Passion, Grace and Fire

1983 studio album by John McLaughlin, Al Di Meola, Paco de Lucía From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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.

Released23 March 1983
RecordedSeptember–October 1982
StudioMarcus Music UK, London
GenreNew flamenco-jazz
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Passion, Grace & Fire
Studio album by
John McLaughlin, Al Di Meola, Paco de Lucía
Released23 March 1983
RecordedSeptember–October 1982
StudioMarcus Music UK, London
GenreNew flamenco-jazz
Length31:49
LabelPhilips
ProducerJohn 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)
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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStarStar[1]
All About Jazz[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz RecordingsStarStarStarHalf star[3]
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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

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