Tokyo Live (John McLaughlin album)

Tokyo Live
Live album by The Free Spirits Featuring John McLaughlin
Released	1994
Recorded	1993
Genre	Jazz fusion
Label	Verve
Producer	John McLaughlin
The Free Spirits Featuring John McLaughlin chronology
Time Remembered: John McLaughlin Plays Bill Evans 1993 Tokyo Live 1993 After The Rain 1994

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
All About Jazz	(mixed)[2]

Tokyo Live is a jazz album released in 1994 by The Free Spirits Featuring John McLaughlin on Verve, catalogue number P2-21870. 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, Tokyo, Japan.

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

Chart performance

Year	Chart	Position
1994	Billboard Top Jazz Albums	11[3]

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. "Tokyo Live - Free Spirits,John McLaughlin | Awards | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 18 April 2014.