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Jeff Beck- JEFF BECK WITH THE JAN HAMMER GROUP LIVE- CD- 1977/2016-
- Sony Music Entertainment Inc./Music On CD- 8718627223369- 400 grn
JEFF BECK WITH THE JAN HAMMER GROUP LIVE is a live album by Jeff Beck, released in March 1977 on Epic Records. This 1977 live document captures Jeff Beck and Jan Hammer on tour together in support of the previous year’s collaboration, Wired. Even as he got deeper into jazz fusion, Beck couldn’t completely let go of his R&B dreams, and “Earth (Still Our Only Home)” and “Full Moon Boogie” are Stevie Wonder-esque romps that feature vocals from drummer Tony Smith and mononymous synth player Freeman. But the band’s primary duty is providing a roiling groove over which Beck allows his instrument to squeal and careen, as on “Freeway Jam.” On the more understated side of things, “She’s A Woman” is a great example of Beck’s ability to “sing” through his guitar. Because this is essentially a prog-rock concert album from 1977, the most definitive track is “Darkness/Earth In Search Of A Sun.” Admittedly, it’s indulgent, and even a bit silly, but there’s really nothing more fun than hearing Beck and Hammer use sound effects to build the song from lonely astral soundtrack into explosive funk eruption.
PERSONNEL: Jeff Beck - guitar, bass guitar, special effects; Jan Hammer - Moog, Oberheim and Freeman string symphonizer synthesizers, electric piano, timbales, lead vocal; Tony "Thunder" Smith - drums; lead vocal; Fernando Saunders - bass, harmony vocals; rhythm guitar; Steve Kindler - violin; string synthesizer, rhythm guitar.
Jan Hammer's uncanny ability to simulate the pitch-bending qualities of an electric guitar on his Minimoog synthesizer made him an explosive duet partner with rock's Jeff Beck on this live album -- the third of Beck's successful flirtations with jazz-rock. While leaning toward the Mahavishnu Orchestra brand of jazz-rock, with the word "rock" heavily emphasized, this is a looser, less lockstepped variant. The song selection is split almost equally between Hammer and Beck's repertoires, with Hammer's remake of his techno/mechanized "Darkness/Earth In Search Of A Sun" making the biggest splash. Beck is a marvel, his stinging guitar darting in and out from everywhere like a hit-and-run guerrilla fighter, and Hammer matches him blow by blow, so to speak, with his purer yet equally agile tone quality on shootouts like "Full Moon Boogie." Hammer is a terrible vocalist, but that indulgence fortunately is limited to one track; Beck himself only vocalizes through a gauzy electronic filter on a reggae-like treatment of the Beatles' "She's A Woman." Though the jazz-rock idiom seemed almost spent by the time this was released, Hammer and Beck happily pretended not to notice.
Presented In A Super Jewel Box With Clear Tray Includes Foldout Inlay.
Made In The EU.
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