On December 21, 1995, “Verve” label released “The Promise”, the eleventh John McLaughlin album. It was recorded in 1995, and was produced by John McLaughlin and Eddie Kramer.

Personnel:

• John McLaughlin – acoustic, electric and MIDI guitar, keyboards, engineer, mixing
• Al Di Meola– acoustic guitar
• Paco de Lucía– acoustic guitar
• Jeff Beck– electric guitar
• Nishat Khan– vocals, sitar
• Jim Beard– keyboards
• Joey DeFrancesco– Hammond organ, trumpet
• Tony Hymas– keyboards
• Yan Maresz – acoustic bass, bass guitar, arrangements
• James Genus– bass guitar
• Pino Palladino– bass
• Sting– bass
• Dennis Chambers– drums
• Vinnie Colaiuta– drums
• Mark Mondesir – drums
• Trilok Gurtu– percussion
• Don Alias– percussion
• Zakir Hussain– tabla
• Mariko Takahashi– vocals
• David Sanborn– alto sax
• Michael Brecker– tenor sax
• Max Costa – arranger, engineer, mixing
• René Ameline, Gustav Hobel, Ken Jones, Eddie Kramer, Maurice Ouazana, Rd Rak – engineer
• Philippe Arnal, Adam Blackburn, Steve Cook, Simon Osborne – engineer assistant
• Sven Hoffman – engineer assistant
• Alberto Mayer – design
• Christian Rose – photography
• Jean-Philippe Allard – executive producer
• Christian Pégand – production coordination

Track listing:

All tracks by John McLaughlin, except where noted.

1. Django – John Lewis
2. Thelonius Melodius
3. Amy and Joseph
4. No Return
5. El Ciego
6. Jazz Jungle
7. The Wish
8. English Jam – Vinnie Colaiuta, John McLaughlin, Sting
9. Tokyo Decadence
10. Shin Jin Rui
11. The Peacocks – Jimmy Rowles