Guitar virtuoso Jeff Beck performing in an intimate jazz club 5 nights in a row!!!!
It sounds like a wet dream for all Jeff Beck followers, but in 2007 that dream came through.
"Performing this week...Live at Ronnie Scott's" is available on both audio CD and DVD. Normally I only care for the CD version, but the DVD version is the one to recommend. If you only can afford to buy one of them then choose the DVD.
Only on the DVD you get a glimpse of the intimate setting. The audience is mesmerized and contains both Jimmy Page, Brain May plus Robert Plant. The audience consists of fans captivated by Becks paying and the thrill of seeing him in such an intimate venue with a 250 people capacity. Instead of beer on tap there is red-wine on the tables and overall the atmosphere makes the DVD a unique one.
Jeff Beck is a very unique player. Beck picks with his fingers and he can create amazing sounds on his Stratocaster. Beck uses the whammy bar intelligently - listen to the rendition of Stevie Wonder's
Cause We ended as Lovers or even the Beatles classic
A Day in the Life.
Beck's feel is unique. The 22 year old bass player Tal Wilkenfeld also impresses. One has to recognize the talent of Jeff Beck. There is no one that sounds like him or probably able to play like him. The set-list spans through Becks entire career, which spans wide. Beck can and do play all kinds of genres.
The DVD contains extra tracks and also interviews. Jeff Beck tells about how they worked to get the sound right since Beck's system was build for large venues. Beck also says that despite this being a small venue the contact with the audience is sparse since the music is complex and if he looses concentration he might be lost. It is only after the show when the crowd applauds him that he notices Jimmy Page in the audience. The DVD also includes songs that isn't featured on the audio CD among them Eric Clapton making a guest appearance.
The CDs runs 70 minutes - however, the DVD runs 2 hours and 35 minutes.
"Performing this week.. Live at Ronnie Scott's" is a lesson in the art of playing music.
Rating: 666/10Written by
Michael Monday, April 27, 2009
