Passion Grace & Fire

John McLaughlin, Al Di Meola, Paco De Lucia | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 25, 1990)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Columbia
• ASIN: B0000025US
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #111,090 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The most amazing trio CD, October 5, 2000

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Brandon S. (Oklahoma) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Passion Grace & Fire (Audio CD)

I have to just say, I love this album! These three guys were at their prime as a group, and you can definetly tell. On their first CD, it was all live, and it had it share of faults and everything, and plus the guys weren't as telepathic as most groups are. Well, they'd been together a few years here, and the result is incredible. I'd say that this is the fastest guitar music i've ever heard in my life, these guys were shredding amazingly fast, and a year or two before Yngwie was in the main stream! The only problem I have with this CD is that it's too short! I'd bet that this album is barely 30 minutes long, if even that. Al himself said in an interview once that it was defintely too short, and that if they'd do something like that these days, they'd go to hell! It's a great CD though, if you love great acoustic music, then definetly get this. They really do play with passion, grace, and fire....intensity and emotion.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Nothing less than a miracle, January 8, 2007

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Jazzcat "stef" (Genoa, Italy Italy) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Passion Grace & Fire (Audio CD)

This album is a miracle. I could stop here and you have enough words to understand the level this album belongs to. I'm bored when I read reviews where people point out a music as too technical or stuff like this. This music is technical for sure but it is absolutly marvellous and totally blazing on the emotional level. This album is a trip. When I listen to this one sometimes I find myself unable to listen to nothing else for a while. Technique is not against emotions especially in albums like this one! If you are not skilled enough to appreciate the beauty these players produced here, please, don't write reviews! This album is flamenco, jazz, classical, latin, it is simply three mindblowing musicians that united to produce the last word in acoustic guitar music and an unbelievable chapter in the history of music. But this album is not only incredible for guitarists, it is fantastic for everyone because the songwriting is amazing. The credits go to the three of them infact they choosed to record tunes from each one of them (two tunes each) and I can't say which are the best!! And every tune is the perfect sequel to the one that preceed it. It seems as it has been written by one single pen. This cd is even a fantastic audio experience if you have a good hi end system. Even if the tones could be better, the dynamic is there and you can hear each player on a different channel, so you have John in the centre, Paco on the right channel and Al on the left channel. You can recognize easily their different styles. You can follow the dialogs they are having improvising on these marvellous tunes. I own this one since 1990 I guess. It still impress me for the technical abilities of the solos and the compings, it still amazes me for the songwriting skills of these guys, and delight me on the emotional level each time I decided to take it out the vaults. A gem.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A must in your CD collection, April 7, 2000

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Stephen John Watson (England) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Passion Grace & Fire (Audio CD)

The title to this album describes the music perfectly - it is indeed played with passion, grace and fire; sensitivity and ferocity. Usually, I maintain that musicians who play with speed are just displaying technical skill but this album has parts which are so fast its almost unbelievable and yet it portrays such colour and emotion. 'David', for example, is a wonderful piece combining delicate nuances with ferocious flamenco.