Friday Night in San Francisco

Friday Night In San Francisco
Live album by Al Di Meola, John McLaughlin, Paco de Lucía
Released	August 10, 1981
Recorded	Friday December 5, 1980 Except "Guardian Angel": May 1981
Genre	Flamenco-Jazz
Length	40:35
Label	Philips
Producer	Al Di Meola, John McLaughlin, Paco de Lucía
Al Di Meola, John McLaughlin, Paco de Lucía chronology
Friday Night in San Francisco (1981) Passion, Grace and Fire (1983)

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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".

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

Side one

1. "Mediterranean Sundance (Al Di Meola) / Río Ancho (Paco de Lucía)" – 11:25
   • Performed by: Paco de Lucía and Al Di Meola
2. "Short Tales of the Black Forest" (Chick Corea) – 8:39
   • Performed by: John McLaughlin and Al Di Meola

Side two

1. "Frevo Rasgado" – 7:54 (Egberto Gismonti)
   • Performed by: Paco de Lucía and John McLaughlin
2. "Fantasia Suite" (Al Di Meola) – 8:41
   • Performed by: Paco de Lucía, John McLaughlin and Al Di Meola
3. "Guardian Angel" (Studio Recording) (John McLaughlin) – 4:00
   • Performed by: Paco de Lucía, John McLaughlin and Al Di Meola

Personnel

• Al Di Meola – Guitar
• John McLaughlin – Guitar
• Paco de Lucía – Guitar

External link

• Review at All About Jazz
• Review at Jazzbo Notes