Music CD - Mclaughlin, Di Meola, Delucia: Friday Night in San Francisco

	Music CD: Friday Night in San Francisco Artist: Mclaughlin, Di Meola, Delucia List Price: $11.98 Our Price: $6.16 Your Save: $ 5.82 ( 49% ) Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours Manufacturer: Sony
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Tracks: 1. Mediterranean Sundance/Rio Ancho 2. Short Tales Of The Black Forest 3. Frevo Rasgado 4. Fantasia Suite 5. Guardian Angel
Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0074646516829 Format: Enhanced Label: Sony Manufacturer: Sony Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Sony Release Date: 1997-09-23 Studio: Sony
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Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: Over the top but that's the point Comment: Those who whine about this being too break-neck obviously can't let their minds (and guts) go to that place. Not everything needs to be perfectly paced and full of musical chiaroscuro. Sometimes you just want to rock! I have various bootlegs from this tour and they are all incredible for the ferocity and passion the trio brings to this music. This is definitiely the best night that I've heard; we're lucky to have it in such perfect sound quality. The highlight is definitely Sundance, where Paco's feel and touch makes DiMeloa's oft-emotionless palm-muted runs at 200 miles an hour take on much more heart. Paco keeps up and then some; Al needed a pick to blaze this hard, Paco did not! McLaughlin is no slouch either, and there's really no dull moment here. It is indeed a master class for guitarists; I'll never forget hearing it for the first time at age 19 and realizing that acoustic git can wail just as hard as electric. It's also just plain exciting for any pair of ears, musician's or not! Like a strong cup of coffee on a windy mountain side at 5 am, this will get the juices flowing. These guys know each other's styles so well and mesh so perfectly; for that alone this is five stars. Add the sonic insanity of this many notes played with this much flawless technique and you've got something truly unique and magical. Not a ballad album, nor was it meant to be. The trio has other albums that address that issue; this one is all about amazement and joy. Still unmatched almost 30 years later. Customer Rating: Summary: WoW Comment: Everytime I listen to this CD I come away with something new. I've been listening to this since the 80's and every time I get goosebumps. Three geniuses come together on a magical night and create this something that happens once in a lifetime. I've always thought it would be a great if the three could collaborate and write a book on their inspirations for doing this, how much did they *really* practice and such. It would an incredible read. Today my kids (8 and 10) were listening to this on my iPOD and were blown away!!! Customer Rating: Summary: The masters unite Comment: The musicianship here is very professional and enjoyable - this is the only documented audio of these three guitar giants working together in concert. The performance was recorded live in December 1980, at the Warfield Theatre in San Francisco. Track #5 is a studio recording, though, but nonetheless coherent and of spectacular quality in both sound and performance. Throughout the album, all three guitar players (incidentally only playing in pairs on the first three 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. Customer Rating: Summary: Not a fan Comment: This is a consert I just stumbled over an liked at once. Superb work of art. It has always been a joy to hear talented people get together and bring happines to the audience. Had this as LP but somebody or in moving things it became unplayable so getting a new copy was a must. Customer Rating: Summary: Subtly sweet,blazingly fast, and refreshing overall. Comment: This album is what it is:a showcase of amazing musicianship and heartfelt playing between comrades.There are many beautiful and soft moments,and even more lightning-quick picking that cascades,ebbs, and flows.To say that the music on this album is simply a few guys trying to "one-up" each other is ludacris.This album is a joy to those whom delve into the emotions in musical art. More Reviews
Editorial Reviews: 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