[Slowhand] Marsallis & Clapton

[Jon Maclean]

 My copy of the combo arrived yesterday. I played the CD, and thought yeah, ok not bad but I probably won't play it a lot (I'm not a big jazz fan). Had a look at the DVD later on and really enjoyed that. The performance was full of warmth, Eric clearly enjoying it all and surprisingly speaking quite a lot (for him) and very warmly and openly. The version of Layla is great and came as a real surprise.
Even though it may be more of a one-off, this is as big a change in direction for Clapton as Unplugged was 20 years ago, and it makes you really appreciate what a brilliant musician the guy is, to step into something so far out of his comfort zone and with only 3 days of rehearsals, come up with this. I'm impressed.

Cheers,
Jon


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