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
"Mediterranean Sundance / Rio Ancho" (Al Di Meola, Paco de Lucía) – 11:31 "Short Tales of the Black Forest" (Chick Corea) – 8:43 "Frevo Rasgado" (Egberto Gismonti) – 7:55 "Fantasia Suite" (Al Di Meola) – 8:50 "Guardian Angel" (John McLaughlin) – 4:01
Personnel Al Di Meola – acoustic steel-string guitar John McLaughlin – acoustic nylon-string guitar (played w/ flatpick) Paco de Lucía – spanish guitar
Position of performers
Track Left channel Middle Channel Right channel Mediterranean Sundance Paco De Lucia Al Di Meola Short Tales Of The Black Forest John McLaughlin Al Di Meola Frevo Rasgado John McLaughlin Paco De Lucia Fantasia Suite Paco De Lucia John McLaughlinAl Di Meola Guardian Angel Paco De Lucia John McLaughlinAl Di Meola
Charts +1981 chart performance for Friday Night in San Francisco Chart (1981) PeakpositionAustralian Albums (Kent Music Report)100US Top LPs & Tape (Billboard)97US Top Jazz LPs (Billboard)6 +2014 chart performance for Friday Night in San Francisco Chart (2014) Peakposition
References
External links Review at All About Jazz Review at Jazzbo Notes