Video / DVD News

Super Bad Sunday: Jimmy Herring

Source: JamBase
May 2, 2010

WE LOVE SHREDZILLAS!

Welcome back to JamBase's new weekend triple shot that celebrates super gifted folks that play the holy heck out of their instruments for our listening pleasure. We began this new segment last week with Jeff Beck (check it out here) and continue this week with Widespread Panic lead guitarist and illustrious alumni of Aquarium Rescue Unit, Jazz Is Dead, Phil Lesh & Friends and more, Jimmy Herring. The mind of a jazz technician and the soul of ...

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Happy Birthday, John Lewis!

Source: Riffs on Jazz by John Anderson
May 3, 2010

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STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Investigating the Orchestrion

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
May 2, 2010

Guitarist Pat Metheny's Orchestrion tour comes to St. Louis next Saturday, May 8 for a concert at the Touhill Performing Arts Center, and though StLJN has been following related news for a while, today we've got some video clips that offer a closer look at Metheny and his electromechanical accompanist. The notion of a machine that plays music and is designed to sound like an orchestra or band has been ...

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Saturday Eye Candy: Willie Nelson

Source: JamBase
May 1, 2010

HAPPY 77TH BIRTHDAY, RED HEADED STRANGER!!!

Willie Nelson is a treasure, pure and simple. One of the strongest, coolest voices to ever emerge from the country world, Nelson is also a ferociously talented guitarist, top notch songwriter, tireless performer and an inspired interpreter of other's material on par with greats like Ella Fitzgerald and Frank Sinatra. Yesterday, Willie turned 77-years-old and we couldn't let the occasion pass without tipping our hat to him. In his honor we've rolled up a ...

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Icons Among Us: Jazz in the Present Tense DVD & VOD Release Due May 11

Source: Michael Ricci
April 29, 2010

Pre-order it now at shop.allaboutjazz.com BUY IT AT shop.allaboutjazz.com Theatrical Length Documentary Explores Contemporary Jazz Luminaries Including Herbie Hancock, Terence Blanchard, Ravi Coltrane, Esperanza Spalding & Bill Frisell “[Icons] depicts jazz as a living, breathing and ever-evolving musical art form, and above all, exposes more people to some of the best jazz artists around today." --NPR Music “Provocative" --Los Angeles Times

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Dexter Gordon - "Loose Walk" (1964)

Source: Riffs on Jazz by John Anderson
April 28, 2010

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A Love Letter to Latin Jazz

Source: Riffs on Jazz by John Anderson
April 26, 2010

Calle 54 is clearly the work of an enraptured lover of Latin jazz, and the film looks marvelous. This 2000 documentary was directed by Spaniard Fernando Trueba, who also directed the wonderfully sexy film Belle poque (1992), starring Penelope Cruz. Here, he films some of the all-time greats of Latin jazz playing their music, including Tito Puente, Eliane Elias, Gato Barbieri, Michel Camilo, Chico O'Farrill, and Chucho and Bebo Valdez. Each musician is briefly introduced while they are filmed (often ...

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STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: The Legacy of Count Basie

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
April 25, 2010

With the Count Basie Orchestra set to appear in the St. Louis area next weekend, this seems like the perfect opportunity to present some vintage video of Basie and his band. The present-day Basie Orchestra, currently under the direction of trombonist Bill Hughes and featuring St. Louis native Tony Suggs on piano, will play Saturday, May 1 at SIUE's Meridian Ballroom for the University's “Arts And Issues“ series. The band ...

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