All About Jazz is celebrating Al Di Meola's birthday today! Al Di Meola's ongoing fascination with complex rhythmic syncopation combined with provocative lyrical melodies and sophisticated harmony has ...

But Al Di Meola has confessed to being inspired by the Brit’s 1964 hit “You Really Got Me” to write a song that has become untouchable in fusion circles. The song is "Race With Devil on ...

But really, the whole basis of the song is that riff, which was inspired by the Kinks,” Al Di Meola told Guitar Player in ...