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.
- Django – John Lewis
- Thelonius Melodius
- Amy and Joseph
- No Return
- El Ciego
- Jazz Jungle
- The Wish
- English Jam – Vinnie Colaiuta, John McLaughlin, Sting
- Tokyo Decadence
- Shin Jin Rui
- The Peacocks – Jimmy Rowles
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