Belo Horizonte (album)

1981 studio album by John McLaughlin

Belo Horizonte

Studio album by

John McLaughlin

Released| 1981
Recorded| June–July 1981
Genre| Jazz fusion, jazz
Length| 37:34
Label| Warner Music Group
Producer| John McLaughlin
John McLaughlin chronology
| Electric Dreams
(1979)  | Belo Horizonte
(1981)  | Friday Night in San Francisco
(1981)

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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
AllMusic| [1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide| [2]

Belo Horizonte is an album by English guitarist John McLaughlin, released in 1981 through Warner Music Group.[3][4] The album reached number 172 on the Billboard 200 and number 11 on Billboard's Jazz Albums chart.[5]

The album features McLaughlin on acoustic guitar, although the backing band includes electric keyboards. The same basic lineup would return on his next album Music Spoken Here. It is the first McLaughlin album including Katia Labèque, who would become his wife.

## Track listing

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All tracks by John McLaughlin, except where noted.

1. "Belo Horizonte" – 4:28
2. "La Baleine" – 5:58
3. "Very Early (Homage to Bill Evans)" (Evans, McLaughlin) – 1:12
4. "One Melody" – 6:27
5. "Stardust on Your Sleeve" – 6:03
6. "Waltz for Katia" – 3:26
7. "Zamfir" – 5:47
8. "Manitas d'Oro (For Paco de Lucia)" – 4:13

## Personnel

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* Tommy Campbell – drums & percussion
* Jean Paul Celea – bass guitar, acoustic bass
* François Couturier – Fender Rhodes electric piano, synthesizers
* Jean-Pierre Drouet – percussion
* Augustin Dumay – violin, vocal
* François Jeanneau – tenor & soprano saxophones
* Katia Labèque – piano, synthesizer
* Paco de Lucía – acoustic guitar
* John McLaughlin – acoustic, electric & baritone guitars
* Steve Sheman – percussion

Production:

* George Marino – mastering engineer
* Laurent Peyron – engineer
* Jean Louis Rizet – engineer

## Chart performance

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Year | Chart | Position

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1982  | Billboard Jazz Albums  | 11[5]
1981  | Billboard 200 | 172[5]

## References

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1. ^ Yanow, Scott. Belo Horizonte at AllMusic. Retrieved 12 August 2011.
2. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 135\. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
3. ^ "Belo Horizonte". Allmusic. Retrieved 13 May 2011.
4. ^ Kolosky, Walter (15 November 2002). "John McLaughlin: Belo Horizonte". allaboutjazz.com. Retrieved 27 October 2013.
5. ^ a b c "Belo Horizonte: Charts & Awards". Allmusic. Retrieved 13 May 2011.

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