Al Di Meola & Matteo Mancuso - live @ Eddie Lang Jazz Festival 2022 - Monteroduni, ITALY
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- Опубликовано: 11 авг 2022
- Eddie Lang JF - XXXI
Castello Pignatelli, Monteroduni (IS)
31 July 2022
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www.eddielang.it/
For the first time, the young Italian talent Matteo Mancuso shares the stage with the living legend Al Di Meola.
Songs:
1. Spain ( Light as a Feather, 1971 ) - Chick Corea
2. Mediterranean Sundance ( Elegant Gypsy, 1977 ) - Al Di Meola
Special thanks to:
Robert Harder: FOH engineer
Alessandro Vespone: cameraman 
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Al Di Meola has always been one of my favorites players. I've just discovered Mancuso, and to see Al promote this enormously talented young man just warms my heart!
♾️🔆👍
the great Steve Vai turned me onto Matteo recently. big Al fan since his Elegant Gypsy days. truly amazing interplay between two great musicians.
I agree; it's heart warming to see Al really show his natural enthusiasm for such a great young guitar talent; sometimes older artists are too intimidated to do that, but Al isn't too worried; his legacy is already awesome! Al is absolutely right; the kid is maybe a once in a century talent; great at everything Gypsy Jazz to Dream Theater to Holdsworth to Guthrie; insanely skilled at a wide variety of genres!
Al uses a pick and is much louder
@@grantkoeller8911 The mix You're hearing has nothing to do with technique; we aren't hearing an accurate representation of what we'd hear from the guitars unamplified live.
Also Matteo has plenty of volume, but it's true that Al seems to hit the strings harder the faster he goes, sometimes too hard, killing the notes by slapping the strings against the fretboard.
To have Al dimeola call you a good guitarist is pinnacle of guitar achievements.
It is so pleasing to know that the guitar future is in safe hands with Matteo
So beautifully said. Wish I'd thought of it!
Both use their right hands in unique playing styles. Al uses his wrist and his elbow stays quiet , whereas Matteo is all about using his fingers and no pick.
They're both talking to each other through their playing 😊
@@cinders302 I agree they're both fabulous players but none of what you mention is novel. Picking from the wrist is simply the RIGHT way to pick, especially at really high speeds. You can't sustain that speed for long if picking from the elbow. Matteo's finger style is standard Classical guitar form.
@@jeromejamies3641 Really? Is that so? What authority makes one style of music DEFINITELY better than another? And how do you measure "soul" objectively?
Technically, doesn't "soul" have the most "soul?" Lol
@@jeromejamies3641 LOL this is so innane... You think that even someone like Taylor Swift doesn't pour all the love, dedication and passion she can muster in her music?? That doesn't mean her music is a standard... So explain because it seems you're arbitrarily making up ideas.
I've been listening to Al for about 40 years and I've never seen him react this way with another musician on stage. it reminds me of a proud father who is playing with his son and wants to share this young man's talent with the world. They both sounded great and during the performance I kept thinking of Paco. Its amazing how music can forever touch our souls.
Yes, I keep thinking of Paco throughout this performance. I wish we could have seen him and Matteo together. Matteo is definitely holding the torch for the newest generation of players. He's unbelievably great..and so young too. I love that he's playing all these older tunes and making his own path elsewhere.
Al is simply a great human being. Don to earth. 👍🏻
Con tutta l'ammirazione per Matteo Mancuso,io credo che Al di Meola in questo genere sia insuperabile, non è solo questione di velocità, c'è anche il suono è il gusto musicale, in questo Al è un genio.
The student has surpassed the teacher.
@@tassitelevision On sent que Al vieillit, sa virtuosité devient un peu poussive, alors qu'en 1980, à 26 ans, il volait littéralement sur le manche ! Le jeune Matteo est impressionnant, il fait tomber toutes les frontières possibles sur l'instrument, un seul guitariste m'avait fait cet effet il y a presque 30 ans désormais, Sylvain Luc ! Le langage harmonique dépasse l'entendement, comme ici sur Nardis de Miles Davis, impro: ruclips.net/video/e5bz8qhh0qU/видео.html
The passing of the torch. Timeless. A hero's journey.
Al Di meola plays like a volcano and Matteo Mancuso plays like a wind. together they are harmonious storm. Bravo.....
So happy for Al to have someone in the Paco de Lucia realm to jam with I loved those 2 together. Mateo has so many things to offer guitar wise! Al you have been my hero and inspiration for 50 years now with Mateo the guitar world is definitely in good hands. Thanks for all the years of amazing playing!!❤
I haven’t heard Mediterranean Sundance played like this since Paco de Lucia, John Mclaughljn and Al Dimeola blew my mind nearly 30 years ago. Beautiful
Matteos playing is so damn clean it's insane..
And smooth…
💯
The kid is better on the Friday Night tune. More precise. Is probably due to his right hand picking technique.
@@craigellsworth3952 Link?
@edwnorris The song I mentioned is one of the ones they played. Half way through. Al did well, but isn't anywhere near as perfect as the kid. Al was fast, bug not precise. The kid is.
Matteo said once in an interview he had Al's poster in his room from early childhood. Imagine the sheer joy he would experience, performing beside and being so revered by his idol. Historic moment!
It’s good when the student surpasses his teacher, or idols. That’s the way supposed to be I guess.
DiMeola's rhythm playing is as phenomenal as his solos.
Yes, In terms of phrasing and solos, they were almost on par. But in rhythm playing, Al's was much more tasteful and complimentary to the melody.
Il paraît que al di meola est aussi un très bon batteur ce qui lui donne un sens du rythme très aigu .
Think Al is the greatest rhythm guitarist ever,it`s always overlooked because of the phenomenal lead playing,same with Van Halen
@@magicruss1 %100
Al and Ed were friends and both were fans of each other.
Simply amazing how a young kid such as Matteo is capable of standing on a stage with such a legend as Al Di Meola and being able to look at him in his eyes and not fear the comparison, always with his smile and humility which makes him even greater as a musician and as human being.......bravo Matteo!!!
actually it is DiMeola to fear the comparison.
@@MorbusWhipple Honestly I agree. DiMeola is a phenom, but Mancuso has such a unique playing style I think he steals the show!
Not a young kid! Now 27...
When the legend helps another become a legend.
Matteo is brilliant. Very very brilliant. And he has years ahead of him. The guitar world should rejoice.
MM tone is out of this world the no pick kills the pick !
Imagine the mental capacity to remember all of the notes in these pieces, never mind the phenomenal guitar playing.
Grandissimi musicisti, quando hanno omaggiato Paco De Lucia mi sono commossa. Matteo sei un grande, ogni tanto in Italia spunta un genio che ci fa essere fieri. Grazie.
Laurone Espositone
Kudos, Al Di Meola for giving Matteo this stage. I have been listenig to Meola for 30+ years now, and just recently encountered Matteo. Thanks for that!!!
I keep mixing up Matteo with Mattel. You know, the toy manufacturing company?
Bravo Matteo! Great to see a young and talented guitarplayer taking over the torch from the great ones before him, with his own style and unique talent.
After your first song if Al gets up & bows to you you know you got something special . Respect !!!!
Al and John McLaughlin need to take Matteo on the road for a new version of the guitar trio.
nah. That was something special. John Al and Paco were all in their prime. Matteo can form his own super trio with other current phenoms
@@TraderKing83 Yes I agree, he can, and I think he should. But it would be nice seeing him playing with Al, and John, because honestly, there are many guitar players that can sit and "fill" Paco's place; but personally I think that currently he is the only guitar player that can even surpass it.
@@Dovith Mate, Dimeola is so far past his prime its painful to listen to. John Hates Al D and always has. Paco was a god among men, and on the nylon none of them did or will ever come close. Paco, rest his soul was one in a billion and even though I think Mancuso is talented, they are like comparing apples to oranges. Matteo is good on the acoustic but he excels on electric and is more akin to guthrie or holdsworth. Paco at his peak was UNREAL.
@@TraderKing83 Agree, but my point is that for me it would nice to see the three of them playing together. I also think that Al has not come out with anything interesting for a long long long time. I find his solo álbums extremely boring except one or two.
Great idea. but John is 81 years old now and Al is 10 year younger,and poor paco has passed,maybe it’s time too pass the baton over to this guy he’s superb!!
You can see the admiration and respect for Matteo in Al's eyes, just fantastic .
I call it fear
This isn’t a boxing match.
They both were beaming at the end. God, for Matteo to realize his dream of playing with his guitar hero. That must have been just fascinating for him... AND for Al as well. The son that Al never had 😊❤
Matteo : An absolute talent; his improvisational ability is light years ahead.
It would take two or three lifetimes.
It was like when Jaco (Pastorius) came on the scene... how did he get so good and so fast..?
Al Di Meola
Just discovered Matteo myself. Give him 20 yrs to season. He looked like he was going to poop out a couple of times. Al loved it.
Involuntary tears came to my eyes!!! we are in the presence of angelic excellence. Mere words fail me!! Highest praise indeed!!
Matteo is one of the best right hand fingerstyle players on the planet! Paco DeLucia would've loved this kid!! They both show us what is possible. I do most right hand techniques, but have always kept my fingerstyle. So glad I did! As I get older I seem to be favoring it more and more... in part due to this young virtuoso lol. There's just more you can do that way and it feels more organic. I'm sure I'm preaching to the choir here! :)
Again, the music will not die when we old people die! I'm so proud of our youth!
I´m lost for words. We have a star and an incoming star. Can´t ask for more.
I'm Brazilian and wanna go to Italy just to see Matteo and other great italian musicians! You're insane!
The Brazilian guy Matteus is great too
That moment when Al Di says you're an amazing guitar player.
two giants killing it on spanish flamenco....new and old generation virtuosity meet in their motherland..Italy
Di Meola’s playing is tremendously accurate, precise, tasteful. But Mancuso’s is indeed on another planet, and maybe galaxy 😮 With all the possible respect for Al Di Meola, one of my favourite guitar players.
@@rgtacousticguitar-re3sh I think it’s quite obvious that Mancuso is a guitarist. Apart for that, I’m not agree with you.
@@rgtacousticguitar-re3shMy musical experience covers 30+ years in videogame music composition from Commodore 64 to modern cinematic scores. And yours…?
@@rgtacousticguitar-re3shNope. I don’t need to reveal my real identity.
@@rgtacousticguitar-re3shAbsolutely don’t care at all.
@@rgtacousticguitar-re3shmetalheads? He doesn’t even play metal. The closest he plays to that is a heavier fusion jazz.
The next generation of young lion plays with the old grand master, respect! Both are destined to be enshrined in the annals of music history. Kudos to Al for giving a platform to Mateo, who is one of the most gifted young players in these times.
Paco de Lucia is sorely missed.... But his legacy lives on in this young Lion ..
wrong he is the first of a new generation a giant step for all guitar player
You said annals
@@RD-jr8nv Yes. Annals means historical records.
Al is obviously an awesome player and has been for forever now, but seeing Matteo playing just makes me wonder how much more awesome he will be in the future! Great to see that virtuosity is still appreciated amongst the current generation we live in where kpop, rap, and hip-hop get the spotlight.
Real talent can never die. Can only keep getting better. For those that can hear it are gifted too. Those who can't were not meant to.
The future of jazz guitar is in good hands.
I saw Al Di Meola in the 1970's in Portland OR with his band when he was touring with Weather Report, what a fantastic show! And now with my current favorite guitarist, the young Matteo Mancuso, musical genius!!!
Vai Matteo ormai stai in orbita!Che soddisfazione vederti con il grande al di meola
Ascolto Al Di Meola dagli anni '80. Sono cresciuto con lui e il suo inarrivabile talento me lo hanno sempre fatto preferire a qualsiasi altro musicista per la ricchezza del suo lirismo, per il suo senso del ritmo, e per il tocco inconfondibile. Era dai tempi del Trio che non lo vedevo così entusiasta nel dialogare con un altro chitarrista e il motivo è che Al ritrova in Matteo un talento altrettanto potente ma con personalità e carisma differente, come potevano appunto essere Paco e John. Una meravigliosa scoperta che spero possa donarci molte altre perle! Congratulazioni Matteo, sei nell'Olimpo della musica! Grazie! Il mondo ha bisogno di questa meraviglia! 🔝❤️
The past and the future together on stage. Beautiful.
Like a young Paco DeLucia up there. You can tell Al is in awe of the enormity of his talent and that is impressive in and of itself.
Yes I see Paco about him,great talent.
the best al di meola duet I haven seen in years...!
Two masterful maestro's conversing fluently! A generation (42yrs) apart in ages! The torch 🔥⚡️☄️♨️ is passed on 👏🙌👐🤝🤲💪✌️🤞👋
It's my hope that when people come across this that they remember the world is worth saving. Beautiful playing guys!
I'd like to add that so is music worth saving. The contemporary generation is missing out live music or even knowing of bands and their music/songs
Wow! That's some of the best back and forth I've ever heard. You can feel the mutual respect and admiration by two masters of their craft. That was a treat to watch!
man, matteo's playing is so clean... its ridiculous
@@robertmichael1797 why? he is pretty fucking good on classical too
You hear every note even at 1000 bpm, it’s insane.
tenere botta con Al è davvero tantissima roba !!! Matteo è strepitoso ,adoro questo ragazzo.
Al has so much class, talent, and standup rightness. He's one of my heroes.
FANTANTICI FANTASTICI FANTASTICI !!!!! DUE GENI ITALIANI !!!!!! MANCUSO FA PAURA !!!!
La tua umiltà Matteo davanti a un maestro....sei veramente un GRANDE che Dio ti benedica
Wonderful performance.... You have to give to Al, he's one of the best ever and he's taking his time to present and promote a young, relatively new Italian player coming along his lines and it's just really cool to see Al take the time to do this - not to mention, it's a smoking performance!!!
I'd lost all hope that there would ever be a new guitarist that could touch me...take me away to another plane...like Al first did when I put the needle to the groove of Flight Over Rio in 1977 when I was a very young teenager. I'd stopped even listening to guitar music for the last decade or so - constantly disappointed with what I saw and heard. Then I saw Samba Party and Drop D on RUclips and...well, I've come to believe there is hope that a guitar player can, again, make me feel like I'm soaring away on an aural journey - even if just for a few moments. My jaded old soul has been touched!
Di Meola è impazzito per Mancuso dal primo momento che l'ha sentito. Non c'è molto altro da dire. Grandi musicisti.
We are proud of Matteo. He deserves all this. He is one of the best musicians today out there.
He keeps losing his pick.
@@svenjansen2134 you're kidding right? :-)
Does he know ?
@@Jeff_____
I sat in front of Al in complete amazement when he was 19 years old playing with RTF… and the happiness in his face when he watches Matteo play is so gratifying
Matteo the new Guitar God- what a Genius.
I found Matteo’s tone sweeter. Al is a legend. Matteo is going places
Oh, no doubt. Matteo is the entirely new, next evolutionary step, just like Tosin Abasi or those guys from Polyphia are in rock, but it's beautiful to see all that mutual respect and appreciation.
Well, Matteo's playing with his fingers. Just that alone changes the character of his delivery and tone. if you use a pick, here's always going to be some string noise. Also, the sound of Al's guitar seems to have a little too much high end off the board; maybe it's preamp on the acoustic along with those mics surrounding him.
It's hard to ever expect much from a nylon string true a pa with a crappy pickup system.. never sounds good. Plastic on plastic.
that has much to do with how the guitar is amplified
@@paoli91 Well, then..., that's even worse, because.., now watching the video again, I realize that the other guitar has a cable going somewhere into the board or an amp..., so..., you actually made my point stronger. Both played great, Al's guitar was was not very good.
Long time ago Al praised Matteo and now at last they play together.
Two guitar masters!
Love this guy matteomancuso
This kid uses his fingers to pick strings like Paco de Lucia! Truly talented young man!
He plays with fingers on electric guitar also which is phenomenal and quite unique. I sincerely think Mateo Mancuso is the best young guitar player in the world today.
"Like" is the key word. Definitely not "as" Paco. Paco was fierce and vibrant and FLAWLESS. It is an incredible honor to be asked to sit in his chair and he humbly accepted. And I love this performance!
Yeah. Steve Oliver does the same thing... amazing !!!
Both speaking the same language in harmony. That was a treat!
This is what makes music such a special human activity. Amazing coordination and creativity.
That is a great talented young man playing with Al Di Meola.
Un sogno vedere il nostro grande Matteo nel posto che merita vicino ai grandi della chitarra!!!
we Ciro! pur tu si vist stu video? io manco lo sapevo che ci sarebbero stati questi 2 fenomeni? hahahahah
La buona musica merita sempre, guagliù.
Commovente. Matteo sempre più in alto e Al di Meola un gigante felice di poter suonare con un nuovo gigante
Grandissimo Matteo... astro nascente del panorama Jazz-Rock internazionale... Spain
I love Maestro Di Meola's current place as elder statesman and ambassador of virtuosic guitar. He could not pick a better artist to highlight than Matteo Mancuso! I was looking at the mics and cables for both, and wondering if anyone else felt that Matteo's sound, as presented here, was more gentle, round and buttery than Al's. It is such a challenge to blend the signals of nylon string guitars on stage in this way. I love this performance!
Right hand - pick vs. fingers.
Strepitoso, Matteo Mancuso regge il confronto con un genere non solo difficilissimo nell’esecuzione ma con in tocco che fa paura! Ti auguro tanto successo Matteo, se alla tua età hai già il benestare dei grandi vuol dire che sei veramente destinato a portare la chitarra a livelli altissimi.
E Matteo suona con le dita. Che radiosa carriera davanti a sé
Viene da una formazione classica: uno dei pochissimi ad usare le mani o il plettro, da grande maestro, indifferentemente
@@vegmetal4249 Mancuso sei un grande in tutti gli stili, un genio.
Come questo ragazzo ne nascono
Pochi nell'arco di un centennio.
Un confronto con Di menola....
Lasciò ogni interpretazione del caso o vari casi che incontrerete
Andando a vedere tutto quello che suona e come lo suona.
Grandissimo Matteo a 19 anni.
@@vegmetal4249Jeff Beck sotto steroidi
@@francodeiacobis4591non usa affatto il plettro
Two excellent musicians having a conversation. 😊🦅🎸
Amazing - one all fingers, the other alternate picking, and they work together so beautifully! I love this.
Mancuso è o sarà uno dei grandi chitarristi.
Плакал...сам играю...старый уже...пако вспомнили...парень просто поражает ...
È nata una nuova leggenda della chitarra 🎸 Made in Italy
Incredibile! Che bravura, che intesa fra questi due grandi musicisti, il grandissimo Di Meola e il giovane talentuosissimo Mancuso. Uno spettacolo! Grazie per questa meraviglia!!
Zappa..Pass..Di Meola...Matteo...Italians baby!! ITALIANS🤌
So effortlessly
Al’s right hand comping is percussive, groovin’, and precise. Fantastic!
Vedere il grande Al Di Meola duettare con Matteo è davvero emozionante...un grande artista che vede o meglio ha saputo ascoltare e poi cogliere le potenzialità di un ragazzo, non ho mai visto nulla di simile in vita mia. Tutto questo fa molto onore ad Al Di Meola; il linguaggio universale della musica che si intreccia con l'arte, il talento, la semplicità, la genialità....
The kid is a great original player
Musicians and Music Lovers Group
Al is my Childhood idol.
Listening to him back in the 70's!
Now another Italian phenom comes along.
Kid is awesome 🥰
One of the greatest flat pickers of all times meets the newest finger picking genius of all times...
sickkkk!!! I wanna see both of these talents jam on electric guitars (this is where Mancuso shines the brightest!
❤❤❤ for sooooooooo many reasons I adore Al Di Meola❤ and SPAIN❤now Matteo
Grandioso duetto..un mito come Al di Meola accanto ad un fenomeno della mia Sicilia
Al e Matteo , ho pianto per l'emozione ..IL MITO E LA NUOVA GENERAZIONE , GRAZIE DI ESISTERE
Madonna mia, un ragazzo che suona con Al di Meola e mi fa i pezzi di Allan Holdworth come bere un bicchiere d'acqua merita davvero una standing ovation, tra l'altro usa la mano destra negli arpeggi e nella velocità degli assoli in maniera perfetta.....
Insane! Insanely, beautiful!! You could tell it was a challenge by Al and Matteo passed the test!
Two different styles make one great performance 🙏
Matteo è uno che non ha alcun problema a sfidare Al di Meola sul suo terreno. Un fuoriclasse assoluto.
Respect to Matto's father,...nurturing such a wonderful young talent...Al... u still kick some royal arse brother.❤
Wow. Truely two great virtuosos. Watching Al being over matched harmonically and melodically is a rare event. This is the best example of the right hand finger picking superiority over the pick (Since Jeff Beck) I have ever heard.
I would say it is precisely the opposite. Bravo to Al for introducing and promoting another great guitar player to the world, as he did with Paco de Lucía. But Al remains the best.
Matteo Mancuso lesson. What a player!
This kid is a phenom. His playing style is probably closer to Paco, who was also a finger-picker, but it's so cool to see Al "passing the torch."
Mandano i Maneskin da mattarella....Matteo facciamolo ambasciatore culturale!!!
Li mandano da Mstterella per fargli la grazia!
Eh...spacciando musica pop per rock storico..
Ministro della difesa
Non credo ci sia un'arte od un artista in grado di raggiungere tutti. Io sono felice di essere raggiunto da questi due grandi artisti.
@@vittoriodefalco2044 per dirla alla Pino Scotto, "spacciatori di demenza"
I feel so much of the pasion these guys have just watching it. I literally caught myself jumping up like Matteo does, this music touches the soul, my soul, and as long as I live I will cherish that. Thank you Al and Matteo!
BEAUTIFUL!
During an interview a few years ago, Al Di Merola said he was impressed by a young Italian guitarist Matteo Mancuso, who played beautifully with an unusual technique, in a "clean and fast way" with his right hand fingers so well, without a pick.
In this beautiful performance, Al appears happy and enthusiastic, Matteo trained, concentrated and excited...great Artists.
Al , the guitar legend, di Meola surely played these songs more than 5000 times...that showcases the big talent of Matteo Mancuso...
Speechless; just plain awesome.
Matteo sempre pulito non ha sbagliato una nota incredibile questo ragazzo Sicuramente già si può definire tra i migliori al mondo ma sarà presto il numero uno
One of the es most amazing things about Matteo is that he can play many styles and genres of music with virtuoso skills. Incredible!!!
because he has no style of his own
@@johndumoulin5808and Is this bad? For once I don't think so, Mancuso Is a machine, he Is becoming the standard or perfection.
@@oscardesignstudiosexactly that is a problem. Being a machine ss you described....to technical...
@@milosteof I think it'll come with experience. Like Paul Gilbert changed his style. His early shred work with Racer X is impressive, but I'll choose his later stuff without a second thought.
Matteo no style???!!..wish i had as little so!😂
Wow. This young fell'r can really play! It's amazing to see this young the guitar Master with more than 50 years of professional playing.
AWESOME! ANYONE WHO CAN HANG WITG AL DI MEOLA, IS TREMENDOUSLY TALENTED! MATTEO MANCUSO IS UNDESCRIBABLE!