Tokyo Live is a live jazz album released by The Free Spirits (guitarist John McLaughlin, organist Joey DeFrancesco and drummer Dennis Chambers) on Verve in 1994. Despite the group credit on the sleeve, the record is generally considered to be a McLaughlin solo album.

Tokyo Live
Live album by The Free Spirits Featuring John McLaughlin
Released	1994
Recorded	16, 18 December 1993
Venue	Blue Note, Tokyo, Japan
Genre	Jazz fusion
Label	Verve
Producer	John McLaughlin
John McLaughlin chronology
Time Remembered: John McLaughlin Plays Bill Evans (1993) Tokyo Live (1994) After the Rain (1994)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
All About Jazz	(mixed)[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[3]

The album was produced by John McLaughlin; the executive producer was Jean-Philippe Allard. It was recorded live on December 16 and 18, 1993 at the Blue Note Tokyo jazz club in Tokyo, Japan.

Track listing

(All pieces composed by John McLaughlin except "No Blues" by Miles Davis)

1. "1 Nite Stand" 7:05
2. "Hijacked" 10:25
3. "When Love is Far Away" 4:56
4. "Little Miss Valley" 10:56
5. "Juju at the Crossroads" 5:15
6. "Vukovar" 12:11
7. "No Blues" 4:27
8. "Mattinale" 19:42

Personnel

• John McLaughlin - guitar
• Joey DeFrancesco - Hammond XB-3 organ, trumpet
• Dennis Chambers - drums

Chart performance

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