Quiccan

Imagine the ’70s guitar god trio of John McLaughlin, Al Dimeola, and Paco De Lucia in all their virtuosic abandon somehow captured in a completely fixed composition. While this certainly isn’t the first time the Los Angeles Guitar Quartet recorded member Andrew York’s minimalistic Andalucian-feeling composition—it was one of the first things he ever composed for the group—it’s nice to hear it sounding almost like standard repertoire when these guys play it now. York claims the title comes from “an ancient and powerful metaphysical incantation” that “should not be spoken out loud too many times.” Go figure…

—FJO