GO LIVE FROM PARIS

One of the most unrecognized jazz rock masterpiece! I bought this record on a stand at the Crescendo Prog Festival (in the south west of France), following the record shop owner's recommandations. He told me it was a masterpiece, quite hard to find... anyway I thought to myself it was commercial snow job but I was curious so I decided to buy it. A few months later I must admit it wasn't a rip off!

The music is hard to describe. A mix of smooth atmospheric, Jazz and Rock pages. Very enjoyable music, with cool and easily accessible jazz rock parts, but also with sometimes dark or weird ambiences. Superb production, nice sound with an equal part for each instrument, and a great singer in the person of Steve Winwood. So the question is : Why does this live album had been so wrongly forgotten? It is surprising, knowing that this super group brings together some famous musicians such as Klaus Schultze, Al Di Meola and Michael Shrieve. The fact is that Stomu Yamash'ta doesn't benefit from the same reknown. But considering this dashing effort it is a real shame. Try it out and I bet you will also wonder why!