Meeting Of The Spirits

Starring: John McLaughlin, Paco De Lucia Original UK Premiere: 1981 Dvd Release: 24th March, 2003 Number Of Discs: 1 Format: PAL, Region 0 Encoding

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I think this concert is an example of BEAUTY. But i have to say that this DVD has some problems about the quality of video. I remember that once i saw this concert on TV & there were not this problems!! Perphaps the original masters are ruined.....anyway i think that every fan of McLaughlin should buy this video.

John McLaughlin, also Mahavishnu John McLaughlin, is a jazz fusion guitar player from Yorkshire in England. He came to prominence with the electric group of Miles Davis in the late 1960s, with other well-known players such as Chick Corea & Tony Williams. Before moving to the United States, McLaughlin recorded Extrapolation in 1969, an album that showed that McLaughlins trademark power, speed & accuracy were his almost from the beginning. He moved to the United States in 1969 to join Tony Williams s group Lifetime. He subsequently played with Miles Davis on his landmark albums In A Silent Way, Bitches Brew & A Tribute to Jack Johnson. The Mahavishnu Orchestra, Johns 1970s electric band, are respected the world over for their complex fusion of jazz, Indian music & electric jazz rock. After the split of the Mahavishnu Orchestra, McLaughlin worked with the far more low-key, acoustic group Shakti. This group combined Indian music with elements of jazz & thus may be regarded as pioneer of world music.

Editors Choice: Meeting Of The Spirits, View DVDology

Paco de Lucía is an internationally recognized Spanish flamenco guitarist & leading exponent of the New Flamenco style. He is the son of flamenco guitarist Antonio Sánchez & brother of flamenco singer Pepe de Lucía & flamenco guitarist Ramón de Algeciras. Paco is considered by many to be the greatest flamenco guitarist of all time. Not only does he dominate in flamenco, he is one of the very few guitarists who is also talented in other genres of music, eg jazz, classical & world music. Paco fluently goes in these territories & plays like no other. He was born Francisco Sánchez Gómez, in Algeciras, a city in the province of Cádiz, in the southernmost tip of Spain on December 21st, 1947, the youngest of five children. He adopted the stage name, Paco de Lucía in honor of his mother, Lucía Gómez. In 1958, at only age 11, de Lucía made his first public appearance on Radio Algeciras & a year later he was awarded a special prize in the Jerez flamenco competition. In 1961 he toured with the flamenco troupe of dancer José Greco.

Editors Choice: Paco De Lucia And Group, Meeting Of The Spirits, View DVDology

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