Live With the Jan Hammer Group

Jeff Beck | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 1, 2008)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sbme Special Mkts.
• ASIN: B0012GMVOO
• Also Available in: Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #53,803 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Freeway Jam

2. Earth (Still Our Only Home)

3. She's a Woman

4. Full Moon Boogie

5. Darkness/Earth in Search of a Sun

6. Scatterbrain

7. Blue Wind

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars most underrated record ever?, December 29, 2010

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Shaolin Warrior "comin' atchya from the 'hood" (Brooklyn Zoo) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Live With the Jan Hammer Group (Audio CD)

I say underrated because when this record came out it was lambasted by the critics. Find an old copy of the Rolling Stone Record guide, and they gave it like one star!!! Never understood that.
Listening to said recording right now. The first three tracks are a tour de force! Freeway Jam just sizzles all the way through. Earth is Still Our Only Home starts off innocently enough, but once they let loose it's a wallop, this number really percolates, with some real nice flourishes by Mr. Hammer, it's just funky! She's a Woman was just fine as a Beatles song, but Jeff Beck really pumps some new life into it with his reading here (he's done the same to A Day in the Life in recent years), with some reggae inspired playing. Listen to Jeff tear up the Strat, he's the guv'nor!!! Whose the guitarist on everyones top 5 list? On Darkness Earth in Search of a Sun the band as a whole gets more of a chance to shine, it's not so much a Beck showpiece, but a nice blend of jazz rock fusion. Scatterbrain is that as well, but here Jeff is back at the helm, bending those strings and churning out some delicious fret work. Freeway Jam is classic Beck, one of his signature songs done flawlessly.
This record was my introduction to Jeff Beck post Yardbirds, and after all these years I still find it very enjoyable to listen to.
I never understood why those critics didn't like this record, and frankly I never really cared. Buy, play, turn up and enjoy!

14 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Jeff Beck at his best!, October 3, 2008

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Dr. Longlocks - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Live With the Jan Hammer Group (Audio CD)

This LIVE recording of Jeff Beck with Jan Hammer and Co. is, for me, the quintessential can't-do-without Jeff Beck project/recording.
If you like Jeff Beck but have never heard this CD... JUST BUY IT!
You won't be disappointed.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars FORGOTTEN GEM, October 19, 2010

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CHICAGO LURCH - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Live With the Jan Hammer Group (Audio CD)

I HAD THIS ALBUM WAYBACK AND FORGOT HOW GREAT IT IS.JEFF BECK,JAN HAMMER A FANTASTIC TEAM, ALONG WITH FERNANDO SAUNDERS (BASS),STEVE KINDLER (VIOLIN,SYNTH), TONY SMITH (DRUMS). THEY DO A REVED-UP VERSION OF FREEWAY JAM. ALL THE TRACKS ARE INTERESTING AND FUN TO HEAR. THE MUSICIANSHIP IS TOP NOTCH AND THE SOUND QUALITY ON THIS CD IS NOT BAD EITHER.BLUE WIND IS THE CLOSER ON THIS CD ONE OF MY ALLTIME FAVORITE JB/JH TUNES(NICE VERSION BUT I LIKE THE STUDIO VERSION BEST)IF YOUR A JEFF BECK FAN IT IS MUST HAVE!