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Music : Friday Night in San Francisco
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Friday Night in San Francisco by: Mclaughlin, Di Meola, Delucia List Price: $11.98 CD-Charts Price: $10.99 You Save: $0.99 ( 8%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0074646516829 Format: Enhanced, Live, Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered Label: Sony Manufacturer: Sony Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Sony Release Date: September 23, 1997 Studio: Sony Sales Rank: 7374 MPN: 65168 Disc 1:
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Editorial Review: Amazon.com: 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 Customer Reviews
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 Rating: - I challenge you to find better guitar playing.There aren't enough superlatives to describe this performance. So I won't even try. I will say that my entire perception of "guitar" was forever changed the first time I heard this album. Not only because of the effortless 200 mph runs but moreso because thee guys can do this while paying attention to and complementing eachother's playing. Friday Night in San Francisco is a beautiful recording with plenty of raw emotion, despite what some other reviewers have said. Once you have removed your jaw from the floor and pay attention to the phrasing, song structure, sheer improvisation, and interplay of three geniuses in their prime, you will add this to your desert island list. Something else that I really like about this ... Read More: Rating: - Over the top but that's the pointThose 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 ... Read More: Rating: - WoWEverytime 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!!! Rating:  - The masters uniteThe 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 ... Read More: Rating: - Not a fanThis 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. |
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