Steve Howe Trio - 2007-05-19 - Morecambe, UK (AUD/FLAC)

(Audience FLAC)

Steve Howe Trio - 2007-05-19 - Morecambe, UK

Audience recording

Artwork: yes

Steve Howe - Electric and acoustic guitars

Dylan Howe - Drums

Ross Stanley - Hammond Organ

CD1

01 Travelin' (Kenny Burrell/Jimmy Smith)

02 Dream River (Steve Howe)

03 Chitlins Con Carne (Kenny Burrell)

04 Mood for a Day (Steve Howe)

05 Blue Bash (Jimmy Smith)

06 Close to the Edge (Jon Anderson/Steve Howe)

CD2

01 Bareback

02 Medley:

- Freight Train

- Whispering

- Trambone (Kenny Burrel and John Coltrane - unknown - Chet Atkins)

03 Cactus Boogie (Steve Howe)

04 Sketches in the Sun (Steve Howe)

05 Intersection Blues (Steve Howe)

06 Kenny's Sound (Kenny Burrell)

07 Momenta (Steve Howe)

08 The Haunted Melody (Roland Kirk)

09 Sweet Thunder (Steve Howe)

10 Clap (Steve Howe)

11 Siberian Khatru (Jon Anderson/Steve Howe/Rick Wakeman)

My jaw dropped when I found this torrent, back in late 2007: Steve, then a sixty-year-old musician, had decided to adventure himself into completely different music.

Steve had defined his jazz trio, that year, as music breathing its first breaths. Listen to "Mood for a day", for example: it's the first time his solo piece from Fragile is played on electric guitar, and the song has everything changed, including the time signature. Steve completes: "it's surprising what you can do to a tune: bend it, twist it, shake it."

On Disc 2, tracks 1-5, Steve plays solo acoustic guitar.