Friday Night in San Francisco
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Live album by Al Di Meola, John McLaughlin, Paco de Lucía | |||||
Released | August 10, 1981 | ||||
Recorded | Friday December 5, 1980 The Warfield, San Francisco, CA ("Guardian Angel" recorded on May 1981 at Minot Sound, White Plains, NY) |
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Genre | New Flamenco-Jazz | ||||
Length | 40:39 | ||||
Label | Philips | ||||
Producer | Al Di Meola, John McLaughlin, Paco de Lucía | ||||
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Friday Night in San Francisco is a 1981 live album by Al Di Meola, John McLaughlin and Paco de Lucía. It was described by jazz author and critic Walter Kolosky as "a musical event that could be compared to the Benny Goodman Band's performance at Carnegie Hall in 1938 ... [it] may be considered the most influential of all live acoustic guitar albums".[3]
All the tracks except "Guardian Angel" were recorded live at The Warfield Theatre on 5 December 1980, in San Francisco; "Guardian Angel" was recorded at Minot Sound, in White Plains, New York.
Contents
Track listing
Side one
- "Mediterranean Sundance (Al Di Meola) / Río Ancho (Paco de Lucía)" – 11:25
- Performed by: Paco de Lucía (left channel) and Al Di Meola (right channel)
- "Short Tales of the Black Forest" (Chick Corea) – 8:39
- Performed by: John McLaughlin (left channel) and Al Di Meola (right channel)
Side two
- "Frevo Rasgado" – 7:54 (Egberto Gismonti)
- Performed by: John McLaughlin (left channel) and Paco de Lucía (right channel)
- "Fantasia Suite" (Al Di Meola) – 8:41
- Performed by: Paco de Lucía (left channel), John McLaughlin (middle channel) and Al Di Meola (right channel)
- "Guardian Angel" (John McLaughlin) (studio recording) – 4:00
- Performed by: Paco de Lucía (left channel), John McLaughlin (middle channel) and Al Di Meola (right channel)
Personnel
- Al Di Meola – acoustic guitar
- John McLaughlin – acoustic guitar
- Paco de Lucía – acoustic guitar
Chart performance
Year | Chart | Position |
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1981 | Billboard 200 | 97[4] |
1981 | Billboard Top Jazz Albums | 6[4] |
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External links
- Review at All About Jazz
- Review at Jazzbo Notes