Jeff Beck: Still on the Run (2018 TV Movie)

Jan Hammer: Self

Quotes 

• Jan Hammer, Himself : Jeff is the guy who took the instrument of guitar into the furthest reaches of guitar universe and nobody ever - nobody even comes close.

• Jan Hammer, Himself : One tune that has some of that Mahavishnu feel is "Scatterbrain."

  Jeff Beck, Himself : It started as a schizophrenic run that I did when I was nervous in the dressing room - two seconds before going on. And Max, being the calculated S.O.B. that he is, he said, "You know that annoying scale you play? I've written some chords underneath it." He said, "If you move it up a semitone, I can make a track out of it." And before we knew it, we had this song.

• Jan Hammer, Himself : We did one tune from scratch, which was called, "Blue Wind."

  Jeff Beck, Himself : And he said play this riff. The two - the two note - the de-de. I said, "Oh, come on. You know, this is kiddie stuff." You know, he went, "Trust me." And I didn't like it at all.

  Jan Hammer, Himself : It's a very simple riff and, you know, a combination of things and it - by the time, you know, I did the drums to it and my keyboard synthesizers.

  Jeff Beck, Himself : And he got these auratones and stuck them on his mantlepiece and cranked it and these speakers were shaking. I mean, okay, I get it now. It gave a great platform for solos and it was all about, you know, embellishing and showing off and taking flight with your solo.

• Jan Hammer, Himself : That's the reason I always love playing with him; because, it's going to be so fresh and he's gonna pull something out of his sleeve that you say, "Oh, how did you do that?" You think that guitar is so limited and people sometimes even demonstrate how limited guitar is by playing, you know, basically a couple of riffs and that's their whole career. Jeff - has opened it up to so many, many areas that it's really hard to keep up.

• Jan Hammer, Himself : This is unique talent. This is unique musical sensibility, vocabulary, inspiration, and willingness to take risks. Jumping off cliffs, you know. And that all shows up in his music.