Lofty expectations are inevitable any time beloved musicians collaborate.
Sometimes such pairings pay off, Louis Armstrong's transcendent recordings with Ella Fitzgerald being a prominent example. While the playing is fine, there's nothing really inventive going on here and, when coupled with Vega's wearying vocal improvisations, the overall impression is that someone has unearthed a long-lost demo tape by the Doors. Essentially a recorded jam session, this should be of interest only to the already converted. It'll bore everyone else. Copyright 2001 Onion, Inc., All rights reserved.