Customer Reviews
aaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh - By: Mr. T. M. White, 11 Jan 2008 
...... aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhh aaaaahhh ha aaaaaaaaaaahhh aaaaaaaahhhhhh aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhh!!!
My head!!!! Its going to friggin explode!!!!
Haven't felt goospimples like this after listening to an album for years!
Wooooaaaah!
Intense!!
This is the sh@t!! Dont miss out on this one! Buy it now!!
If you want artistic breakdown - look at the other reviews! - mine's pure emotional reflex to listening to it.
Genius!
Tis v. good - By: Mr. J. Gould, 25 Jun 2007 There's not much i can say that hasn't already been said by my fellow reviewers.
To put it simply, if you like guitar, you will like this. Whether you be a fan of Eric Clapton or Wes Montgomery, Eddie Van Halen or Slash, Jimmy Page or Jimi Hendrix, the music produced by these three players with BLOW YOUR MIND.
The music is a jazz-flamenco fusion, all acoustic.
The first 4 tracks are live (with great atmosphere). The last track is a studio recording, but it's still damn entertaining.
You don't have to be a jazz fan to like it!
There is one draw back however, if you are a guitar player, this will not boost your confidence. No matter how good you are this recording will stun you.
Your acoustic-guitar-collection could start here! - By: Yovra, 04 Jun 2007 As time goes by this may be a milestone for the acoustic jazz-guitar. Starting with the weak point; it's not that musical; three guitarists at the peak of their powers at boiling points bring millions of notesin just a few tracks.
On the other hand this is one the most sensational live-recordings ever! DiMeola is flashing & elegantin his rapid-firing playing of scals, McLaughlin is passionate, loud & angry, DeLucia is fiery & emotionalin his playing.
Sound-wise (there's a Polygram-cd-version around too) this is the best one; it's remastered & has good liner-notes. Like my fellow-reviewer remarked before; this is not the complete story of that night; it's time the other solo-, duo- & trio-recordings were released too! Especially the solo-spot of DeLucia that evening was hair-raising!
Oh my.... - By: Melquíades, 14 Apr 2007 This is the kind of recording that guitar players fear & lovein equal amounts. In one moment you want to hang up your guitar for good,in the next you practice until your fingers bleed to be able to quote one or two phrases from it. "Friday Nightin San Francisco" is quite simply an astonishing testament to three individuals absolute mastery of instrumental guitar. There is a finesse, passion, grace & humourin these 5 pieces that you'll be hard pressed to locate elsewhere. As a musician & avid collector of guitar music, I have to say that this is,in my humblest of opinions, one of the finest guitar recordings ever made. My only question is "Where is the rest of the concert?" If ever there was an albumin need of an expanded re-issue its this one.
PS
There are no explicit lyrics to be found on this album as mentionedin some of the Amazon captions, but when you play it there'll be a few tripping off your tongue!
dont be put off - By: G. Donohoe, 03 May 2006 Dont be put off by words like virtuoso, technical prowess or even jazz.
If you have even the most remotely open mind when it comes to music you will find the playing & the pieces on this CD breathtakingin their accessibility, humour, warmth, virtuosity (yes), beauty & musicality.
Lots of it has a flamenco feel & its the often hypnotic rythmn of that genre that ensured this would never have become (as far as non jazz fans are concerned) a bit of a jazz-geek love-in.
Its one of THOSE albums, where you put it on the best stereo, crank up the speakers, turn off the lights, close your eyes & lose yourself, over & over again, hearing new things every time.
The audience appreciation adds to the pleasure of listening to what was obviously an incredible night, listen to this & you will, like me, wish you'd been there.
