Tokyo Live (John McLaughlin album)

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Tokyo Live
Blue Note, Tokyo, Japan
GenreJazz fusion
LabelVerve
ProducerJohn McLaughlin
John McLaughlin chronology
Time Remembered: John McLaughlin Plays Bill Evans
(1993) 		Tokyo Live
(1994) 		After the Rain
(1994)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings
[3]

Tokyo Live is a live jazz album released by The Free Spirits (guitarist John McLaughlin, organist Joey DeFrancesco and drummer Dennis Chambers) on Verve in 1994. Despite the group credit on the sleeve, the record is generally considered to be a McLaughlin solo album.

The album was produced by John McLaughlin; the executive producer was Jean-Philippe Allard. It was recorded live on December 16 and 18, 1993 at the

Blue Note Tokyo jazz club in Tokyo, Japan
.

Track listing

(All pieces composed by John McLaughlin except "No Blues" by Miles Davis)

  1. "1 Nite Stand" 7:05
  2. "Hijacked" 10:25
  3. "When Love is Far Away" 4:56
  4. "Little Miss Valley" 10:56
  5. "Juju at the Crossroads" 5:15
  6. "Vukovar" 12:11
  7. "No Blues" 4:27
  8. "Mattinale" 19:42

Personnel

Charts

Chart (1994) Peak
position
US Top Jazz Albums (Billboard)[4] 11

References

  1. ^ Yanow, Scott. "Tokyo Live - Free Spirits | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 29 December 2011.
  2. ^ Kolosky, Walter (20 November 2002). "John McLaughlin and The Free Spirits | Tokyo Live". allaboutjazz.com. Retrieved 29 December 2011.
  3. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0
    .
  4. ^ "Tokyo Live - Free Spirits,John McLaughlin | Awards | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 18 April 2014.
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