The British Jethro Tull is a typical early seventies band. An era to which the flute definitely belongs, the instrument that leader Ian Anderson knows how to play so expressively and which plays an important role on well-known Jethro Tull albums such as Aqualung (1971) and Thick As A Brick (1972). But where most groups of that time perished because of pretension and self-conceit, Anderson managed
… to hold his own by never losing his sense of humor and self-relativity. In 2003 there is a good-natured and joking flutist and singer on stage in Montreux, with an excellent band behind him. Only guitarist Martin Barre is the original band member. The group has recently alternated repertoire, more on acoustic folk, with prog rock classics such as Locomotive Breath and Living In The Past. The DVD contains no more (and no less) than a beautifully arranged registration of the entire concert, as we have come to expect from the growing DVD series Live At Montreux. (MR)more
