Live on Tour 1997 [Live] [Original recording remastered] [Import]

Product Description
Digitally Remastered Live Document of the Last Orchestra Performing Before an Enthusiastic Gathering of Fans. 17 all Time Favorites Are Executed with the Utmost of Musicianship and Most of All..fun!

Live on Tour 1997,James Last and His Orchestra,Universal/Polydor,Easy Listening/Vocal,Easy Pop,Germany,Orchestral,Orchestral Pop

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Average customer rating: Excellent musicianship, No taste Peerless musicianship, intensity, and groove!! oh yeah, the bhudda is the best bassist I've ever heard Wow, Zaza is a melodic god Neil Zaza is great!

Bobby Rock & Neil Zaza - Snap, Crackle & Pop...Live! Bobby Rock & Neil Zaza Manufacturer: Paranormal Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music Progressive | Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B00000IJM4 Release Date: 1999-01-19

Tracks:

1. Intro
2. I Wish
3. Fearless
4. Lightworker
5. Guitar Intro
6. I'm Alright
7. Quadzilla (Drum Solo)
8. Walk This Way
9. Jungle Boogie
10. Amazing Grace
11. Hailin'
12. The Duel
13. Guitar Solo
14. Bass Solo
15. Hailin' Reprise
16. Bonus Track (Radio Interview with Bobby and Neil)

Album Description

Featuring one of today's hottest power trios, this double-CD live set chronicles the 1997 Rock Across America Tour of over 140 cities. The set features over 100 minutes of hard driving, straight-forward instrumental rock music delivered with a funk-tinged groove and infused with progressive jazz sensibilities. Snap, Crackle & Pop...Live! includes three tracks from Rock's scorching debut, Out of Body, three tracks from Zaza's critically acclaimed Sing, a blistering version of Aerosmith's "Walk This Way", plus extended solos from all three musicians.

Customer Reviews:

Excellent musicianship, No taste.......2005-05-27

This album is all flash and no taste. Trust me, I enjoy some over-the-top musicianship, but this music just leaves you bored. There is no art, just chops.

Admittedly, these musicians are some of the most talented that I have ever heard. If you are into that kind of thing, this is all you, buddy! Personally, I would pick up some cds from similiar bands that have both musicianship and creativity, such as Dream Theater, Liquid Tension Experiment, Joe Satriani, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Chris Poland, King Crimson, etc.

Peerless musicianship, intensity, and groove!!.......2003-03-23

Live instrumental rock at its absolute best. Where to begin showering praise upon this gem...

Neil Zaza combines the melodic instinct of Satriani with advanced technical mastery and intensity. Showing diversity in his compositional side is the album's intro, which sounds like an sparkling electric sitar. His shredding is furious and creative (see his guitar solo), but another side is revealed with a sensitive rendition of "Amazing Grace", with guitar tones to die for. His song "I'm Alright" is ultra-melodic featuring hooks to rival the best of Satriani. Another Zaza track, "Hailin'", breaks down into jaw-dropping solo spots for Zaza and Dickens before making a reprise.

Bill Dickens' ranks up there with the finest bass players I've ever heard, in many ways. Despite his unfathomable virtuosity, his playing within the context of the songs is very tasteful and understated. His note choice and timing complements each song perfectly, and even his mind-blowing speed is just a means to an end. Then his bass solo comes along....and it's simply disgusting -- I still don't comprehend how it is humanly possible to play the bass like this (no, really). Even the incredible Victor Wooten is in awe of the Buddha -- that's saying something, I think.

Bobby Rock is easily the _grooviest_ rock drummer I have ever heard after Nick D'Virgilio. His jazz knowledge creeps into play at times during his interplay with the Buddha. On disc 1, 19-minute drum solo "Quadzilla" is probably the single most impressive thing I have heard on a drum kit. His four bass drum, four high-hat setup allows for incredible ambidexterity and there is so much musicality and groove to his playing. Wild single-stroke snare rolls, double-stroke bass drum rolls, 32nd note furies, tribal beats, Latin percussion pieces...you get the works and it's all awesome. His drum kit would probably fill up my entire living room.

Stevie Wonder's "I Wish" starts off the set, injected with a funky breakdown where the musicians play off of each other. Each also gets chance to nab the spotlight, so the crowd gets a short-but-sweet taste of everyone's instrumental domination before things REALLY get crazy. Some Bobby Rock songs follow, "Lightworker" and "Fearless", both scorching instrumental rock. A funkified version of Aerosmith's "Walk This Way" ends disc 1 after the colossal drum solo. On disc 2, "Jungle Groove" is a funky jam-like song. Performances on everything are jaw-dropping technically, but these guys also lend an good ear to song and structure.

Simply a great, great album. A must-buy for any fan of instrumental rock or anyone who wants to hear the most amazing bass playing on the entire planet.

oh yeah, the bhudda is the best bassist I've ever heard.......2000-10-28

He plays faster than most guitar players, and has incredible jazz knowledge. Rarely do you come across someone this fast with such good understanding of what he's playing.

Wow, Zaza is a melodic god.......2000-10-28

I've been a guitar fan for a long time and never have I ever seen anyone as melodic as Zaza. His compositional skills are amazing (check out i'm alright and the intro) and his technical wizardry is truly astonishing. I'm alright is still my favorite guitar song EVER, over anything of malmsteen, moore, impelliteri, gilbert, etc! becker is a close second when it comes to composition. If you like Satriani's melodicism and george bellas' techincal wizardry, this is for you!

Neil Zaza is great!.......1999-11-19

If you like Buckethead fast picking, George Lynch tone, Paul Gilbert clean arpeggios and Greg Howe SHREDDING hammer-ons this double CD is for you! All tracks are interesting, specially Aerosmith's "Walk this way" and "I'm allright". I also recommend his prevous releases SING and TWO HANDS, ONE HEART!

Average customer rating: A MUST for the James Last fan!

Live on Tour 1997 James Last and His Orchestra Manufacturer: Universal/Polydor ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Germany | Continental Europe | Europe | International | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music Orchestral Pop | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music General | Live Albums | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Pop | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B00000GAX1 Release Date: 1998-10-09

Album Details

Digitally Remastered Live Document of the Last Orchestra Performing Before an Enthusiastic Gathering of Fans. 17 all Time Favorites Are Executed with the Utmost of Musicianship and Most of All..fun!

Customer Reviews:

A MUST for the James Last fan!.......1999-03-19

For over thirty years, I have been able to listen to the music of a very special artist, James Last. I have been a fan of Percy Faith, Bert Kaempfert, Paul Mauriat and the Hollyridge Strings, but once I heard the record, "With Compilments", James Last became my favorite artist, ever. I estimate that I have over 200 different Last recordings in my collection, but no CD quality recordings of his concerts. THIS provides me with the opportunity to hear what this magician sounds like in person. In this release, recorded in the 1997 concert tour, you will hear many familiar and new arrangements by Hansi Last. I was so pleased to hear "Thousand Days", because it featured Hansi's trademark, a string section second to none! Also, listen to "Der Morgen" and "Don't Cry for me, Argentina". For those with a taste for more contemporary vocals, there are "Coco Jambo", and "I'll be Missing You". In this potpurri, you will find all the finest, and VARIED sounds you will need to hear. This album showcases the tremendous variety of this artist, and you will hear more "modern", interpretations of many Last standards! I will travel, this coming fall, for the first time in my life to Europe, not to see Rome, London or Paris, but James Last, live and in concert, in Germany!

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