There's the New York Rock and Soul Review Live at the Beacon which features Donald with Michael McDonald
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B000002L0E/?tag=pinkfishmedia-21
And then the Dukes of September which was a sort of rerun of the NY Rock and Soul Review...
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00HUQC3U2/?tag=pinkfishmedia-21
Alive in America is good, but tbh live Dan, while always worth listening to, doesn't offer any major insights you can't get from studio Dan. Occasional improvisational/jamming moments aside, the songs tend to be played pretty straight.
This all day long.Not unpleasant, but they were so clearly a studio band it just ends up sounding a bit flat.
I have seen them live a couple of times and they were excellent. However we are talking here about the live audio recording, as opposed to the experience of attending a live show. In their wisdom and maybe for good reason, 'Dan only released one live official album and IMO it does not sonically cut the mustard in the way their studio albums do.Not at all, saw them a couple of times at Hammersmith Odeon and they were superb live.
Has anyone heard these?
The problem is on the studio albums you have Wayne Shorter, Steve Gadd, Larry Carlton, Lee Ritenour, Joe Sample etc, and on the live album you don’t.