Qué Alegría is an album by the John McLaughlin Trio

John McLaughlin (musician)

John McLaughlin , also known as Mahavishnu John McLaughlin, is an English guitarist, bandleader and composer...

, featuring Trilok Gurtu, Dominique Di Piazza

Dominique DiPiazza

Dominique DiPiazza, born in Lyon, France in 1959, is an electric bass player.Di Piazza discovered the bass in 1979. Already a self-taught guitarist, DiPiazza developed a distinctive, but unorthodox 'closed palm' technique of picking with the right hand thumb, index, and middle fingers, giving him a...

 and Kai Eckhardt

Kai Eckhardt

Kai Eckhardt is a German musician and composer who plays bass, best known for his work with John McLaughlin, Vital Information, the band he co-founded Garaj Mahal and Billy Cobham...

. It was released on the Verve

Verve Records

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 label in 1992.

The Allmusic review by Richard S. Ginell awards the album 3 stars and states: "McLaughlin sounds rejuvenated and refreshed in this format, as he switches between acoustic guitar and a guitar synthesizer attachment that softens and rounds his attacks while creating some luminous timbres and textures. McLaughlin's on-again, off-again Indian kick rises prominently into view here as Trilok Gurtu's role broadens into that of an all-purpose percussionist, producing some amazing sounds as backdrops." The trio performed the title track from the album at the Guitar Legends Festival in Seville, October 1991

Guitar Legends, Seville 1991

- Guitar Legends :Guitar Legends was a concert held over five nights, from October 15 to October 19, 1991, in Seville, Spain, with the aim of positioning the city as an entertainment destination to draw support for Expo '92 beginning the following April....

.

Track listing

1. "Belo Horizonte" – 6:35
2. "Baba" (Trilok Gurtu) – 6:51
3. "Reincarnation" – 11:52
4. "1 Nite Stand" – 5:25
5. "Marie" (Dominique Di Piazza
   Dominique DiPiazza
   Dominique DiPiazza, born in Lyon, France in 1959, is an electric bass player.Di Piazza discovered the bass in 1979. Already a self-taught guitarist, DiPiazza developed a distinctive, but unorthodox 'closed palm' technique of picking with the right hand thumb, index, and middle fingers, giving him a...
   
   ) – 1:59
6. "Hijacked" – 8:35
7. "Mila Repa" – 7:31
8. "Qué Alegría" – 10:32
9. "3 Willows" – 5:14

All compositions by John McLaughlin except where indicated

• Recorded and mixed at Bauer Tonhaus Studios in Ludwigsburg
  November 29 thru December 3, 1991

Personnel

• John McLaughlin
  John McLaughlin (musician)
  John McLaughlin , also known as Mahavishnu John McLaughlin, is an English guitarist, bandleader and composer...
  
   - acoustic guitar
  Abraham Wechter
  Abraham Wechter is an American master luthier, who has been making custom guitars since the 1970s. He is best-known for building 6- and 12-string acoustic guitars, but also builds acoustic bass guitars. He was a student of Richard Schneider, and worked for Gibson for ten years...
  
  , Photon Midi interface
  Musical Instrument Digital Interface
  MIDI is an industry-standard protocol, first defined in 1982 by Gordon Hall, that enables electronic musical instruments , computers and other electronic equipment to communicate and synchronize with each other...
  
  
• Trilok Gurtu - percussion
• Dominique Di Piazza
  Dominique DiPiazza
  Dominique DiPiazza, born in Lyon, France in 1959, is an electric bass player.Di Piazza discovered the bass in 1979. Already a self-taught guitarist, DiPiazza developed a distinctive, but unorthodox 'closed palm' technique of picking with the right hand thumb, index, and middle fingers, giving him a...
  
   - 4 string and 5 string bass guitars
• Kai Eckhardt
  Kai Eckhardt
  Kai Eckhardt is a German musician and composer who plays bass, best known for his work with John McLaughlin, Vital Information, the band he co-founded Garaj Mahal and Billy Cobham...
  
  - bass guitar on "Reincarnation" and "1 Nite Stand"