Kinda late to this release but thinking I need this esp cause it has Ponty...Any thoughts????
Kinda late to this release but thinking I need this esp cause it has Ponty...Any thoughts????
I love it. The previous live album is still my favourite but this one is killer as well. I bought it the day it was released and listened to it in my air-conditioned apartment during a brutal Toronto heat wave two summers ago.
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For what it's worth, my review from when it was first released.
I prefer this one because it doesn't have Di Meola; Gambale is, imo, a much broader player capable of not just the tough arrangements RTF was prone to, but also with a more sophisticated jazz language he does a lot better playing on change-reliant tunes like Spain.Originally Posted by Progatron
Add Ponty, and it smokes the previous live release, imo. I saw both tours, and the live releases only confirmed how I felt about the shows. The Di Meola tour was grand, I'm not saying that; but the Ponty one was grander
Yes, you do need it.
Please don't ask questions, just use google.
Never let good music get in the way of making a profit.
I'm only here to reglaze my bathtub.
Its really good, AND it sounds like a real live concert.
But , if your a RTF purist you need the first tour also.
no tunes, no dynamics, no nosebone
Loved the tour and the live album. It's a shame that they all seemed to have moved on without recording any new material.
I agree with the other posts -- you need this. It's excellent in so many ways...performance, song selection, sound quality, etc.
Pure delight, with Ponty's Renaissance being a show stopper, and the crowd interplay with Chick on Spain also worthy of mention.
Ed
Man, I would LOVE a new RTF album with Gambale and Ponty.
Yes, terrific song selection. It's nice that between Returns and The Mothership Returns there is such a wide choice of tunes with only a few repeats. Some nice interview and live footage on the DVD as well.
Completely agree about "Renaissance". Less wild about that crowd interplay.
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Some pro videos from the 2011 tour :
http://www.montreuxjazz.com/live-sel...s-12-july-2011
http://www.montreuxjazz.com/live-sel...e-12-july-2011
http://www.montreuxjazz.com/live-sel...e-12-july-2011
On the same website, there are some McLaughlin videos live at Montreux
from 1978 (One Truth Band), 1981 (duet with Chick Corea), 2016 (with The 4th dimension)
http://www.montreuxjazz.com/john-mclaughlin
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