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If the Great Recession has you scaling backtravel plans, jazz guitar sensation and fusionpioneer Al Di Meola offered a great deal onSaturday night. For a ticket that cost aboutthe same as a good bottle of wine, you go ta dizzying whirlwind trip around the world,with stops in Spain, Italy, Moro cco,Argentina and elsewhere.

Di Meola, appearing in an S FJAZZ show a tSan Francisco's Palace of Fi ne Arts, wasfronting World Sinfonia, the o ff-and-onacoustic group he u ses to explore hisfascination with tango, flamenco and other ethnic guitar styles. The combination provedto be more felicitous than one might expect,given the lightning-fast electric squall DiMeola is associated with in his better-knownfusion work.

Turns out Di Meola's amazingly fast andaccurate fretwork plays at least as well onacoustic guitar, Di Meola's mainstay for the

night as he and the rest of the sextet soaredthrough a generous selection of tunes.

While the guitarist's flashing fingers werelittle surprise, his interplay with accordionistFausto Beccalossi was a revelation. Thetoot tub easily can overwhelm all but thestaunchest and most amplified instruments,yet the two made their sounds blendtogether beautifully on tines such as"Umbras" and tango king Astor Piazzola's

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Di Meola also obliged the guitar weenies bypulling out the electric axe for a couple of numbers, including a dizzying wind through"Strawberry Fields."

About the only off note was the repetitivevisuals screened behind the band, whichneedlessly diverted attention from the

musicians.

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