Kiss My Axe
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Kiss My Axe is an album by Italian-American jazz fusion
and Latin jazz
guitarist
Al Di Meola
, released in 1991. Musicians include Barry Miles on piano and keyboards, Anthony Jackson on six string contrabass guitar
, Rachel Z
on synthesizer
and Gumbi Ortiz on conga
.
Jazz fusion
Jazz fusion is a musical fusion genre that developed from mixing funk and R&B rhythms and the amplification and electronic effects of rock, complex time signatures derived from non-Western music and extended, typically instrumental compositions with a jazz approach to lengthy group improvisations,...
and Latin jazz
Latin jazz
Latin jazz is the general term given to jazz with Latin American rhythms.The three main categories of Latin Jazz are Brazilian, Cuban and Puerto Rican:# Brazilian Latin Jazz includes bossa nova...
guitarist
Guitarist
A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. Guitarists may play a variety of instruments such as classical guitars, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, and bass guitars. Some guitarists accompany themselves on the guitar while singing.- Versatility :The guitarist controls an extremely...
Al Di Meola
Al Di Meola
Al Di Meola is an acclaimed American jazz fusion and Latin guitarist, composer, and record producer of Italian origin. With a musical career that has spanned more than three decades, he has become respected as one of the most influential guitarists in jazz to date...
, released in 1991. Musicians include Barry Miles on piano and keyboards, Anthony Jackson on six string contrabass guitar
Contrabass guitar
A contrabass guitar is a low-register plucked string instrument in the guitar family with six strings.-History:Musical instruments called contrabass guitars having existed at least since 1899, when a "Grand Concert Contra Bass Guitar" was listed in Mr. Joseph Bohmann's catalogue...
, Rachel Z
Rachel Z
Rachel Carmel Nicolazzo better known as Rachel Z, is a jazz pianist. She attended the Berklee College of Music Summer School and Manhattan School of Music pre-college, where she launched the quintet, Nardis, whilst studying with Joanne Brackeen and Richie Beirach in NYC. Later Rachel Z graduated...
on synthesizer
Synthesizer
A synthesizer is an electronic instrument capable of producing sounds by generating electrical signals of different frequencies. These electrical signals are played through a loudspeaker or set of headphones...
and Gumbi Ortiz on conga
Conga
The conga, or more properly the tumbadora, is a tall, narrow, single-headed Cuban drum with African antecedents. It is thought to be derived from the Makuta drums or similar drums associated with Afro-Cubans of Central African descent. A person who plays conga is called a conguero...
.
Track listing
All songs by Al Di Meola unless otherwise noted.- "South Bound Traveler" (Barry Miles) – 5:22
- "The Embrace" – 5:49
- "Kiss My Axe" – 5:04
- "Morocco" – 7:41
- "Gigi's Playtime Rhyme (Interlude #1)" – 2:36
- "One Night Last June" – 8:19
- "Phantom" (Chick CoreaChick CoreaArmando Anthony "Chick" Corea is an American jazz pianist, keyboardist, and composer.Many of his compositions are considered jazz standards. As a member of Miles Davis' band in the 1960s, he participated in the birth of the electric jazz fusion movement. In the 1970s he formed Return to Forever...
, arranged by Al Di Meola) 7:53 - "Erotic Interlude (Interlude #2)" – 2:32
- "Global Safari" – 5:42
- "Interlude #3" – 1:59
- "Purple Orchids" – 6:45
- "The Prophet (Interlude #4)" – 1:16
- "Oriana (September 24, 1988)" – 5:19
Personnel
- Al Di Meola – electric and acoustic guitars, keyboards, percussion
- Barry MilesBarry Miles (musician)Barry Miles is an American pianist, drummer, composer, producer, arranger and author.Miles was born in Newark, New Jersey and grew up in North Plainfield, New Jersey....
– piano and keyboards - Anthony Jackson – electric six string contrabass guitar
- Rachel ZRachel ZRachel Carmel Nicolazzo better known as Rachel Z, is a jazz pianist. She attended the Berklee College of Music Summer School and Manhattan School of Music pre-college, where she launched the quintet, Nardis, whilst studying with Joanne Brackeen and Richie Beirach in NYC. Later Rachel Z graduated...
– synthesizers - Gumbi Ortiz – congas, bata, percussion
- Omar HakimOmar HakimOmar Hakim is an American jazz, jazz fusion and pop music drummer.Hakim credits jazz vibraphonist Mike Mainieri with giving him his first break in 1980; Hakim appeared in a video with Mainieri called The Jazz Life and began working with singer Carly Simon through Mainieri...
– drums (tracks 3 & 9) - Richie Morales – drums (tracks 2, 4, 6, 7 & 11)
- Tony ScherrTony ScherrTony Scherr is an American jazz and folk rock bassist, guitarist, singer-songwriter and record producer.-Biography:Scherr was born in New Haven, Connecticut. He played with Woody Herman as a teenager, and moved to New York City in the late-1980s, where he became a prolific session musician, working...
– electric and acoustic basses - Arto TuncboyaciyanArto TunçboyaciyanArto Tunçboyacıyan is an Armenian-Turkish musician. A famous avant-garde folk artist , he appeared on more than 200 records in Europe before arriving in the United States, where he went to work with numerous jazz legends including Chet Baker, Al Di Meola, and Joe Zawinul as well as a semi-regular...
– bongos, percussion, voice
- Alia Jordan – Model appearing on the cover with Al Di Meola