Al DiMeola featured in Soundwaves magazine

Rex Rutkoski, Soundwaves Magazine Originally published August 2007

Having reached the half-century mark with two years to grow on, Al DiMeola is not trying to sound like the proverbial grumpy old man complaining about the music of “the younger generation.”

For one, the pioneering jazz artist is not old for his early 50s. For another, his optimistic, energized art is far from sour-mood-inducing.

It’s just that he has been asked to assess the quality of the music scene in general and he wants to respond from his own truth. “It’s ridiculously bad,” the New Jersey native replies candidly. “Yes, the kids need to find musicians with talent that have something to say, rather than what has become popular and is rather lame musically.”

The artist doesn’t say, but many others would agree, the music of Al DiMeola would be an excellent starting place.

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