Track Listing

1. Beck's Bolero
2. Eternity's Breath
3. Stratus
4. Cause We've Ended as Lovers
5. Behind the Veil
6. You Never Know
7. Nadia
8. Blast from the East
9. Led Boots
10. Angel (Footsteps)
11. Scatterbrain
12. Goodbye Pork Pie Hat/Brush with the Blues
13. Space Boogie
14. Big Block
15. Day in the Life
16. Where Were You

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #12118 in Music
• Released on: 2008-11-24
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Live
• Dimensions: .20 pounds

Customer Reviews

The Guvnor Live @ Ronnie Scott's
First off, I'm not a big fan of live albums. But I am (and have been since his Yardbird days) a genuine believer that Jeff Beck is the greatest exponent of the electric guitar there has EVER been. YES! Better than Hendrix and Clapton, (by a country mile better than Clapton), and this album just goes to reinforce that belief.
Don't get me wrong, `the guvnor' makes a couple of `mistakes' along the journey on this album. But what he plays is so deft, intricate and full of nuances that it doesn't matter one jot.
Actually, I'm being a bit unfair on him.
Just listen to his rendition of Nitin Sawhney's `Nadia'. He makes his Stratocaster speak to you emotionally. It's simply beautiful. Finger-picking, bottle-necking, using the heel of his hand to work the bridge as well as the whammy-bar.
An iconic version of The Beatles `A Day in the Life' is worth the price alone. To say nothing of the final track `Where were you'. Which having seen him play this live, is done almost purely with harmonics and whammy-bar as his fingers seem to just hover over the fret-board without touching the strings.
A really tight band around him doesn't hurt either. 22 year old Australian bass prodigy Tal Wilkenfeld. Rock steady drummer Vinnie Colaiuta and keyboard player Jason Rebello help to make this the best live album I've ever heard.
Simply put. A must have album if you'd like to hear a master of his instrument.
If you play yourself though, it'll just make you feel sick, because of the consummate ease and lack of effort this bloke seems to put into achieving sounds that other players can only dream of.

guitarist focus
Jeff Beck has helped Tal Wilkenfeld from Australia to be more available to us as British listeners for example.However,he dominates this CD and does not as such permit excellent Jason Rebello on keyboards or Tal's super bass guitar,from getting out from under his noise.Jeff's treble on every track veres away from jazz although Ronnie Scott's is a jazz venue.Also there is not enough variety from that screeching range.Alan Holdsworth serves us better over the years,or Doug Boyle,and Phil Miller (all jazz players)

Bloody marvelous
I have seen Beck live many times and he always amazes me. This recording is absolutely brilliant and if you get the chance to see the DVD it becomes even more so. He and John McLaughlin, of whom Beck speaks very highly, are the two most outstanding guitarists, period. Another highlight of this outing is that he may be playing with the best band he's ever had. I was especially impressed by the lesser known Jason Rebello and Tal Wilkenfeld. They are both masters of their playing. Vinnie Colaiuta has been around a tad longer and somewhat better known and is a marvelous drummer. Hopefully being associated with Beck will get Jason and Tal the recognition they deserve.