Passion, Grace and Fire

Passion, Grace & Fire
Studio album by
John McLaughlin, Al Di Meola, Paco de Lucía
Released23 March 1983
RecordedSeptember–October 1982
StudiosMarcus Music UK, London
GenreNew flamenco-jazz
Length31:49
LabelPhilips
ProducersJohn McLaughlin, Al Di Meola, Paco de Lucía
John McLaughlin, Al Di Meola, Paco de Lucía chronology
Friday Night in San Francisco
(1981)		 Passion, Grace & Fire
(1983)		 The Guitar Trio
(1996)
John McLaughlin chronology
Music Spoken Here
(1982)		 Passion, Grace & Fire
(1983)		 Mahavishnu
(1984)
Al Di Meola chronology
Electric Rendezvous
(1982)		 Passion, Grace & Fire
(1983)		 Scenario
(1983)
Paco de Lucía chronology
Sólo quiero caminar
(1981)		 Passion, Grace & Fire
(1983)		 Live... One Summer Night
(1984)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStarStar[1]
All About Jazz[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz RecordingsStarStarStarHalf star[3]

Passion, Grace & Fire is the second album by John McLaughlin, Al Di Meola and Paco de Lucía released in 1983. Unlike their first album Friday Night in San Francisco, this album consists entirely of studio recordings.

Track listing

Side one

  1. "Aspan" (John McLaughlin) – 4:09
  2. "Orient Blue Suite" (Al Di Meola) – 7:08
    • Part I
    • Part II
    • Part III
  3. "Chiquito" (Paco de Lucía) – 4:46

Side two

  1. "Sichia" (Paco de Lucía) – 3:50
  2. "David" (John McLaughlin) – 6:30
  3. "Passion, Grace & Fire" (Al Di Meola) – 5:26

Personnel

Personnel per Philips Records.[4]

Musicians

  • John McLaughlin - nylon-string guitar (centre channel), producer
  • Al Di Meola - Ovation steel-string acoustic guitar (left channel), producer
  • Paco de Lucía - nylon-string guitar (right channel), producer

Production

  • Barrie Marshall, Philip Roberge - executive producer
  • Femi Jiya - engineer (Marcus Music UK)
  • Brian Davies - assistant engineer (Marcus Music UK)
  • Dennis Mackay - engineer (Eras Studio, New York and Wizzard Recording Studio, Briarcliff Manor)
  • Marco Utano - assistant engineer (Eras Studio)
  • Caryl Wheeler, Francis Manzella - assistant engineer (Wizzard Recording Studio)
  • George Marino - master engineer

Chart performance

YearChartPosition
1983 Billboard 200 171[5]
1983 Billboard Top Jazz Albums 23[5]
1983 Billboard Jazz Albums 9[5]

References

  1. ↑ Yanow, Scott. "Passion, Grace & Fire - Paco de Lucía | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 12 August 2011.
  2. ↑ Kolosky, Walter (20 November 2002). "John McLaughlin, Al Di Meola, Paco DeLucia: Passion Grace & Fire". AllAboutJazz. Retrieved 27 October 2013.
  3. ↑ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 977. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  4. ↑ Philips Records (1983). Passion Grace & Fire (liner notes; CD). Hanover, West Germany: Phonogram Inc B.V., The Netherlands. 811 334-2.
  5. 1 2 3 "Passion, Grace & Fire - Al di Meola, Paco de Lucía, John McLaughlin | Awards | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 27 October 2013.


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