Kiss My Axe

Kiss My Axe
Studio album by Al Di Meola
Released	1991
Recorded	May 1991
Genre	Jazz fusion
Length	65:01
Label	Tomato
Producer	Al Di Meola, Barry Miles
Al Di Meola chronology
World Sinfonia (1990) Kiss My Axe (1991) Heart Of The Immigrants (1993)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Kiss My Axe is an album by Italian-American jazz fusion guitarist Al Di Meola, released in 1991. Musicians include Barry Miles on piano and keyboards, Anthony Jackson on six string contrabass guitar, Rachel Z on synthesizer and Gumbi Ortiz on conga.

Track listing

All songs by Al Di Meola unless otherwise noted.

1. "South Bound Traveler" (Barry Miles) – 5:22
2. "The Embrace" – 5:49
3. "Kiss My Axe" – 5:04
4. "Morocco" – 7:41
5. "Gigi's Playtime Rhyme (Interlude #1)" – 2:36
6. "One Night Last June" – 8:19
7. "Phantom" (Chick Corea, arranged by Al Di Meola) 7:53
8. "Erotic Interlude (Interlude #2)" – 2:32
9. "Global Safari" – 5:42
10. "Interlude #3" – 1:59
11. "Purple Orchids" – 6:45
12. "The Prophet (Interlude #4)" – 1:16
13. "Oriana (September 24, 1988)" – 5:19

Personnel

• Al Di Meola – electric and acoustic guitars, keyboards, percussion
• Barry Miles – piano and keyboards
• Anthony Jackson – electric six string contrabass guitar
• Rachel Z – synthesizers
• Gumbi Ortiz – congas, bata, percussion
• Omar Hakim – drums (tracks 3 & 9)
• Richie Morales – drums (tracks 2, 4, 6, 7 & 11)
• Tony Scherr – electric and acoustic basses
• Arto Tunçboyacıyan – bongos, percussion, voice
• Alia Jordan – Model appearing on the cover with Al Di Meola

Chart performance

Year	Chart	Position
1991	Billboard Top Contemporary Jazz Albums	2[2]

References

1. Henderson, Alex. "Kiss My Axe - Al di Meola | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 12 August 2011.
2. "Kiss My Axe - Al di Meola | Awards | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 27 October 2013.