JAZZ VIDEOS: Groups
CARLA BLEY &
STEVE SWALLOW: Very Very Simple
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Carla Bley & Steve Swallow: Very Very Simple (VHS) $14.98 1344 Bley's piano and Swallow's bass are featured in this moving duo performance that captivates its audience with cool wit and fluid musical rapport. Both are renowned for their singular compositions of simple melodic beauty. Their uniquely symbiotic playing on this video captures the essence of their grace, wit and imagination. (32 min, Hi-Fi Stereo) [Add to Cart] [View Cart] |
Ron Carter & Art Farmer: Live at Sweet Basil with Billy Higgins and Cedar Walton (DVD) #2330 Recorded in 1990 at New York's Sweet Basil, four Jazz masters come together for a set of great jazz, performing originals written for the occasion and standards like "My Funny Valentine." Also included: rehearsal footage and illuminating interviews. Carter's bass, Farmer's trumpet and flugelhorn, Walton's piano and Higgins' drums have never sounded better!
DVD BONUS FEATURES (60 minutes, plus over 60 minutes of bonus features) [Add to Cart] [View Cart] |
Ron Carter & Art Farmer: Live at Sweet Basil with Billy Higgins and Cedar Walton (VHS) 1330 Recorded in 1990 at New York's Sweet Basil, four Jazz masters come together for a set of great jazz, performing originals written for the occasion and standards like "My Funny Valentine." Also included: rehearsal footage and illuminating interviews. Carter's bass, Farmer's trumpet and flugelhorn, Walton's piano and Higgins' drums have never sounded better! (60 min, Hi-Fi Stereo) [Add to Cart] [View Cart] |
Don Cherry's Multikulti (VHS)1348 After helping Ornette Coleman give birth to Free Jazz, trumpeter Don Cherry became a pivotal composer/theorist and an invigorating, experimental World Music improviser. This joyful encounter, taken from the Days of Jazz Festival in Stuttgart, Germany, finds Cherry and friends weaving a shimmering, polyphonic musical tapestry that includes his originals and Monk's "Bemsha Swing." (57 min, Hi-Fi Stereo) [Add to Cart] [View Cart] |
Dizzy Gillespie:A Night In Chicago (DVD) #2334 JazzTimes video editor Chuck Berg called this extraordinary concert, recorded in Chicago's intimate Jazz Showcase, "a priceless souvenir of one of our bona fide legends." In one of his final performances, Dizzy plays, scats, dances and jokes his way through such gems as "Round Midnight" and "Swing Low, Sweet Cadillac." DVD BONUS FEATURES : (53 minutes, plus bonus features) [Add to Cart] [View Cart] |
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Dizzy Gillespie: A Night In Chicago (VHS) 1334 [Add to Cart] [View Cart] |
Dizzy Gillespie: A Night In Tunisia: A Musical Portrait (VHS)1315 Dizzy Gillespie is the godfather of Modern Jazz trumpet-playing and bebop. This unforgettable documentary tells the story of the creation of his most memorable composition, "A Night in Tunisia." Beginning with a no-holds-barred rehearsal and culminating in an electrifying live concert, we see and hear the evidence of his remarkable genius. (28 min, Hi-Fi Stereo) [Add to Cart] [View Cart] |
Django: A Jazz Tribute(DVD) 2347 In this energetic tribute to the late Django Reinhardt, we are treated to the best in guitar music. Blistering guitar duets are performed by Bireli Lagrene and Babik Reinhardt (Django's son). They negotiate their musical terrain with palpable energy and enthusiasm in this testament to jazz's original Guitariste Extrordinaireand the expressive range of that instrument in jazz today
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Django: A Jazz Tribute (VHS) 1347 [Add to Cart] [View Cart] |
Benny GolsonThe Whisper Not Tour (DVD) A legend in every sense of the word, Benny Golson is one of a few jazzmen whose achievements as a composer equal his accomplishments as a saxophonist. This DVD features far more than just the genius of Golson. Performing alongside Benny in this timeless, uncut concert is a plethora of talent; Art Farmer, in his last live recorded video performance with Golson & Curtis Fuller (original members of the historic Jazztet), and the man Time Magazine called “the James Joyce of Jazz,” vocalist extraordinaire, Jon Hendricks.
DVD BONUS FEATURES: (1 hour, plus 1 hour Bonus Features) [Add to Cart] [View Cart] |
Herbie Hancock Trio:Hurricane! (DVD) #2329 Three of the best musicians in jazz, pianist Herbie Hancock, bassist Ron Carter and drummer Billy Cobham join forces in this unique Swiss reunion concert, recorded in 1984, that features Hancock's "Dolphin Dance" and "Eye of the Hurricane." JazzTimes described the video as "nothing short of breathtaking... In all, a classic!"
DVD BONUS FEATURES (57 minutes, plus 45 minutes of bonus features) [Add to Cart] [View Cart] |
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Billy Harper in Concert:Live From Poland (DVD) 72007 Considered one of the premier saxophonists of the post-Coltrane era, Billy Harper’s unique, soulful approach to Jazz is on full display in this full-length concert, live from Szczecin, Poland. Performing at the Metropolitan Basilica Cathedral of St. Jacob, known for its acoustic splendor and gothic brilliance, Harper showcases everything from Jazz, with his symphonic flair, to the mystical reach of Gospel Music. While constantly evolving from the influential sound of previous Jazz generations, Harper has been careful to carve out his own sound rather than retrace that of music’s past, and in the process has consciously and continuously pushed the bounds and momentum of music forward.
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Dave Holland Quintet: Vortex (VHS)1345 Dave Holland leads one of the most intriguing ensembles in Jazz. Merging spontaneity and interplay with sparkling clarity, the group features Canadian trumpet veteran Kenny Wheeler and young lions Steve Coleman on alto and Tonight Show drummer Marvin "Smitty" Smith. Yet with all its unique inventiveness, the Quintet also projects an utterly melodic mellowness. (62 min, Hi-Fi Stereo) [Add to Cart] [View Cart] |
Christian Howes & The Horatio Icasto QuartetLive In Madrid (DVD) 72005 Lauded as Downbeat Magazine’s #2 rising star, up-and-comer Christian Howes has wowed fellow performers and audiences alike with his explosive violin stylings, uncanny improvisations and a remarkable stage presence that has caused him to be called the “Jazz Paganini.” Whether working alongside Jazz icons such as Randy Brecker, Jack DeJohnette, Billy Hart, and Dr. John or playing every important Jazz stage from Newport to Birdland, Howes is both a breath of fresh air in the music world and the purveyor of a new sound that is breaking violin stereotypes and captivating music fans and critics yearning for a unique musical vision.
DVD BONUS FEATURES: (57 minutes, plus Multiple Bonus Features) [Add to Cart] [View Cart] |
Bob James Live(DVD) 2310 A six-time achiever of the #1 position on the Billboard Jazz Chart, innovative composer and keyboard artist Bob James still dazzles audiences today with the same kind of excitement that Quincy Jones first noted when he spotted James playing at the Notre Dame Jazz Festival in 1962. Enjoy this unique concert, now on DVD, as Bob James leads an all-star septet featuring Kirk Whalum, live from the Queen Mary Jazz Festival. Selections include Taxi (theme for the Emmy Award winning TV show), Zebra Man, Unicorn and Ruby Ruby. "...an appealing, entertaining set..." - Jazziz Magazine "magical sounds and structures....wonderful."- Video Ticket DVD BONUS FEATURES: (56 minutes, plus Multiple Bonus Features) [Add to Cart] [View Cart] |
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Antonio Carlos Jobim:An All-Star Tribute (DVD) #2349 Direct from Brazil in his last recorded performance, Jobim is joined by Herbie Hancock, Joe Henderson, Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Ron Carter, Shirley Horn, and Jon Hendricks for intoxicating renditions of unforgettable melodies like "The Girl From Ipanema" and "Once I Loved." Lyrical, harmonically and rhythmically sophisticated, "Tom" Jobim's compositions are melodically rich, striking and, above all, extraordinarily beautiful.
DVD BONUS FEATURES (60 minutes, plus over 60 minutes of bonus features) [Add to Cart] [View Cart] |
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Elvin Jones: Jazz Machine (DVD)2346 Touted by Life Magazine as “the world’s greatest rhythmic drummer,” and described by percussion icon Louie Bellson as “Mother Earth coming alive with syncopation,” it would be impossible to overstate the importance of drummer Elvin Jones in the evolution of current and mainstream Jazz. This historic concert DVD features Elvin Jones playing with the thunderous power that reverberated throughout not only the Jazz community, but all of music, helping Jones move the drum kit from the back of the club to the forefront of music. “…a powerful demonstration of modern jazz by one of music’s masters” - Chuck Berg, JazzTimes
Sonny Fortune - Saxophone, Flute DVD BONUS FEATURES: (1 hour, plus multiple Bonus Features) [Add to Cart] [View Cart] |
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Elvin Jones: Jazz Machine (VHS) 1346 [Add to Cart] [View Cart] |
Jazz Odyssey: Beyond El Rocco (VHS)1337 Aging hipster Zoot Finster hosts this award-winning film noir documentary about the story of jazz "Down Under," from the Bohemian dives of 1950s Sydney to today's funk and avant-garde. Includes live performances and interviews with such local legends as pianist Mike Nock and violinist Bruce Cale. (102 min, Hi-Fi Stereo) [Add to Cart] [View Cart] |
40 Years of MJQ (DVD)The distinguished Modern Jazz Quartet traces its origins to the irrepressibly flamboyant Dizzy Gillespie and his brazzy, shouting bebop big band. Filmed live in Germany, pianist and composer John Lewis, bassist Percy Heath, vibraphonist extraordinaire Milt Jackson and drummer Micky Roker (subbing for Connie Kay) perform in this unforgettable performance that defines the dignity of jazz. Now on DVD, MJQ is still swinging in this 40th Anniversary Concert celebration showcasing the signature sounds that have assured their lasting legacy: from the echoes of the classical European tradition to the inspiration of classical jazz. Accompanied by a chamber string orchestra, songs include "Three Window Medley," "Sketch," "Alexander’s Fugue," "Adagio from Concierto de Aranjues" and "A Day in Dubrovnik." “…can quench the thirst of almost every jazz fan.” –The Washington Post
DVD BONUS FEATURES (58 minutes, plus multiple bonus features) [Add to Cart] [View Cart] |
The Moscow Sax Quintet: The Jazznost Tour (DVD)2318 The Moscow Sax Quintet is considered one of the finest Jazz groups in the world, and this DVD features the distinctive group on their premiere world tour, appropriately named the “The Jazznost Tour.” Their magical sound perfectly captures the Jazz feeling, particularly on classics by Fat Waller and The Beatles. When they interpret Charlie Parker’s improvised solos, playing them in 5-part harmony at a breakneck speed, you can hear the mastery of their skill in the music. Long famous for their virtuosity in the classical arena, this DVD proves that music is the universal language by showcasing the groundbreaking Russian group’s mastery of the American art form. “I will state flat out: this Moscow Sax Quintet “Jazznost Tour” video is an amazing display of pure musicianship of the highest caliber… I couldn’t pull myself away from the screen …it’s non-stop and sweet, sweet jazz.… If you buy only one video this year you simply must make it this one.” - David J. Gibson, Saxophone Journal DVD BONUS FEATURES: (62 minutes, plus multiple Bonus Features) [Add to Cart] [View Cart] |
Moscow Sax Quintet: The Jazznost Tour (VHS)$19.98 1318 [Add to Cart] [View Cart] |
Oscar Peterson:Music In The Key Of Oscar (DVD) 2351 This riveting music documentary traces the history of piano legend Oscar Peterson, from his early days as Montreal's teenage boogie-woogie sensation through his meteoric rise to international celebrity. One highlight in this treasure trove of musical gems is the legendary Oscar Peterson Trio (bassist Ray Brown and guitarist Herb Ellis) who after a twenty-year hiatus, reunited in order to "prove that it still had the magic." Over 100 minutes of classic and contemporary performances, rare film footage, in-depth interviews with a cast of jazz legends and multiple Bonus Features, create a chronicle spanning five decades of Oscar Peterson's unforgettable music.
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Oscar Peterson: Music in the Key of Oscar (VHS) 1351 (2 Tapes) [Add to Cart] [View Cart] |
Oscar Peterson: The Life of a Legend (VHS)1352 In this insightful documentary, which includes interviews with Quincy Jones, Dizzy Gillespie, Norman Granz and Ella Fitzgerald, Peterson tells his life story, including everything from his muscial triumphs to his clashes with racism. A candid look at a jazz legend whose life has been shaped by the ambition to honor his father's credo: "Be the best." (2 Tapes [2 X 52 min], Hi-Fi Stereo) [Add to Cart] [View Cart] |
George Shearing:Lullaby of Birdland (DVD) 2332 Finally, a full length concert on DVD of this piano legend, filmed in 1991 at the Paul Masson Winery in a state-of-the-art digital audio production. Shearing's artistry is captured forever as he and bass sensation Neil Swainson caress the ballads of Rodgers & Hart and Hoagy Carmichael, and swing to the bebop of Charlie Parker. Selections include Isn't It Romantic, Donna Lee, Estate, Memphis In June and the title song, Lullaby of Birdland. Listening to this great jazz pianist is a treat anytime, but watching him in concert at the beautiful Paul Masson Winery in California makes this a visual as well as audio treat."- USA Today "This is a must for Shearing lovers."- The Music Box
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