Films/DVD Asylum

"Jazz Icons" DVD series

76.19.253.107

rico

This series promotes itself with a comparison to the Criterion Collection for films and, having experienced two so far (there are two sets of eight DVDs in boxes), I would have to agree. Vintage concert clips have been cleaned up and the sound improved, and the packaging and accompanying booklets are first class and written by some of Jazz' finest critics. highly recommended. You can start anywhere but, for me, seeing Mingus and Dolphy on on their mid-sixties European tour (I have all the legit and bootleg lps I could find) is a treat, as is the Coltrane footage from 1960, '61, and '65. See the entire sets on Amazon.con

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Agreed; my taste runs toward... - Audiophilander 00:51:25 10/06/07 (1)
Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers (rare original "Moanin'" line-up from '58 featuring Blakey on percussion, pianist Bobby Timmons, bassist Jymie Merritt, trumpeter Lee Morgan, and tenor saxophonist Benny Golson, who wrote two certified classics for Blakey, but was in the band less than a year)

The Dave Brubeck (Two performances from classic "Take Five" era Quartet featuring Brubeck, Desmond, Wright and Morello)

Duke Ellington (with the classic Newport Jazz Festival era Orchestra that includes Paul Gonsalve's seminal solo on "Diminuendo In Blue & Crescendo In Blue")

Chet Baker (practitioner of the West Coast 'cool jazz' school who played flugelhorn and trumpet. He smoked constantly and did way too many drugs throughout his relatively short life, but somehow he pulls off two excellent performances caught on film here, some 15 years apart)

Dexter Gordon (groundbreaking jazz saxophonist who influenced Coltraine and many other cutting edge jazz musicians. My impression is that Dexter Gordon's interpretations bridged the gap between older B-bop and newer free form jazz styles, making free form a bit more accessible)

Yeah, these Jazz Icons releases are rare, superb and full of variety.

Cheers,
AuPh
- Benny Golson - rico 05:44:46 10/06/07 (0)
  Among his many compositions these are definitely in the standard jazz repetoire:
  
  Killer Joe, I Remember Clifford, Along Came Betty, Stablemates
  Whisper Not, Blues March, Five Spot After Dark, Are you Real?
  
  Golson also appears in the Spielberg film, "The Terminal", a role which jump started his career (as if it needed jump starting!).
  
  I plan now to buy both the complete boxes, I was watching the 'Trane DVD last night (after the Red Sox Game of course) and took enormous pleasure in seeing him jam with Stan Getz and Oscar Peterson.

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