Tokyo Live (John McLaughlin album)

Tokyo Live
Live album by The Free Spirits Featuring John McLaughlin
Released	1994
Recorded	16, 18 December 1993
Venue	Blue Note, Tokyo, Japan
Genre	Jazz fusion
Label	Verve
Producer	John McLaughlin
John McLaughlin chronology
Time Remembered: John McLaughlin Plays Bill Evans (1993) Tokyo Live (1994) After the Rain (1994)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
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.^{[according to whom?]}

The album was produced by John McLaughlin; the executive producer was Jean-Philippe Allard. It was recorded live on 16 and 18 December 1993 at the Blue Note Tokyo jazz club in Tokyo, Japan.^{[citation needed]}

Track listing

(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

• John McLaughlin - guitar
• Joey DeFrancesco - Hammond XB-3 organ, trumpet
• Dennis Chambers - drums

Charts

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

References

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.