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John McLaughlin, Al DiMeola, Paco DeLucia: The Guitar Trio
by Walter Kolosky
For a variety of reasons, The Guitar Trio album was perhaps the least anticipated album of John McLaughlin’s career. What could be new? How could John McLaughlin, Al DiMeola, and Paco DeLucia top their two historic albums from the Trio's heyday, 15 years earlier? Well, the answers are clear. If they offered nothing new, they really couldn't better the original albums. However, that's not the case. If one wants reassurances that the “old men" can still do it, ...
Continue ReadingJohn McLaughlin, Al DiMeola, Paco DeLucia: Friday Night in San Francisco
by Walter Kolosky
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.In 1979 and 1980, McLaughlin and de Lucia had actually toured Europe with Larry Coryell. ...
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