Dimitriou's JAZZ ALLEY - AL DI MEOLA Residency - October 1 through October 4, 2026 Review
AL DI MEOLA Dimitriou's Jazz Alley Seattle, WA Friday - October 2, 2026 9:30pm Performance (All Photos: Mark Sugiyama for Eclectic Arts Media (c) 2026) It was exactly seven years ago on October 2, 2019 when I first saw Al Di Meola live. Just the fact that it was the same day and month when I would see him again was a spooky coincidence. The early show fans came out of Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley all either saying how much we late show people are going to like his performance or gesturing in the same positive manner. And all of them were right. Al was promoting his Guitarchitect Acoustic Tour with two amazing musicians from Spain - Isaac Ramagoza on guitar and Sergio Martinez on drums and percussion. Seated in the middle of the stage, Al and his trio didn’t muck up the evening with excess chitter chatter. Instead they went song to song with a few thank you comments in between but even those were used sparingly. Any guitarist knows just how good Al has been over his 50 pl...
