FRIDAY NIGHT IN SAN FRANCISCO

A fiend of mine recommended this album to me, in special this "trio", in that time i didnt know John Mclaughlin and also i didnt know Al di Meola, but with Paco de Lucia i remember that i said well, let`s try. I was lucky because i found this album in a second - handed store and it was really cheap, about 5 dollars, so i felt that maybe it wasnt a good album, but i was wrong.

Since the first time that i listened to it, i fell in love with it, despite i wasn`t (im not) a flamenco fan, i got impressed because i couldnt believe the beauty of that 3 guitars sound, and now im still , what a form to play aoustic guitar, is simply awesome. Now that i know a bit more about music, i know that the first song is from Al di Meola and its included in his Elegant Gypsy album.

"Mediterran Sundance" and "Rio Ancho", (both songs as one ) is a extraordinary song, here it was performed by Paco de Lucia and Al di Meola,since the first chord we can imagine how great would be this album, here we can realize that in the world exist monsters of acoustic guitar, we can listen to their different skills and ways to play , the album is flamenco - oriented but with great jazzy tones. This song has a lenght over 10 minutes, so can you imagine how many strings and chords can they play in 10 minutes?, is amazing, poor of their fingers, but it is their job. "Short Tales of the Black Forest" is a composition by Chick Corea but here performed by Di Meola and Mclaughlin, this was the first time that i listened to Mahavishnu`s guitar, an i immediately got shocek, what a great manner to play guitar, this song has good changes suddenly is quiet but suddenly it turns faster and faster, in fact here Pink Panther`s theme makes an appereance. "Frevo Rasgado" is not less than the others, but is maybe my less favorite , it was performed by Di Meola and De Lucia and it shows us again the perfect harmony between both guitars. "Fantasia Suite" is simply amazing, what a beautiful song, and a particular detail is that this song was performed by the three guitarist, so imagine 3 guitars at the same time talking each other, that is amazing. "Guardian Angel" is the last song of this great album, the only one composed by the great Mclaughlin , but this is a studio version, no longer in concert, it is a good song, but its pretty short. I think between the conterct we can listen to various changes and moods, but im pretty sure that it is not progressive rock, is more flamenco and jazz oriented, so , for that reason i can give it more than 4 stars in this site, because it isnt a masterpiece of progressive rock , if i had my way i`ll give it without a doubt 5 stars, because it is great, but sadly not progressive.

Great!! Excellent addition for every prog fan.