John Petrucci/Jordan Rudess "An Evening With John Petrucci & Jordan Rudess"

John Petrucci/Jordan Rudess "An Evening With John Petrucci & Jordan Rudess"

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John Petrucci/Jordan Rudess
An Evening With John Petrucci & Jordan Rudess
The Story
Practice might make perfect, but no practice can make magic. One night in autumn of 2000, guitar master John Petrucci and keyboard wonder Jordan Rudess -- both of prog rock heroes Dream Theater -- performed as a duo for the first time at the intimate Helen Hayes Theatre Company. The musicians wrote nine compositions for the concert during a Dream Theater tour in the weeks before, but none were finished. Petrucci and Rudess looked over the skeleton charts once, but never rehearsed. Nevertheless, the duo had the confidence to record the performance. What resulted was a display of unparalleled musicianship and spontaneity so spectacular, when Steve Vai recently heard the album for the first time, he knew within seconds he wanted his Favored Nations label to properly release it. Fusing top-notch genre-hopping performances with fine finesse, and a little magic, "An Evening with John Petrucci & Jordan Rudess" is one of the most adventurous instrumental albums to date.
The Music
10:10 Furia Taurina Instrumental
09:48 Truth Instrumental
09:30 Fife And Drum Instrumental
05:45 State Of Grace Instrumental
11:38 Hang 11 Instrumental
05:21 From Within Instrumental
07:03 The Rena Song Instrumental
06:27 In The Moment Instrumental
10:54 Black Ice Instrumental
01:53 Bite Of The Mosquito (Studio Version) Instrumental
The Artists
John Petrucci Guitar, Production
Jordan Rudess Keyboards, Production
Doug Oberkircher Engineering, Mixing
Paul Undersinger Photography
Recorded live on June 10th, 2000 at the Helen Hayes Performing Arts Center, Nyack, NY.

CD package by SilverFrog.