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5.0 out of 5 stars
10 stars, December 6, 2003
This review is from: Friday Night in San Francisco (Audio CD)
20 some years later and I still remember the first night I heard this CD for the first time, like it was yesterday. And after 20 years I still get goose-bumps every time I listen to this CD. Anyone who loves guitar has to have this CD. Now whenever I hear that somebody loves guitar I put on this CD and wait for their jaw to drop. The technical skill of any one of the three of these gentleman is amazing. But how they play together and play off each other is mind blowing! Guitar lovers prepare for 40 minutes of heaven.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Totally amazing!, August 4, 2003
This review is from: Friday Night in San Francisco (Audio CD)
I heard this CD by a friend somewhere in the mountains of Puerto Vallarta, Mexico and I completely lost the time for 40 minutes ... this CD is amazing! In this session you can really hear the talent these guys have, it's outstanding, that's the only word I can use for the techniques they use. My ears had a splendid time listening those 5 songs. Although it's recorded live you have no problem listening to it because of the people screaming, only on the beginning and the end of each number. When I sat there listening to this amazing art of guitarplaying my friends (both experienced guitarplayers) were quiet for the full 40 minutes this CD lasts. Normally they start to whine when there's one wrong chord in it, but this time they listened just as good as I did. This CD is unique and I recommend you buy it, for such little money you got the best guitarists of the '80 on one CD ... now that's impressive!
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
hot hot hot!!! Celebration of acoustic guitar by 3 masters, February 3, 2003
This review is from: Friday Night in San Francisco (Audio CD)
This album changed my view of jazz when I was 16 years old. Knowing about Return to Forever, Weather Report and Mahavishnu Orchestra I'd never had the inclination to listen at this age. But our local college radio station had several jazz buffs as DJs, in addition to rock musicians looking to stretch their scope of influence who would play cuts from this and the other above groups' albums in between their trips of fancy in the Alternative Music scene. Phenominal music listened to individually as cuts on the airwaves, I rushed out and bought the album eager to have my boundaries stretched. I wasnt disappointed, and even listening to it today I find that I hear new things each time. The improvisational sections (of which there are many) have recognizable themes mixed into free form playing which astound. The pieces that are full on compositions will leave you humming the chief theme melody for days after. The power that is derived just from three guitars in the hands of three very powerful players will leave you breathless. If you're a musician young or old looking for something to stretch your limits and defy the concept you have of guitar, buy the album. As a jazz lover who can appreciate ingenious improvisation, buy the album. I cant recommend this album enough.
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