Al Di Meola & Leonid Agutin and their first album 'Cosmopolitan Life'.

Once in the studio, Di Meola and Agutin expected peak performance from every participant. Together they laid the foundation for the pieces, then each of them set to work in New York and Moscow on polishing the songs. Even the recording took over a year. "We gave a lot of attention to each individual number," Agutin relates. They were very critical in selecting which songs should go on the album. They came up with ten wonderful numbers in which every note rings true. And yet: there is always room for improvement, at least according to Agutin.....