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I was lucky enough to see The Pat Metheny Group on their first tour at the Telluride Jazz Festival. Most in the crowd had never heard of the trio or their now legendary landmark first album – which basically rewrote the book on jazz fusion.  They looked like young college kids but played with such inexplicable genius. The sound of course was completely new at the time and the audience was, in a word, awestruck. Metheny’s guitar sound has been described as the wind through the trees of heaven and I will never forget the crowd leaping to their feet and the eruption of applause after their first tune. The only way I can describe it was like hearing music for the first time. The two live takes in Berlin are from the same tour that year.

Relive what the excitement was all about.

Music Break: Pat Metheny Group Live

Joe Jackson has been around the musical globe and back again. You are either a huge fan of his musicality or a bit frustrated that he left his rock roots years ago. But true artists take us on their journey and we gladly follow. When Joe performs live it’s always interesting and this is one the best bands he has ever put on stage. It’s huge, deep (in order to perform his wide repertoire) and long overdue. We get the entire amazing live Paris performance of 2012 (which confirms his love of smoking has worked just fine for him…)

Check out Another World at 1:11 or Invisible Man at 37:30 or Its Different for Girls at 4:50.

Music Break:  Joe Jackson Live in Paris 2012