AL DI MEOLA - PASSION, GRACE AND FIRE

Passion, Grace and Fire

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Passion, Grace & Fire
Studio album by John McLaughlin, Al Di Meola, Paco de Lucía
Released	23 March 1983
Recorded	September - October 1982, at Marcus Music UK, London
Genre	New Flamenco-Jazz
Length	31:49
Label	Philips
Producer	John 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) Mediterranean Concerto, (For Guitar and Orchestra) (Live) (1988)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic
All About Jazz	[2]

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,

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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

• John McLaughlin - plays on centre channel - nylon-string guitar.
• Al Di Meola - plays on left channel - Ovation steel-string acoustic guitar.
• Paco de Lucía - plays on right channel - nylon-string guitar.

Chart performance

Year	Chart	Position
1983	Billboard 200	171
1983	Billboard Top Jazz Albums	23
1983	Billboard Jazz Albums	9

AL DI MEOLA - WINTER NIGHTS

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Al di Meola's first so-called Christmas album is a relaxed, flowing, intensely musical affair that jazzers, world music buffs, and new agers will feel equally comfortable with. Mostly, he steers away from the often-cracked chestnuts, composing several nice tunes of his own ("Zima," the leadoff cut, is especially inviting), playing acoustic guitar and a battery of percussion instruments and keyboards in a graceful one-man band, thanks to multi-track tape. Other tracks feature duets between di Meola (with overdubbed additional instruments) and Roman Hrynkiv, who plays a Ukrainian zither-like instrument called the bandura. For the die-hard consumer who must have those carols, there are intricate renditions of "The First Noel," "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas," and "Carol of the Bells."