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Di Meola, Mclaughlin, De Lucia - Friday Night in San Francisco
© 1980 Sony
Friday Night in San Francisco may be considered the most influential of all live acoustic guitar albums. Though some have criticized it for its muscular tendencies, the recording certainly captures the excitement of the event itself. In a world of electric guitars, it was quite unusual to hear a crowd go absolutely ballistic over acoustic strumming. It is not so unusual today, and this record is one major reason for that.
It was a historic occasion. The appearance of John McLaughlin, Al DiMeola, and Paco DeLucia at San Francisco's Warfield Theatre one Friday night in 1981 was a musical event that could be compared to the Benny Goodman Band's performance at Carnegie Hall in 1938. The Guitar Trio did for the acoustic guitar what Goodman had done for jazz. The acoustic guitar had gone commercial.
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John McLaughlin : Extrapolation
Jazz / Fusion
Extrapolation is John McLaughlin's debut solo album. It was recorded at Advision Studios in London on January 18, 1969 and released later that year by Giorgio Gomelsky's Marmalade Records and distributed by Polydor Records.
McLaughlin : Mahavishnu Orchestra : The Inner Mounting Flame
Jazz / Fusion
The Inner Mounting Flame (1971) is the Mahavishnu Orchestra's first studio album. The back cover of the LP features a poem entitled "Aspiration" by Sri Chinmoy. A remastered version of the album, on CD, was released in 1998 by Sony Music Entertainment. It features a facsimile of the LP front cover, a new set of liner notes by Bob Belden, as well as many photographs of the band. The Inner Mounting Flame consists solely of original compositions by John McLaughlin. He was also the producer.
McLaughlin : Mahavishnu Orchestra : Birds of Fire
Jazz / Fusion
Birds of Fire (1973) is the Mahavishnu Orchestra's second studio album and the last one performed by the original Mahavishnu Orchestra line-up, before Jean-Luc Ponty replaced Jerry Goodman on violin and Narada Michael Walden replaced Billy Cobham on drums. As in the case of The Mahavishnu Orchestra's previous album, The Inner Mounting Flame, Birds of Fire consisted solely of compositions by John McLaughlin.
Al Di Meola : Land of the Midnight Sun
Jazz / Fusion
Land of the Midnight Sun is the first album by Al Di Meola, released in 1976. The complex pieces (which include the three-part "Suite-Golden Dawn," an acoustic duet with Chick Corea on "Short Tales of the Black Forest" and a brief Bach violin sonata) show Di Meola's range even at this early stage.
Al Di Meola : Elegant Gypsy
Jazz / Fusion
Elegant Gypsy is the second album by Latin jazz fusion guitarist Al Di Meola. This was a follow-on album to Al Di Meoloa's debut release, Land of The Midnight Sun. The distinctive music in this release is a speedy fusion of Jazz and Rock, with lightning-fast guitar riffs intermixed with lyrical acoustical passages.