El Grupo Live (2005)

"This limited-edition CD perfectly captures the genial ambience and jamming brilliance of four of LA jazz club favourites on stunning form during Steve Lukather & El Grupos Summer Tour 2005. This is a gem that surely compares with the quality of Luke & Larry Carltons Grammy Award winning "No Substitutions". The four friends challenge themselves and their audiences with extemporisation that makes many of us laugh with incredulity. El Grupos club gigs set the standard for improvisation; their hard rocking fusion of jazz, funk and latino grooves never cease to astonish the audiences. This collection features revitalised reworkings of Los Lobotomys "Dismembermen"t, Michael Landaus "Im Buzzed", Weather Reports "Birdland", Jimi Hendrixs "Little Wing" and Jeff Becks "Led Boots". The results of the diversity of the bands respective musical backgrounds is compelling; from an intricate passage of solo guitar to a latino party rumba, and from heavy funk to Heavy Weather." (Will Minting, Abstract Logix)

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