Allan Holdsworth Gordon Beck/London,UK 1980 & more

This live performance, which fans will be drooling over, features recordings of precious live performances broadcast by the BBC in 1980 and 1981, featuring his close friend Gordon Beck. The 1980 live performance was broadcast on the program “JAZZ IN BRITAIN,” and included Gordon Beck, as well as his friend from the Soft Machine days, John Marshall, and Ray Worley on sax, who is also friends with Holdsworth and has participated in many sessions. The second half of the album features a quartet performance with Allan Holdsworth joining the 1981 Gordon Beck Trio. Gordon Beck is a pianist who Allan Holdsworth recorded with at least five times between 1979 and 1988, and he was co-leader on two of his albums, 1980’s “The Things You See” and 1988’s “With a Heart in My Song.” With no hope of a re-broadcast, the release of this title is a meaningful release for fans. 1-3: Live at BBC Radio, London, UK 01/18/1980 4-7: Live at BBC Radio, London, UK 12/02/1980 1.The Things You See (When You Haven’t Got Your Gun) 2.Every Little Breeze 3.Sunday (Nevermore) 4.Diminished Responsibility 5.Gordon Beck Piano Interlude 6.Sans Melodie Too 7.For C.W. Alan Holdsworth (g) Gordon Beck (p) Ray Worley (sax) John Oway (b) John Marshall (dr) Gordon Beck (p) Alan Holdsworth (g) Jeff Klein (b) Gary Husband (dr)