This live recording from 1980 matched fusion guitar heavyweights Al DiMeola and John McLaughlin with Spanish guitar whiz Paco DeLucia. The result, a dazzling technical display, also earned jeers as the international summit of world-class finger-wigglers by critics who felt it was long on chops and short on heart. John McLaughlin's importance to the development of the jazz fusion scene can't be overestimated: as the guitarist on Miles Davis's seminal Bitches Brew and A Tribute to Jack Johnson, he was the first significant guitarist of the electric jazz era; on his own, he brought power rock, spiritualism, and lush orchestration to the scene via his Mahavishnu Orchestra. DiMeola, the most commercially successful next-generation fusion guitarist, achieved stardom with Chick Corea's group Return to Forever and on his own records. DeLucia, virtually unknown in the U.S., is a fine flamenco guitarist, and it is that orientation more than anything that colors Friday Night: even when playing straightforward non-flamenco compositions, the phrasing and sensibility lurks behind every note. Still, the passion of the music is frequently marred by the participants' inability to play at anything but the most breakneck pace. --Fred Goodman
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Friday Night in San Francisco
Mclaughlin , Di Meola , and Delucia Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000002AHM Release Date: 1997-09-23 |
Tracks:
- Mediterranean Sundance/Rio Ancho
- Short Tales Of The Black Forest
- Frevo Rasgado
- Fantasia Suite
- Guardian Angel
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This live recording from 1980 matched fusion guitar heavyweights Al DiMeola and John McLaughlin with Spanish guitar whiz Paco DeLucia. The result, a dazzling technical display, also earned jeers as the international summit of world-class finger-wigglers by critics who felt it was long on chops and short on heart. John McLaughlin's importance to the development of the jazz fusion scene can't be overestimated: as the guitarist on Miles Davis's seminal Bitches Brew and A Tribute to Jack Johnson, he was the first significant guitarist of the electric jazz era; on his own, he brought power rock, spiritualism, and lush orchestration to the scene via his Mahavishnu Orchestra. DiMeola, the most commercially successful next-generation fusion guitarist, achieved stardom with Chick Corea's group Return to Forever and on his own records. DeLucia, virtually unknown in the U.S., is a fine flamenco guitarist, and it is that orientation more than anything that colors Friday Night: even when playing straightforward non-flamenco compositions, the phrasing and sensibility lurks behind every note. Still, the passion of the music is frequently marred by the participants' inability to play at anything but the most breakneck pace. --Fred GoodmanCustomer Reviews:
WoW.......2007-04-25
The masters unite.......2007-03-11
Throughout the album, all three guitar players (incidentally only playing in pairs on the three first tracks) perform on acoustic guitars, and for an early 80's live recording, the sound quality is surprisingly good (rich acoustics, no feedback, no distortion.) What ruins a lot of the listening experience, however, are the audience members who yell and scream and whistle and clap over some of the music as if they were high on all that currently is illegal to get high on. The wildness of the audience participation on track #2 is especially bothersome; as soon as the guitar players play a fast lick, an unusual effect, anything technically advanced or anything in unison, these people go crazy, and when recognizing an obvious installment of the theme from Pink Panther you can hear them wearing their anuses on their sleeves as they burst from rapture.
But the audience aside, this is an important recording for a lot of obvious reasons - a recording that you definitely should own or at least listen to if you have ever enjoyed any music performed or written by any of these three guitarists. Incidentally, Hal Leonard has produced a book of transcriptions of all titles from this recording.
Not a fan.......2007-02-06
Subtly sweet,blazingly fast, and refreshing overall........2007-01-11
Guitar heaven.......2007-01-03
When you get a bunch of guitar virtuosos together, that usually adds up to a real snoozefest of lots of technical proficieny and zero tunefullness. So an all acoustic session would be even worse right? Wrong!
People can go on about the technical proficiency demonstrated by messrs. McLaughlin, Di Meola, and Delucia. But technical proficiency alone is not music. This, my friends, is music. Nominally, this is labeled as a jazz album but it really defies any genre. If you have even the slightest affinity for great guitar playing, plunk down your ten bucks and listen.
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Friday Night in San Francisco (Stereo SACD)
Paco de Lucia Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00004KD6V Release Date: 1999-09-07 |
Tracks:
- Mediterranean Sundance/Rio Ancho
- Short Tales of the Black Forest - Paco de Luc Al di Meola, Al di Meola, John McLaughlin
- Frevo Rasgado - Paco de Luc Paco de Luc , Al di Meola, John McLaughlin
- Fantasia Suite for Two Guitars: Viva la Danzarina/Guitars of the ...
- Guardian Angel [Studio Recording]
Album Description
Featuring John McLaughlin, Al DiMeola and Paco DeLucia on acoustic guitar. The Great Guitar Trio's Classic Original Recording! Great photos of the trio in performance! 20 BIT digitally remastered. Superb new sound!Customer Reviews:
Gorgeous Recording with Playful Musicians.......2006-08-16
Stereo SACD, not Multichannel!.......2003-10-13
"Too Many Notes...".......2002-11-29
If you think this is some sort of super-charged California Guitar Trio or a Narciso Yepes-type forray into flameco-guitar, forget it. That is not to say most every review you see here is wrong. In fact, they are all correct about these guys being virtuoso guitarists.
However, songs that consist almost entirely of 32nd and 64th notes are at first impressive, but very quickly become tiresome. And this isn't an album full of "songs" so much as it is a forty-some-odd-minute-long jam session featuring testosterone-fueled duels and improvs with a Flamecan flare.
So if you're a guitarist who thrills to the repeated use of the same techniques over and over for close to an hour, this is a great album for you. If you're a normal guy just trying to find some high-fi SACD pyrotechnics, maybe this is still for you. But if you're just someone looking to be entertained, this may disappoint.
Amazing, amazing, amazing.......2002-09-03
I was lucky enough to be introduced to this album by a cousin many years ago, and after having treated myself to it, I played it on at least a weekly basis for months. Far from getting sick of it eventually, I found myself noticing new things almost every time I played it. Of course it's wonderful to listen to yourself, but there is also a profound pleasure to be had in introducing a novice to the album. Watch their eyes widen and their jaw drop as they turn to you and say, "Who IS this? I gotta have this!"
All three men share composition credits on the album. "Mediterranean Sundance/Rio Ancho," the song that opens the album, is a Spanish-influenced piece that sends notes scattering like raindrops on a sunny day--the aural effect is one of sparkling light. Chick Corea's song "Short Tales of the Black Forest" gets a work-out here, and McLaughlin and DiMeola do it proud as they build the musical tension to an almost unbearable point before exploding into the heart of the song a minute or two into the piece. "Frevo Rasgado," an Egberto Gismonti piece, is a complex song which swings effortlessly back and forth between major and minor keys, and McLaughlin and DeLucia go along for the ride with a kind of manic joy in their playing.
The three men don't all play together until the final two songs. On "Fantasia Suite," a DiMeola composition, they follow the notes but go further into that realm where they are in their own little universe, egging each other on and on until the music reaches an almost sublime climax. On "Guardian Angel," much the same thing happens and it's a privilege to hear this kind of creative collaboration in action. If you haven't already, make room on your CD shelf for this outstandingly great album!
SACD SUPERIOR to redbook CD.......2002-04-29
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Friday Night in San Francisco
Al di Meola , John McLaughlin , and Paco de Lucía Manufacturer: Columbia ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B00005GA0W Release Date: 1980-01-01 |
Tracks:
- Mediterranean Sundance/Rio Ancho
- Short Tales of the Black Forest - Paco de Luc Al di Meola, Al di Meola, John McLaughlin
- Frevo Rasgado - Paco de Luc Paco de Luc , Al di Meola, John McLaughlin
- Fantasia Suite for Two Guitars: Viva la Danzarina/Guitars of the ...
- Guardian Angel [Studio Recording]
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Friday Night in San Francisco
Al di Meola , John McLaughlin , and Paco de Lucía Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000008AR6 Release Date: 1994-07-19 |
Tracks:
- Mediterranean Sundance/Rio Ancho
- Short Tales of the Black Forest - Paco de Luc Al di Meola, Al di Meola, John McLaughlin
- Frevo Rasgado - Paco de Luc Paco de Luc , Al di Meola, John McLaughlin
- Fantasia Suite for Two Guitars: Viva la Danzarina/Guitars of the ...
- Guardian Angel [Studio Recording]
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Friday Night in San Francisco
Al di Meola , John McLaughlin , and Paco de Lucía Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B00000DSL1 Release Date: 1993-07-27 |
Tracks:
- Mediterranean Sundance/Rio Ancho
- Short Tales of the Black Forest - Paco de Luc Al di Meola, Al di Meola, John McLaughlin
- Frevo Rasgado - Paco de Luc Paco de Luc , Al di Meola, John McLaughlin
- Fantasia Suite for Two Guitars: Viva la Danzarina/Guitars of the ...
- Guardian Angel [Studio Recording]
Customer Reviews:
Fantastic!.......1999-08-06
Too many notes, too little music.......1999-04-25
What a fantastic piece of work!!.......1999-04-24
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Tribute to Andrew Imbrie on His 80th Birthday
Manufacturer: Albany Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B0009Y26CM Release Date: 2005-07-01 |
Tracks:
- RecitAndy
- Postcards
- Chaconne
- Dalha Dalha
- Inscape
- Orange Pastel
- Ottanta
- Spring Fever
Product Description
Andrew Imbrie turned 80 on April 6, 2001, and twelve performances of nine programs were presented across the country between March 4th and June 3rd of that year. If you are familiar with the music of this independently-minded, rugged composer, this new release will be of a very special interest, where music by friends, students and colleagues are presented along with two fine examples of his art. Veteran collectors will be familiar with such works as the chamber piece Dandelion Wine and the powerful Symphony No.3, formerly available on CRI. And, maybe, someday well have a reissue of his masterpiece, the Violin Concerto, released on a long-gone Columbia LP of the late 1960s. Perhaps the most important of Roger Sessions pupils, Imbrie has been making a major contribution to the musical culture of America as both composer and educator. From the time his String Quartet No. 1 won the New York Music Critics Award in 1944 until today, he has produced work after work of the highest craftsmanship, integrity, and artistic merit. While his work has won numerous awards, its value to our musical community is beyond measure. As an educator at the University of California, Berkeley and the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, he has trained generations of musicians, musicologists and composers. The works presented at the birthday concerts were, in a small way, an attempt to say what could not be adequately said in any other way. This important new CD reproduces the second of such concerts, given on April 9, 2001 at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music.
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Nat Janoff Jake Schwartz Live
Nat Janoff & Jake Schwartz Manufacturer: Nat Janoff & Jake Schwartz ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B00005OBD6 Release Date: 2001-08-20 |
Tracks:
- Spain
- Spiral
- Jacob's Latter
- Source
- Even If
- Horizon
- Jazzgrass
- Mediterranean Sundance
- Mercy, Mercy, Mercy
Album Description
"Nat Janoff Jake SchwartzLive" is a high energy live acoustic guitar recording, reminiscent of "Friday Night in San Francisco" by John McLaughlin, Al Di Meola and Paco De Lucia. A blending of steel and nylon strings, the Nat Janoff and Jake Schwartz guitar duo is a progressive and innovative creative force. The multi-faceted original compostions of Janoff and Schwartz are lit by the duo's powerful technique and distinct style, while the covers of "Spain," "Mediterranean Sundance" and "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy" exhibit a fresh and intense take on these classic compositions.
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Friday Night in San Francisco
Al di Meola , John McLaughlin , and Paco de Lucía Manufacturer: Columbia ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B00005HUYC Release Date: 1980-01-01 |
Tracks:
- Mediterranean Sundance/Rio Ancho
- Short Tales of the Black Forest - Paco de Luc Al di Meola, Al di Meola, John McLaughlin
- Frevo Rasgado - Paco de Luc Paco de Luc , Al di Meola, John McLaughlin
- Fantasia Suite for Two Guitars: Viva la Danzarina/Guitars of the ...
- Guardian Angel [Studio Recording]
Album Details
DSD digitally remastered.Customer Reviews:
a night of extreme eloquence.......2001-12-27
one of the best.......2001-09-08
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Friday Night in San Francisco
John McLaughlin , Paco DeLucia , and Al DiMeola Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00000DRXW Release Date: 1990-10-25 |
Tracks:
- Mediterranean Sundance/Rio Ancho
- Short Tales of the Black Forest - Paco de Luc Al di Meola, Al di Meola, John McLaughlin
- Frevo Rasgado - Paco de Luc Paco de Luc , Al di Meola, John McLaughlin
- Fantasia Suite for Two Guitars: Viva la Danzarina/Guitars of the ...
- Guardian Angel [Studio Recording]
Customer Reviews:
Spine tingling.......2007-01-03
When you get a bunch of guitar virtuosos together, that usually adds up to a real snoozefest of lots of technical proficieny and zero tunefullness. So an all acoustic session would be even worse right? Wrong!
People can go on about the technical proficiency demonstrated by messrs. McLaughlin, Di Meola, and Delucia. But technical proficiency alone is not music. This, my friends, is music. Nominally, this is labeled as a jazz album but is really defies any genre. If you have even the slightest affinity for great guitar playing, plunk down your ten bucks and listen.
Far Below Nothingness & Eternity .......2006-01-19
JM's adventures in LA are misleading. Shakti's albums are amazing journeys, For the live album i pick Between Nothingness & Eternity.
Funny postcards, jammin' the pink panther's theme, but far - so far from Mahavishnu's best standards.
Seminal acoustic guitar masterpiece.......2005-11-22
Strunz and Farah's "Frontera", the absolute pinnacle of guitar brilliance and speed, followed by the even more astonishing "Guitarras". The Dimeola, Mclaughlin, DeLucia trio set the bar. It was broken in 1984 by Jorge Strunz and Ardeshir Farah and THAT bar has yet to be broken.
Technical virtuosity yes, but where's the soul?.......2005-10-10
10 stars.......2003-12-06
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Friday Night in San Francisco
Manufacturer: Philips ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000A1KEPU |
Product Description
Import, Original 1981 recording, made in Germany.Pop Music:
- Funeral for a Friend
- Giant Steps [Original recording remastered]
- Got It Goin' On
- Hang Time
- Herb Alpert's Ninth [Original recording remastered]
- Idle Moments [Original recording remastered]
- In a Silent Way [Original recording remastered]
- Inner Mounting Flame [Original recording remastered]
- It Just Happens That Way
- Jaco Pastorius [Original recording remastered]
