''Live at the Royal Festival Hall'' is an album by the John McLaughlin Trio, featuring percussionist

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and bass guitarist

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. It was recorded at the Royal Festival Hall in London on 27 November 1989 and was released on the JMT label in 1990. The album reached number 3 in the ''

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'' Top Contemporary Jazz Albums chart. McLaughlin makes extensive use on this recording of the Photon guitar synthesiser, a setup whereby transducers mounted on an acoustic guitar are used to control a synthesiser bank via MIDI. This enables McLaughlin to invoke a range of sounds and effects normally the preserve of keyboard players, resulting in a greater variety of moods and textures than might be assumed from the line-up.

Track listing

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) – 6:36 #"Just Ideas" (

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)/"Jozy" – 5:32 #"Florianopolis" – 15:13 #"Pasha's Love" – 7:55 #"Mother Tongues" – 19:21 #"Blues For L.W." – 9:39 :''All compositions by John McLaughlin except where indicated''

Personnel

John McLaughlin John or Jon McLaughlin may refer to: Arts and entertainment * John McLaughlin (musician) (born 1942), English jazz fusion guitarist, member of Mahavishnu Orchestra * Jon McLaughlin (musician) (born 1982), American singer-songwriter * John McLaug ...

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, Photon Midi interface *

- percussion *

- electric bass

Chart performance

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Live at the Royal Festival Hall (John McLaughlin Trio album) 1989 live albums Albums recorded at the Royal Festival Hall John McLaughlin (musician) live albums Trilok Gurtu albums JMT Records live albums