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Al Di Meola - Friday Night In San Francisco CD
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Master Sound releases are 24-karat gold plated CDs remastered from first-generation masters. This process utilizes 20-bit technology and Sony's "Super Bit Mapping" system.
This is a Super Audio CD playable only on Super Audio CD players.
Loose and spontaneous, this (mainly) live album is a meeting of three of the greatest guitarists in the world for an acoustic summit the likes of which the guitar-playing community rarely sees. Broken up into three duo and two trio performances, Friday Night in San Francisco catches all three players at the peaks of their quite formidable powers. The first track features Al di Meola and Paco de Lucía teaming up for a medley of di Meola's "Mediterranean Sundance" (first recorded by the duo on di Meola's classic 1976 album Elegant Gypsy) and de Lucía's own "Rio Ancho." It is a delightful performance, full of the fire and inhuman chops that one expects from two players of this caliber. However, the two guitarists obviously have big ears, and they complement each other's solos with percussive, driving rhythm parts. There is a laid-back, humorous element to Friday Night in San Francisco as well, best witnessed in di Meola and John McLaughlin's performance of Chick Corea's "Short Tales of the Black Forest." Rapid-fire licks from the pair soon give way to atonal striking of the body of the guitar, running picks along the strings, etc. Before the farce is completed, they have played a blues and quoted the Pink Panther theme. It is funny stuff, and it serves to dispel the image of the trio, especially di Meola, as super-serious clinicians more concerned with technique than music. The other great piece of evidence against such a narrow-minded claim can be found in both the quality of the compositions featured on Friday Night in San Francisco as well as the sensitivity and dynamic variation brought to the performances. A perfect example of this is the sole studio track, a McLaughlin composition entitled "Guardian Angel" (the opening theme of which is taken straight from "Guardian Angels," a song that appears on McLaughlin's 1978 Electric Dreams album). It is a fine piece, and one that features a haunting melody as well as some of the best solos on the record. All in all, Friday Night in San Francisco is a fantastic album and one of the best entries in all of these guitarists' fine discographies. ~ Daniel Gioffre
Includes liner notes by Bill Milkowski.
Full performer name: Al DiMeola/John McLaughlin/Paco De Lucia.
Personnel: Al DiMeola, John McLaughlin, Paco De Lucia (steel & nylon-string acoustic guitars).
Producers: Al DiMeola, John McLaughlin, Paco DeLucia.
Personnel: Al DiMeola, John McLaughlin, Paco De Lucia (steel-string & classical acoustic guitars).
Producers: John McLaughlin, Paco De Lucia, Al DiMeola.
Friday Night In San Francisco Music
Al Di Meola - Friday Night In San Francisco Songs
| 1 | Mediterranean Sundance/Rio Ancho
John Mclaughlin, Paco De Lucia | 11:31 | $0.99 | |
| 2 | Short Tales of the Black Forest
Al DiMeola / John McLaughlin / Paco De Lucia, Paco De Lucia | 8:43 | $0.99 | |
| 3 | Frevo Rasgado
Al DiMeola / John McLaughlin / Paco De Lucia | 7:55 | $0.99 | |
| 4 | Fantasia Suite
Al DiMeola / John McLaughlin / Paco De Lucia, Paco De Lucia | 8:50 | $0.99 | |
| 5 | Guardian Angel
Al DiMeola / John McLaughlin / Paco De Lucia, Paco De Lucia | 4:01 | $0.99 | |
Friday Night In San Francisco Music
Friday Night In San Francisco Music Review
Average Rating: (4.6 out of 5 stars)   List All 20 Reviews A quarter of a century later
Twenty-five years ago, I was a big fan of fusion accoustic guitar and the three artists represented here. Perhaps I'm jaded, but today I prefer my Flamenco or Spanish guitar undiluted by jazz improv, and these songs all seem to jumble together in a self-congratulatory display of virtuosity. Too raucous as background music but too dated to listen to, this volume will mostly sit on the shelf.
Submitted by Arheddis V. (Denver, CO USA) 
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 A great wine and jazz CD ...
I'm not a big fan of jazz guitar, but this one does it for me ! Highly recommended with a glass of Shiraz ...
The recording a touch "early era digital" ... I would have preferred a more analog sound, but the music makes up fo it.
Submitted by accheu (Toronto ON)
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 Wow
I'm not sure exactly how any human can play guitar like this, and yet you have 3 on this cd. Amazing
Submitted by ram111_98 (Hebron, Ct)
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Fabulous.
It's a fantastic album. This album was recorded in a live concert. One three guitars in the concert. Powerful acoustic guitar. If you are a fan of Jazz music you can't miss this album.
Submitted by mystonefree (Indainapolis, IN, USA.)
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Every fan of instrumental guitar music should have this album. It's a classic. I don't really know much about any of these guitarists, but they have all impressed me with their playing on this album and I'll definitely look into buying more of their music.
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