# The Best Al Di Meola Guitar Solos

> The 14 best Al Di Meola guitar solos, ranked. #1 is Race with Devil on Spanish Highway (1977), then Mediterranean Sundance. Every video starts at the solo.

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Al Di Meola set a new bar for speed and precision in the 1970s. His machine-gun alternate picking and palm-muted runs, first with Return to Forever and then on his own records, made fusion guitar a technical sport. His later acoustic work with Paco de Lucia and John McLaughlin brought flamenco fire and Latin rhythm to an audience that had never heard anything like it.

Informed by: [Wikipedia - Elegant Gypsy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elegant_Gypsy), [Wikipedia - Mediterranean Sundance](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mediterranean_Sundance), [Wikipedia - Al Di Meola discography](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Di_Meola_discography), [Hal Leonard - Al Di Meola Solos](https://www.halleonard.com/product/660336/al-di-meola-solos)

1. [Race with Devil on Spanish Highway](https://greatestsolos.com/song/al-di-meola-race-with-devil-on-spanish-highway/) — Al Di Meola · solo by Al Di Meola · 1977
2. [Mediterranean Sundance](https://greatestsolos.com/song/al-di-meola-paco-de-luc-a-mediterranean-sundance/) — Al Di Meola & Paco de Lucía · solo by Al Di Meola & Paco de Lucía · 1977
3. [Mediterranean Sundance/Rio Ancho](https://greatestsolos.com/song/al-di-meola-john-mclaughlin-and-paco-de-lucia-mediterranean-sundance-rio-ancho/) — Al Di Meola, John McLaughlin & Paco de Lucia · solo by Al Di Meola & Paco de Lucia · 1981
4. [Egyptian Danza](https://greatestsolos.com/song/al-di-meola-egyptian-danza/) — Al Di Meola · solo by Al Di Meola · 1978
5. [Land of the Midnight Sun](https://greatestsolos.com/song/al-di-meola-land-of-the-midnight-sun/) — Al Di Meola · solo by Al Di Meola · 1976
6. [Flight Over Rio](https://greatestsolos.com/song/al-di-meola-flight-over-rio/) — Al Di Meola · solo by Al Di Meola · 1977
7. [The Romantic Warrior](https://greatestsolos.com/song/return-to-forever-the-romantic-warrior/) — Return to Forever · solo by Al Di Meola · 1976
8. [Duel of the Jester and the Tyrant](https://greatestsolos.com/song/return-to-forever-duel-of-the-jester-and-the-tyrant/) — Return to Forever · solo by Al Di Meola · 1976
9. [Casino](https://greatestsolos.com/song/al-di-meola-casino/) — Al Di Meola · solo by Al Di Meola · 1978
10. [Midnight Tango](https://greatestsolos.com/song/al-di-meola-midnight-tango/) — Al Di Meola · solo by Al Di Meola · 1977
11. [Vulcan Worlds](https://greatestsolos.com/song/return-to-forever-vulcan-worlds/) — Return to Forever · solo by Al Di Meola · 1974
12. [Chasin' the Voodoo](https://greatestsolos.com/song/al-di-meola-chasin-the-voodoo/) — Al Di Meola · solo by Al Di Meola · 1978
13. [Short Tales of the Black Forest](https://greatestsolos.com/song/al-di-meola-short-tales-of-the-black-forest/) — Al Di Meola · solo by Al Di Meola · 1977
14. [Alien Chase on Arabian Desert](https://greatestsolos.com/song/al-di-meola-alien-chase-on-arabian-desert/) — Al Di Meola · solo by Al Di Meola · 1980

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