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CD/DVD: Eric Alexander
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All About Jazz
Eric Alexander, Prime Time (High Note). In top form and with a responsive audience, the muscular tenor saxophonist and his quartet are captured in concert on CD and, in different performances, on an accompanying DVD. Like the music, the video and audio are clear and straightforward. Pianist David Hazeltine, bassist John Webber and drummer Joe Farnsworth are solid in support and solo. Alexander's and Hazeltine's heartfelt duo version of Bernstein's “Some Other Time" is a welcome departure from the intensity ...
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Willie Nile Live CD and DVD Capture Onstage Magic, out July 8
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conqueroo
Set, to be released on 00:02:59 on July 8, captures the hot release party for Nile's acclaimed album, Streets of New York, at New York's Mercury Lounge
NEW YORK, N.Y. -- “Willie Nile is a great artist," exclaims fellow singer/songscribe Lucinda Williams. “If there were any justice in the world, I'd be opening for him instead of him for me." Injustice has its benefits, of course -- one of which is that it's still possible to see Willie Nile play ...
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DVD Release: Astor Piazzolla Live at the Montreal Jazz Festival
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All About Jazz
DVD TO BE RELEASED ON MARCH 25, 2008 MILAN ENTERTAINMENT BRINGS YOU ASTOR PIAZZOLLA - LIVE AT THE MONTREAL JAZZ FESTIVAL
For the first time, a live performance by the tango genius and his legendary Quinteto is available in its entirety on CD and DVD.
From the time he received his first bandoneon until his death in 1992, Astor Piazzolla's sixty-plus years of musical legacy have driven many critics to extol his achievements not only as being at the pinnacle ...
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Terry Bozzio - Live with the Tosca Strings DVD - Available 06/10/08
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All About Jazz
Bozzio together with Chris Maresh, Stephen Barber and the world famous Tosca Strings live in Austin, TX. Filmed in the hills of Austin, TX at the One World Theatre, this DVD brings Terry Bozzio together with Chris Maresh, Stephen Barber and the world famous Tosca Strings. Since 1997 The Tosca Strings Quartet (Leigh Mahoney & Tracy Seeger - Violins, Ames Asbell - Viola and Sara Nelson - Cello) has built an international reputation for their versatile performances of many various ...
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Stanley Jordan Trio - The Paris Concert DVD - Available 05/13/08
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All About Jazz
An incredible performance at the New Morning in Paris (July '07) by one of today's most gifted guitarists. This DVD features a performance by one of the most gifted guitarists of his generation, Stanley Jordan. Here at the New Morning in Paris (July 2007), he is backed up by Charnett Muffett and David Haynes. Jordan could easily content himself with the title of “uncontested master of the two-handed tap technique" which allows him to play rhythm and melody simultaneously, like ...
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