Al Di Meola – Splendido Hotel (VG+/VG+) – 2xLP, AU 1980

Splendido Hotel is an LP by Al Di Meola from 1980 released on the CBS label.

About this album

Splendido Hotel finds Al Di Meola expanding his jazz-rock vocabulary into a more fluid, wide-ranging blend of Latin rhythms, melodic detail and virtuosic guitar work. Issued in 1980, the album follows his breakthrough fusion releases and shows him moving beyond speed and fire alone, balancing intricate ensemble interplay with a stronger sense of song form and colour. Its range runs from high-energy electric passages to more reflective, lyrical moments, making it one of the clearest statements of Di Meola’s early career. The record helped confirm his reputation as a leading fusion guitarist with a distinctive voice of his own.