This must be peak jam.
...and the music played the band
This must be peak jam.
...and the music played the band


Today, I listened to the last concert by The Grateful Dead that I personally attended, at the Spectrum in Philadelphia on 18 March 1995. At the show, I fell in love with the groove that Bob Weir started playing during the Space section of the show, a staccato chordal riff
Sting, Bring On The Night, 1986 on A&M
Sting’s first solo live album, a 2xLP set recorded over multiple nights of a tour in 1985. Sting was touring here with Branford Marsalis, Darryl Jones, Kenny Kirkland, Omar Hakim and others – basically a killer jazz band.
The band is incredibly tight and the energy of the shows is wonderful – even on songs like “We Work The Black Seam.” I love the “Driven To Tears” here and the “Moon Over Bourbon Street.” This is a must-have if you appreciate Sting’s jazz period (as I do). Artwork by Su Huntley and Donna Muir.
My copy—via A1 Records in NYC—is a 1986 PRS UK pressing. Per discogs this doesn’t seem to have ever been issued on vinyl in the US.
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