Allan Holdsworth (live march 26 2007)

[Jihef81]

le son est pourri, dommage !

[9al9ola]

this song it's proto cosmos and i think the main riff was originaly made by allan pascua during the tony williams lifetime period,,, anyway brilliant!!

[BlingMasterFunk]

That comment is ridiculous! I know this cut. I heard it on a Greg Howe disc called Extraction. I think it was written by Greg.

[mart3442]

Extaction was released in 2003, I first heard Holdsworth playing proto cosmos ten years earlier than that..........

[pobinr]

Isn't he disciplined enough to play anything more than the intro to City Nights the same live as it is on the record ?

Oh I forgot he's an improvisor that's his excuse. Roll eyes.

[jakeg12345]

This is nothing to do with discipline. Allan's style is jazz/fusion. The whole point is that it is improvisational music. A jazz fusion tune /is/ just a head (main melody) and a set of chord changes. The particular solo played is just one nights interpretation of the piece. If you remove the aleatoric/improvisational component - you have changed the form/nature of the music.

[DiamondJoeQuimby]

saw him at Rutgers Univ. in some small lecture hall back in 1986 for $5 bucks... best finski i ever spent.

was still in high school and ditched out early to make it on time for the show's start.

[hpeagleragrits]

I saw srv at livingston gym in 88

[AmericanDiaz]

awesome soloing as usual but this one has teeth, love it.

[bluenote71]

This guy is amazing.

[rhandu]

Allan no brasil é sonho de marcelino

No Brasil ninguém entende isso não

Aqui os guitarristinhas que conheço acham kiko loureiro e edu ardanuy deuses

Quero ver este cara arrepiando em lugar onde se entenda este tipo de som

Se ele vier vai parar no jo soares fazendo duelo com o TOMATI

Não duvido hein hauha

Protocosmos com allan, chad wackerman e jimmy johnson ta foda

Parabens pelo video

[ipsod]

It's Proto Cosmos. It was on the Lifetime album where Tony Williams performed it, but it's composed by Alan Pasqua. I personally like it better when Allan plays it though. :)

[takauya]

what is the name of this song?

[jimmyjamsslo]

next time stick your phone or videocam in your girlfriend's purse to cut down the recording level!!

[FilmyResidue]

This song rings a bell...is it from the Tony Williams "Lifetime" album?

[DVincentW]

I believe your are correct!Man! Lody Allan has been a favorite of mine since 1981...

[bbsuzi23]

a bootleg..tasty indeed..saw this tour as well in Cleveland at a place called the Winchester..these guys crank..long live AH.

[ralphbuttawitz]

oh yeah before I forget PROTO COSMOS

[ralphbuttawitz]

my exact seat at the iridium show

[dzanikoa]

Espero que venha ao Brasil...Scott perto de Allan é um menino...

[mobius6]

HW is God!

[EiffelTower1990]

Thanks a lot, some exciting melodies in there!

[soczez]

...and Poland ;]

[bizthin]

I was sitting just to the right of where your camera must have been. Great sound, great show!! Thanks for uploading this!

[daandrums]

thanks for uploading, but the sound is bad and out of synch

[Excruciating666]

ya thats weird because it never was outta sink until i uploaded to youtube site

[lytovcas]

on tour again? I hope he'll visit Lithuania someday :)