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DVD REVIEWS ******************************************

GUITARS ON DVD

There are three new DVD titles featuring world-class guitarists, all available from Music Video Distributors (http://www.musicvideodistributors.com. These are Angel Romero, Virtuoso (Quantum Leap), One of these Nights (Al Di Meola; Inakustik), and the Jan Akkerman DVD Live (Alpha Centauri). The Angel Romero DVD really stands out. The Spanish guitar maestro gives a moving and compelling classical guitar performance in this concert recorded live at the Civic Auditorium in Pasadena, California in 1981. As he performs, jazz ensemble instruments lay ready behind him. However, the implied threat that other musicians will come and pick those up to intrude upon this moving and personal display, thankfully, never materializes. The Jan Akkerman (http://www.JanAkkerman.com) DVD presents Jan in front of an electric jazz-rock band. It seems Akkerman we then do not see Jan having to work as hard, but as he floats on this sea of sound it works very well. The music never overwhelms his electric pop-rock performance. The ex-Focus guitarist here gives us two German concerts and 35 minutes of bonus material that includes improvisations with Paco de Lucia. Of the three, Al Di Meola chose the most robust accompaniment. Sometimes, however, the string section, florid piano runs and percussion drown out what Di Meola could do to entertain us himself. This is still a good, if unfocused, exploration of instrumental jazz with world music overtones. Di Meola calls this “the first in what I hope to be a series in future performances in this direction" on this subject of augmenting a string section to his group.

More on Angel Romero, Virtuoso from Amazon.com
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More on Jan Akkerman from Amazon.com

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