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Tokyo Live (John McLaughlin album)

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Tokyo Live
Live album by
The Free Spirits Featuring John McLaughlin
Released1994
Recorded16, 18 December 1993
VenueBlue 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
Allmusic[1]
All About Jazz(mixed)[2]
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

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(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

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Charts

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

References

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  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. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 977. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  4. ^ "Tokyo Live - Free Spirits,John McLaughlin | Awards | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 18 April 2014.