McLaughlin, who’s perhaps the most complete improviser these shores have ever produced, seems intent on crunching together every genre he has a stake in, and showing off his command of each. De Lucia is unswervingly devoted to flamenco, but understands where it can co-exist and communicate with jazz and other vernaculars. Technically, all three are absolute masters. Brief as they, are, they suggest that the chemistry might have worked better with more variation of the personnel and perhaps some solo spots. It immediately follows the more amiable Morning Of The Carnival by Luiz Bonfá and Antônio Maria, and before that, two duos featuring McLaughlin, who’s clearly the star and curatorial centrepiece, with each of his partners. The title track, familiar to Mahavishnu Orchestra fans in the audience (and one senses they represented something of a plurality), is spun out to nearly 25 minutes of smilingly competitive virtuosity. A guitar summit, held in the Royal Albert Hall in 1979, Meeting Of The Spirits brings together three musicians with a collective background in jazz, rock, fusion, Brazilian, classical and flamenco, and puts the musical emphasis in no particular one of those dimensions.
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