1981 live album by Al Di Meola, John McLaughlin, Paco de Lucía
| Friday Night In San Francisco | ||||
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| Live album by Al Di Meola, John McLaughlin, Paco de Lucía | ||||
| Released | 1981 | |||
| Recorded | December 5, 1980 ("Guardian Angel" recorded May 1981 at Minot Sound, White Plains, New York) | |||
| Venue | The Warfield, San Francisco, California | |||
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| Length | 41:02 | |||
| Label | Columbia/Sony Music Entertainment | |||
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| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide |  |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | |
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 … may be considered the most influential of all live acoustic guitar albums".
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.
Track listing
- Mediterranean Sundance / Rio Ancho (11:31)
- Short Tales of the Black Forest (8:43)
- Frevo Rasgado (7:55)
- Fantasia Suite (8:50)
- Guardian Angel (4:01)
Personnel
- Al Di Meola – acoustic steel-string guitar
- John McLaughlin – acoustic nylon-string guitar (played w/ flatpick)
- Paco de Lucía – spanish guitar
Charts
| Chart (1981) | Peak position |
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| Australian Albums (Kent Music Report) | 100 |
| Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) | 5 |
| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) | 22 |
| New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) | 48 |
| US Top LPs & Tape (Billboard) | 97 |
| US Top Jazz LPs (Billboard) | 6 |
| Chart (2014) | Peak position |
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| Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) | 66 |
| French Albums (SNEP) | 154 |
| Italian Albums (FIMI) | 55 |
References
- Gioffre, Daniel. "Friday Night in San Francisco - Al di Meola | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 12 August 2011.
- Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp. 61. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
- Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 977. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
- Kolosky, Walter (2002). "John McLaughlin, Al DiMeola, Paco DeLucia: Friday Night in San Francisco (1981)". Retrieved 7 October 2022.
- Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 84. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
- "Austriancharts.at – Al Di Meola / John McLaughlin / Paco de Lucia – Friday Night in San Francisco - Live" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved June 5, 2024.
- "Offiziellecharts.de – Al Di Meola / John McLaughlin / Paco de Lucia – Friday Night in San Francisco – Live" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved June 5, 2024.
- "Charts.nz – Al Di Meola / John McLaughlin / Paco de Lucia – Friday Night in San Francisco - Live". Hung Medien. Retrieved June 5, 2024.
- ^ "Friday Night in San Francisco - Al di Meola,Paco de Lucía,John McLaughlin | Awards | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 27 October 2013.
- "Dutchcharts.nl – Al Di Meola / John McLaughlin / Paco de Lucia – Friday Night in San Francisco - Live" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved June 5, 2024.
- "Lescharts.com – Al Di Meola / John McLaughlin / Paco de Lucia – Friday Night in San Francisco - Live". Hung Medien. Retrieved June 5, 2024.
- "Italiancharts.com – Al Di Meola / John McLaughlin / Paco de Lucia – Friday Night in San Francisco - Live". Hung Medien. Retrieved June 5, 2024.
External links
- Review at All About Jazz
- Review at Jazzbo Notes
| Al Di Meola | |
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| Live albums | |
| with Return to Forever | |
| with the Guitar Trio | |
| with Clarke and Ponty | |
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| as producer | |
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