Super Guitar Trio: Larry Coryell/Al Di Meola/Biréli
Lagrene – Live At Montreux 1989
(DTS DVD/Eagle Eye)
Picture:
C Sound: B- Extras: D Concert: C+
Larry
Coryell just loves being in trios and as a sort of companion to Three
Guitars (see link below) and he groups together in another solid arrangement,
joined this time at Montreux by Biréli Lagrene and Al Di Meola as a Super Guitar Trio. Running about 71 minutes, it is a pretty good
concert, but the 1989 taping is just shorter than expected. The songs in this time include:
1)
PSP #11
2)
Tango Suite (for two guitars)
3)
Orient Blue Suite /Traces Of A
Tear
4)
Musette De Paris Avec La Rue
Dupierre #5
5)
Waltz
6)
Braziliance
7)
No Mystery
8)
Spain
The 1.33
X 1 color video image is fuzzier than it should be for its age, though in this
form, it is hard to tell if this is PAL or NTSC. The sound is available in PCM CD-type 2.0 16bit/48kHz
Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1 AC-3 and especially decent DTS options, but the 5.1’s
show the age and limits of the recording obviously not conceived for or as
multi-channel. There are no extras on
the disc, though there is an essay in an illustrated paper foldout inside the
DVD case.
For more
Coryell-related links, try these reviews:
Larry Coryell – A Retrospective
http://www.fulvuedrive-in.com/review/5171/Larry+Coryell+–+A+Retrospective
Three Guitars – Paris At New
Morning
http://www.fulvuedrive-in.com/review/2810/Larry+Coryell/Badi+Assad/John
For more
Meola-related links, try these reviews:
One Of These Nights
http://www.fulvuedrive-in.com/review/1844/Al+Di+Meola+-+One+of+These+Nights
Live At Montreux 1986/93
http://www.fulvuedrive-in.com/review/1978/Al+Di+Meola+-+Live+at+Montreux
For more Lagrene-related
links, try these reviews:
Gipsy Project: Live In Paris
http://www.fulvuedrive-in.com/review/3338/Bireli+Lagrene+-+Gipsy+Project
Live Jazz A Vienne
http://www.fulvuedrive-in.com/review/1671/Bireli+Lagrene+-+Live+Jazz+A+Vienne
- Nicholas Sheffo