Al DiMeola "Winter Nights"

Al DiMeola "Winter Nights"

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Al DiMeola
Winter Nights
The Story
Al DiMeola offers his fans some holiday cheer with his Christmas album, "Winter Nights". On the CD, DiMeola performs recognizable holiday favorites such as "Carol Of The Bells", "The First Noel", "Greenslesves" and "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas". Taking the music a step beyond, DiMeola also has composed some of his own seasonal soon-to-be-classics, such as "Midwinter Nights", "First Snow" and the jazzy "Zima". "Winter Nights" finds DiMeola playing acoustic guitars, harp, keyboards, and percussion and the guitarist is joined by Roman Hrynkiv on bandura and Hernan Romero on acoustic guitar and percussion. DiMeola closes the record with a beautiful rendition of "Ave Maria".
The Music
04:05 Zima Instrumental
04:11 Carol Of The Bells Instrumental
01:27 Winterlude Duet No. 1 Instrumental
02:46 Greensleeves Instrumental
04:52 Mercy Street Instrumental
04:32 Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas Instrumental
00:51 Winterlude No. 2 Instrumental
04:50 Midwinter Nights Instrumental
04:36 Scarborough Fair Instrumental
00:47 Winterlude No. 3 Instrumental
03:13 The First Noel Instrumental
05:38 Inverno Instrumental
02:43 First Snow Instrumental
01:31 Winterlude No. 4 Instrumental
04:51 Ave Maria Instrumental
The Artists
Al DiMeola Acoustic Guitars, Percussion, Keyboards, Cajon, Dumbek, Tambur, Multi-String Harp, Arrangements, Production, Mixing
Hernan Romero Additional Percussion, Shaker Percussion, Acoustic Guitar (Background), Co-Production Assistance, Mixing
Roman Hrynkiv Bandura
Rich Tozzoli Engineering, Mixing
Spyros Poulos Engineering, Mixing, Digital Editing
Robert Woods Executive Production
Michael Bishop Mastering
Thomas Macko Illustration, Cover Lettering
Bill Hickey Inside Photography
Anilda Carrasquillo Art Direction, Cover Design
Mastered at Telarc International