構成数 | 2枚

合計収録時間 | 01:23:08

Personnel includes: Sting (vocals, guitar); Branford Marsalis (soprano & tenor saxophones); Kenny Kirkland (piano, keyboards); Darrel Jones (bass); Omar Hakim (drums); Dolette McDonald (background vocals). Engineers include: Gerd Rauttenbach, Peter Brandt, Kim Turner. Recorded live in 1985. Personnel: Sting (vocals, guitar); Darryl Jones (bass guitar); Janice Pendarvis, Dollette McDonald (background vocals); Branford Marsalis (saxophone); Kenny Kirkland (keyboards); Omar Hakim (drums). Recording information: Arnhem; Paris, France; Rome, Italy. Photographer: Denis O'Regan. Unknown Contributor Roles: Janice Pendarvis; Joan Lader. Sting really got carried away with the idea that his supporting crew for Dream of the Blue Turtles was a real jazz band, and technically, he was kind of right. He did pluck them straight out of Wynton Marsalis' backing band (thereby angering Wynton and emboldening his anti-rock stance, while flaring up a sibling rivalry between the trumpeter and his saxophonist brother Branford -- a veritable hat trick, that), and since he was initially a jazz bassist, it seemed like a good fit. At the very least, it seemed like a monumental occasion because he documented the entire development of the band and the making of Dream with a documentary called Bring on the Night, releasing a double live album as its soundtrack just a year after the debut hit the stores. The live album feels like a way of showcasing Sting's jazz band and jazz chops. Most of the songs run around five minutes long and there are no less than three melodies, two of which marry an old Police number with a tune from Dream. Arriving as a second solo album, it can't help but feel a little unnecessary, although the loose, rather infectious performances show what Sting was trying to achieve with his debut. [A&M reissued the album in 2005.] ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

エディション | Remaster

録音 | ステレオ (Live)