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Arthur Verocai: March 15, 2009
by Chris May
Arthur VerocaiMarch 15, 2009Mochilla2010 A commercial flop on original release, and forgotten but for a cult following prepared to pay top dollar for used copies, Brazilian songwriter Arthur Verocai's self-produced debut, Arthur Verocai (Continental Records, 1972), was rereleased on the Ubiquity label in 2003. By then, the disc ...
Weather Report: Live in Germany 1971
by John Kelman
Weather Report Live in Germany 1971 MVD/Gonzo Distribution 2010 While technology has made audio and video recording a much easier thing in the 21st century, there's still the problem of where to broadcast it. Sure, there's the internet, and YouTube, for example, has become a treasure trove of archival live footage ...
Mulatu Astatke: February 1, 2009
by Chris May
Mulatu AstatkeFebruary 1, 2009Mochilla2010 For the first 40 years of his professional life, composer and vibraphonist Mulatu Astatke, the father of Ethio-jazz, remained practically unknown outside his own country. That changed in 2005, when his atmosphere-laden recordings were featured extensively on the soundtrack to the Jim Jarmusch-directed movie ...
The Rolling Stones: Stones in Exile
by Doug Collette
The Rolling StonesStones in ExileEagle2010The enduring magic surrounding The Rolling Stones' greatest album, Exile on Main Street (Rolling Stones, 1972) is so seductive even the band itself can't resist trying to explain it. Why else generate multiple packages of audio, video and print two years before the 40th ...
Andrew Hill: Solos, the Jazz Sessions
by AAJ Italy Staff
Andrew Hill Solos - The Jazz Sessions MVD Visuals Valutazione: 4,5 stelle Nel 2004, tre anni prima della morte il pianista Andrew Hill fu invitato dal regista Daniel K. Berman a registrare un video per la serie dal titolo “Solos - The Jazz Sessions" che oggi comprende importanti capitoli con Bill Frisell, Lee Konitz, Greg Osby, ...
The 1969 Berlin Concert
by AAJ Italy Staff
Miles Davis The 1969 Berlin Concert JazzShots - distr. Egea Valutazione: 4 stelle Nell'autunno del 1969, pochi mesi dopo aver registrato in studio il capolavoro assoluto Bitches Brew, il quintetto di Miles Davis fu impegnato in un lungo tour europeo. Il repertorio proponeva alcuni brani da In A Silent Way e da Bitches Brew e li ...
Gonzalo Rubalcaba: Solos - The Jazz Sessions
by AAJ Italy Staff
Gonzalo Rubalcaba Solos - The Jazz Sessions MVD Visuals Valutazione: 3 stelle In linea con un piano editoriale consolidato, questo DVD si articola in vari successioni narrative: performance musicale, interviste e backstage. Un percorso ben congegnato, per avvicinare il grande pubblico all'arte di Gonzalo Rubalcaba. È una testimonianza di prima mano, per veder riassunta una carriera ...
Frank Zappa: The Freak Out List
by AAJ Italy Staff
Frank Zappa The Freak Out List Sexy Intellectual Prod. Valutazione: 3 stelle Questo bel documentario, che fa seguito all'altrettanto interessante Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention In the 1960's, ci racconta le vicende di uno dei personaggi più interessanti del rock mondiale: quel Frank Zappa che riuscì, nella seconda metà degli anni sessanta, a travolgere ...
Masters of American Music: The Story of Jazz
by Ken Dryden
Various Artists Masters of American Music: The Story of Jazz Naxos Jazz 2009 Various documentaries have been made about jazz over the years with mixed results. While the 1993 DVD Masters of American Music: The Story of Jazz is only 98 minutes long, it ends up being far more wide-ranging, ...
Free: Free Forever
by Doug Collette
Free Free Forever Eagle Vision 2010 (2006) Free was one of the most distinctive bands to emerge from the British blues-rock boom of the late 1960s, albeit a one-hit wonder to the audience that enjoyed its biggest mainstream success, “All Right Now." The full-length version of that single appeared on ...
