Carlos Santana and John Mclaughlin Live - Flame Sky 1

A big thanks to Bonedalas and other users who helped identify the personal and specific date of this recording through commenting under the video.

Toronto, 1973-08-29

John McLaughlin g
Carlos Santana g
Larry Young org
Doug Rauch b
Armando Peraza perc
Billy Cobham dr


This show and several others are available for download, free, at the website below

http://www.jazzfusion.tv/bootlegaudio.html

^ Youtube compresses the audio which degrades the sound quality a bit. If you download this show from the link above it sounds much better.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• fusion
• jazz
• mahavishnu
• live
• improv
• carlos
• santana
• john
• mclaughlin
• guitar

[visog]

Wow - they don't make them like this anymore - unfortunately. Music from another time and place altogether. Can't believe it happened really in these days of X Factor...

[OneHeart75]

M. Shreive is one of most able set players I've ever heard...

[anthropomorphicide]

just listened to part two and am sincerely stunned of just how excellent the quality of the recording is. My personal love for what is categorically called "fusion jazz" has, over the years became what I personally consider to be equal to (to put it politely) of anything Beethoven or in particular Bach did, during that whole earth tilting golden period of composition and performance.IMHO this observation is like touching first base after taking a big lead. thanx so much for posting.

[shadowmalik009]

iv never listened to alot of santana (really loved caravanserai though) but for the people talking about the emotional comparisons of him a john id like to share what iv heard by listening. what john lakes in melody he easily makes up for in dynamic. he is incredibly fast but more importantly, with that speed is precision and control. for people doubting this just listen to his rendition of goodbye porkpie hat. just enough left now to say frank zappa is amazing and u should listen to waka jawaka

[metamorphosis67]

@Alchaeon1 Fuck emotion. Emotion is overrated. Most people's emotions aren't even their own, they're conditioned from birth to feel this way or that like Pavlov's dogs. Chinese music doesn't mean much to Westerners but Chinese probably cry over it. Something masterfully composed & extremely hard to play, so hard that only a computer can play it will still be 'emotionally satisfying' if you de-program yourself from standard responses. A perfect example is the "Jazz from Hell" album by Zappa.

[metamorphosis67]

@Wobble2009 Other people are all a million & one tone-deaf idiots. McLaughlin can play with just as much overrated 'feeling' as Santana but Santana couldn't play half the chord changes that McLaughlin can play at any speed, much less at McLaughlin warp speed, because he doesn't know the scale & note combinations. You wanna hear McLaughlin blow Santana away with 'feeling' ? Listen to "Lila's Dance' from "Visions of the Emerald Beyond" or "Blue In Green" from "Live At Royal Festival Hall"

[GavesaQuadrada]

cooL

[strangemscetc]

I wish i had could participate to these performance by that time at every concert but i wasn't still born....they let me feel like in paradise.

[KASHI3000]

I've been a M O devotee since 1971. Saw the original line up whenever they toured NYC. I attended both Between Nothingness concerts in Central Park.

Got to see Mahavishnu and Devadip do a couple of acoustic concerts at Hunter College in 1973, accompanied by Alice Coltrane and her trio. I remember only paying $10.00 for the tickets!

A blissful trip all the way! I still love and revere this timelessly divine music today as I did 40 years ago.

All Glories to the Supreme Musician SRI KRISHNA!

[DenverGuy11111]

John McLaughlin is probably the best all-around guitarist of all time.

[edshift]

John McLaughlin is the most complete guitarist I've ever heard. He plays sublime picking, pad sounds, rhythm and godly lead. Truly my guitar hero.

[Wobble2009]

@Alchaeon1 : John only is a "speed master", as you put it... Santana was and still is a master of feeling... Sorry... Ask other people -- they'll tell you the same think...