resulting in a truly 
unique and captivating listening experience.”

Di Meola began work on Twentyfour during the pandemic, originally intending it to
be a reflective acoustic project musing on the challenges of the time, but, say 
the label, has now “blossomed into a masterpiece, brimming with intricately woven
melodies, diverse instrumentation, and captivating highlights. It’s a journey through
Al’s musical evolution, showcasing his virtuosity and vision.”

Twentyfour began life as a simple reflective acoustic record but soon turned into
something far more expansive, as evidenced by its seven-minute lead single, Fandango.

Al Di Meola has announced Twentyfour – the jazz fusion virtuoso’s first studio album
in four years, which has been previewed by its lead single, Fandango.

Following 2020’s Across the Universe, Di Meola’s latest studio LP has been in the
works for the past four years, with its origins rooted in the tumultuous times of
the pandemic.

Owing to its lengthy development period, Twentyfour started out as a humble reflective
acoustic album, but soon turned into something completely different, as Di Meola
himself supposedly struggled to “resist the allure of boundless musical exploration”.

As such, the record eventually blossomed into “a masterpiece”, according to its 
PR – one that serves as “a journey through Al’s musical evolution, showcasing his
virtuosity and vision”.

With all that said, Twentyfour is positioned to be a sizable release for both Di
Meola and the wider guitar world, and all signs point towards the jazz virtuoso 
delivering on the colorful hyperbole with the release of Fandango.

As expected, Fandango is a tour of Di Meola’s technical prowess, as well as a display
of his remarkable melodicism and compositional sensibilities. The seven-minute acoustic
cut is charged with an up-beat urgency, layering a punchy bed of galloping double-
tracked guitars with some nylon-string musings.

Flamenco-y alternate picking lines and rolling finger-strummed progressions share
the track with some of Di Meola’s more mainstream fusion lines, delicately woven
into the mix.

Al Di Meola’s “Twentyfour,” is a testament to creativity. Conceived during the tumultuous
times of the pandemic, what started as a simple acoustic project evolved into something
much grander. Al’s initial intention to craft a reflective acoustic album on the
challenges of the time expanded exponentially as he found himself unable to resist
the allure of boundless musical exploration.

Over the span of four years, “Twentyfour” blossomed into a masterpiece, brimming
with intricately woven melodies, diverse instrumentation, and captivating highlights.
It’s a journey through Al’s musical evolution, showcasing his virtuosity and vision
in those special times. Each track is a moment within these four years and a contemporary
witness to the events.

**CD1**

Fandango
 Tears of Hope Esmeralda Capriccio Suite Ava’s Dance in the Moonlight Immeasurable
Part1

**CD2**

Immeasurable Part2
 Eden Close Your Eyes Immeasurable Part3 Paradox of Puppets For
Only You Genetik Testament 24 Precocious

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