Product Description

Freeway Jam To Beck And Back
features some of the greatest names in
progressive jazz/fusion, blues, and rock
guitar, each paying tribute to rock
guitar icon Jeff Beck and includes
performances by Steve Morse, John
Scofield, Eric Johnson, Adam Rogers,
Jeff Richman, Mike Stern, Warren
Haynes, Chris Duarte, Greg Howe and
Walter Trout.

Track Listing

1. Freeway Jam
2. Over Under Sideways Down
3. Becks Bolero
4. Led Boots
5. El Becko
6. Diamond Dust
7. The Pump
8. Behind The Veil
9. Blue Wind
10. Brush with The Blues

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #73972 in Music
• Released on: 2007-07-17
• Number of discs: 1

Customer Reviews

Guitar Greats Jazz-Up Mr. Beck
Thanks again to Jeff Richman and Tone Center some of todays guitar greats come together and give their jazz takes on Guitar God, Jeff Beck.
This is one of many Richman-Tone Center label collaboration tribute albums they have done for other great musicians including Miles Davis, Thelonius Monk, John McLaughlin and more.
This is by far the best of that collection yet.
Along for the ride is Steve Morse, Eric Johnson, Mike Stern, Walter Trout, Greg Howe, Warren Haynes and more.
This is a great complilation and wonderful tribute to one of rock's greatest guitarist.

FIRST RATE TRIBUTE
Jeff Richman has the ability to reshape guitar greats music in a way that shows what impressive compositions they had created. "To Beck and Back" is another triumph. Steve Morse is a master at tributes as testified with his "Major Impacts" discs and he again nails the "Beck Style" on Freeway Jam. Steve Lukather and Larry Carlton did a definitive take on The Pump but Warren Haynes adds bluesy emphasis for a fresh listen. Has anyone ever attempted a remake of Beck's Bolero? Eric Johnson does a good job. An all star cast throughout, Mike Stern, Greg Howe, Walter Trout, John Scofield, Adam Rogers, Chris Duarte, and of course Jeff Richman make this a "Five Star" highly recommended disc.

Solos Phoned In
Jeff Beck deserves more credit for his work as an instrumental rock-fusion guitarist than the recordings on this album suggest. While the performances of both the rhythm section and featured soloists are technically superb, a review of the liner notes reveals that the basic tracks were recorded at a single location, with each of the soloists recording their part at a different studio, presumably to make the project more feasible from a logistic perspective. However, what this results in is a lack of energy and interaction between the soloist and rhythm section, and ends up sounding like a who's who of guitar performing with "music minus one" backing tracks. For a truly inspiring cover of Beck's "The Pump", check out Larry Carlton and Steve Lukather on No Substitutions: Live in Osaka instead.