Video / DVD News

Weekend Extra: Farmer, Konitz, Persson

Source: Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
April 11, 2010

I have no idea how Sharkey Bonano (see the April 9 item below) felt about Art Farmer's playing or, indeed, whether he was aware of Farmer. They were from different eras and different styles. My guess is that Farmer's lyricism would have appealed to Bonano, whose own playing carried a trace of Bix Beiderbecke DNA.

In this video from a 1966 program on the Dutch TV station NCRV, Farmer collaborates on “Just Friends" with alto saxophonist Lee Konitz and the ...

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Saturday Eye Candy: Bunny Wailer of the Wailers

Source: JamBase
April 11, 2010

PRAISE JAH, IT'S BUNNY'S BIRTHDAY!

Though overshadowed by Bob Marley and Peter Tosh in the original Wailers, Bunny Wailer is a rasta gold to any reggae enthusiast, a true living legend that's shaped and defined the genre for over 40 years. Bunny turns 63 today and we feel blessed to have him still spreading sweet music long after many of the pioneers he stood shoulder-to-shoulder with have gone away. JamBase raises a chalice to Mr. Wailer (actually born Neville O'Riley ...

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New Concert DVD from Michael Bolton

Source: Michael Ricci
April 9, 2010

Michael Bolton's new DVD “Live at Royal Albert Hall" will be in stores May 4th along with his brand new studio album One World One Love. Join Michael Bolton for an unforgettable concert at London's famous Royal Albert Hall as he delivers hit after hit in his trademark soulful style in front of a packed audience. With his inimitable voice, charismatic stage presence and superb songwriting Michael Bolton holds the audience in the palm of his hand as he performs ...

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Grateful Dead Bring Philly 1989 Show to Big Screen

Source: JamBase
April 10, 2010

GRATEFUL DEAD BRING PHILADELPHIA SHOW FROM 1989 TO THE BIG SCREEN Screenings Of Upcoming Crimson, White & Indigo Set Scheduled To Begin April 13 3-CD/1-DVD Set Of The Dead's Previously Unreleased July 7, 1989 Philadelphia Concert At JFK Stadium Available April 20 From Grateful Dead/Rhino

Jerry Garcia by Blakesberg The Grateful Dead were enjoying a late-career renaissance in 1989 when the band steamed into Philadelphia on one of the hottest days of the summer ...

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John Coltrane - Alabama

Source: Riffs on Jazz by John Anderson
April 8, 2010

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Horace Silver - "Senor Blues" (1959)

Source: Riffs on Jazz by John Anderson
April 8, 2010

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Grateful Dead to Release CD/DVD Set

Source: On Target Media Group
April 8, 2010

Grateful Dead Productions and Rhino Entertainment will release Grateful Dead: Crimson, White & Indigo, a 3 CD & 1 DVD set on April 20th.

The DVD features their July 7th 1998 performance at JFK Stadium in Philadelphia, PA and will premiere at theaters across the country in April.

The 19 tracks on 3 CDs-all but one previously unreleased-were mixed from the 24-track analog master tapes, enhanced using the latest audio engineering technology and presented here in HDCD. The set comes ...

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Holiday and Mulligan

Source: Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
April 7, 2010

Yesterday was Gerry Mulligan's birthday (1927-1996). Today is Billie Holiday's (1915-1959). If only there were video of them together.

There is, of course; one of the most famous pieces of film ever made of a jazz performance. It is from the kinescope recording of the 1957 CBS-TV program The Sound of Jazz. “Fine and Mellow" featured Holiday with a group of horn soloists for which the designation All-Stars seems barely adequate. Holiday's choruses of her classic blues alternate with solos ...

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