John McLaughlin, Al di Meola, Paco de Lucia: Friday Night In San Francisco CD Track Listing
John McLaughlin, Al di Meola, Paco de Lucia
Friday Night In San Francisco (1981)
Recorded Live at The Warfield Theatre, San Francisco,\nCalifornia, Friday, YEAR: 1981 ID3G: 0\n------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nLoose and spontaneous, this (mainly) live album is a meeting of three of the greatest guitarists in the \nworld for an acoustic summit the likes of which the guitar-playing community rarely sees. Broken up \ninto three duo and two trio performances, Friday Night in San Francisco catches all three players at \nthe peaks of their quite formidable powers. The first track features Al DiMeola and Paco DeLucia \nteaming up for a medley of DiMeola's "Mediterranean Sundance" (first recorded by the duo on \nDiMeola's classic 1976 album Elegant Gypsy) and DeLucia's own "Rio Ancho." It is a delightful \nperformance, full of the fire and inhuman chops that one expects from two players of this caliber. \nHowever, the two guitarists obviously have big ears, and they complement each other's solos with \npercussive, driving rhythm parts. There is a laid-back, humorous element to Friday Night in San \nFrancisco as well, best witnessed in DiMeola and John McLaughlin's performance of Chick Corea's \n"Short Tales of the Black Forest." Rapid-fire licks from the pair soon give way to atonal striking of \nthe body of the guitar, running picks along the strings, etc. Before the farce is completed, they have \nplayed a blues and quoted the Pink Panther theme. It is funny stuff, and it serves to dispel the \nimage of the trio, especially DiMeola, as super-serious clinicians more concerned with technique \nthan music. The other great piece of evidence against such a narrow-minded claim can be found in \nboth the quality of the compositions featured on Friday Night in San Francisco as well as the \nsensitivity and dynamic variation brought to the performances. A perfect example of this is the sole \nstudio track, a McLaughlin composition entitled "Guardian Angel" (the opening theme of which is \ntaken straight from "Guardian Angels," a song that appears on McLaughlin's 1978 Electric Dreams \nalbum). It is a fine piece, and one that features a haunting melody as well as some of the best solos \non the record. All in all, Friday Night in San Francisco is a fantastic album and one of the best \nentries in all of these guitarists' fine discographies.\n------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n
This jazz cd contains 5 tracks and runs 40min 44sec.
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- John McLaughlin, Al di Meola, Paco de Lucia - a. Mediterranean Sundance / b. Rio Ancho (11:27)
Paco de Lucia (Left Channel) and\nAl di Meola (Right Channel) - John McLaughlin, Al di Meola, Paco de Lucia - Short Tales Of The Black Forest (08:40)
John McLaughlin (Left Channel) and\nAl di Meola (Right Channel) - John McLaughlin, Al di Meola, Paco de Lucia - Frevo Rasgado (07:51)
John McLaughlin (Left Channel) and\nPaco de Lucia (Right Channel) - John McLaughlin, Al di Meola, Paco de Lucia - Fantasia Suite (08:42)
Paco de Lucia (Left Channel), John McLaughlin\n(Middle Channel) and Al di - John McLaughlin, Al di Meola, Paco de Lucia - Guardian Angel (04:00)
Paco de Lucia (Left Channel), John McLaughlin\n(Middle Channel) and Al di
