An Evening with John Petrucci and Jordan Rudess

An Evening with John Petrucci and Jordan Rudess is a live album recorded by Dream Theater bandmates John Petrucci (guitars) and Jordan Rudess (keyboards). This album is unusual in being performed live (except for the last track) by just these two musicians, and only guitar and keyboards. The live recording was made on June 10, 2000, at the Helen Hayes Performing Arts Center in Nyack, New York.

An Evening with John Petrucci and Jordan Rudess
Live album by John Petrucci and Jordan Rudess
Released	December 11, 2000
Recorded	June 10, 2000
Venue	Helen Hayes Performing Arts Center (Nyack, New York)
Genre	Instrumental rock, progressive jazz, progressive rock
Length	78:28
Label	Sound Mind Music (2000) Favored Nations Entertainment (2004)
Producer	Doug Oberkircher
John Petrucci chronology
An Evening with John Petrucci and Jordan Rudess (2000) Suspended Animation (2005)
Jordan Rudess chronology
Resonance (1999) An Evening with John Petrucci and Jordan Rudess (2000) Feeding the Wheel (2001)

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Re-release

The album was re-released on May 18, 2004, by Favored Nations Entertainment. The re-release included a live version of "State of Grace" originally written and recorded by Liquid Tension Experiment from their first album, "The Rena Song" written by John Petrucci and a studio recording of "Bite of the Mosquito".^[2]

Track listing

All material is written by John Petrucci and Jordan Rudess, except where noted.

No.	Title	Music	Length
1.	"Furia Taurina"		10:10
2.	"Truth"		9:48
3.	"Fife and Drum"		9:30
4.	"Hang 11"		11:38
5.	"From Within"	Jordan Rudess	5:21
6.	"In the Moment"		6:27
7.	"Black Ice"		10:54
Total length:			63:48

2004 re-release track listing

No.	Title	Music	Length
1.	"Furia Taurina"		10:10
2.	"Truth"		9:48
3.	"Fife and Drum"		9:30
4.	"State of Grace"	Liquid Tension Experiment	5:44
5.	"Hang 11"		11:38
6.	"From Within"	Jordan Rudess	5:21
7.	"The Rena Song"	John Petrucci	7:03
8.	"In the Moment"		6:27
9.	"Black Ice"		10:54
10.	"Bite of the Mosquito (Studio Version)"		1:53
Total length:			78:28

Notes

• Tracks 4, 7 and 10 appear only on the rerelease.
• "State of Grace" was originally released by Liquid Tension Experiment on their first album.
• "The Rena Song" was dedicated to John Petrucci's wife, Rena Sands Petrucci.

Personnel

• John Petrucci – guitars
• Jordan Rudess – keyboards
• Doug Oberkircher – production, mixing