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The start of There And Back is excellent and very exciting with Star Cycle featuring spectacular sequencing by Jan Hammer, a powerful and propulsive rhythm-section with a catchy beat and distinctive Jeff Beck guitar work with fiery and biting runs.
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Hammer is so unique, Jeff Beck wanted to play with him before Blow by Blow, and then got him for Wired. Beck wanted Mahavishnu, and nobody gives as much credit for Mahavishnu for Hammer as the do for McGlaughlin and Cobham.
May 28, 2016 · There and Back, Jeff Beck's first new studio album in four years, found him moving from old keyboard partner Jan Hammer (three tracks) to new one Tony Hymas (five), which turned out to be the difference between competition and support.
There & Back is the fourth studio solo album by guitarist Jeff Beck, released in June 1980 through Epic Records. [3] The album reached No. 10 and 21 on the U.S. Billboard Jazz Albums and Billboard 200 charts respectively, [6] and No. 36 on the Swedish albums chart. [7]
Worse, the star opens There and Back with three strikes against him, all of them the work of fuzak keyboardist Jan Hammer, with whom Beck cut a 1977 live album.
Jan Hammer still has a substantial role here but he's not the dominant force that he was on previous projects. "Star Cycle" starts with some swirling, cosmic synthesizers and Hammer, in his percussionist persona, combines real and electronic drums for the rhythm track.
Co-produced with Ken Scott, Beck's return features a steady dose of inspired guitar driven instrumentals, augmented with keyboard work from Jan Hammer, as well as Tony Hymas, drummer Simon Phillips and bassist Mo Foster.
