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Marvin Stamm Quartet: Alone Together
by Jerry D'Souza
The Marvin Stamm Quartet Alone Together Jazzed Media 2007 CD/DVD packages are still relatively unusual, but then the musicians responsible for this one are not your usual collection of players. Marvin Stamm (trumpet and flugelhorn), Bill Mays (piano), Rufus Reid (bass) and Ed Soph (drums) are a positive ...
Jazz Icons Series 2: Vintage Concerts on DVD
by Andrew Velez
Various Artists Jazz Icons Series 2 Box Set Reelin' in the Years 2007 No matter how often you've listened to John Coltrane playing “My Favorite Things," there's nothing quite like watching him work his magic in a live performance that gives an entire new life to that Richard ...
My Name is Albert Ayler: A Documentary
by James Taylor
My Name Is Albert Ayler (2005) Directed by Kasper Collin Screenings November 8 and 9, 2007 Anthology Film Archives New York, NYMy Name is Albert Ayler is a documentary that needed to be made. Directed by Swedish filmmaker Kasper Collins, the film is a spellbinding look at one of jazz' ...
Kenny Drew Trio: At The Brewhouse
by Jerry D'Souza
Kenny Drew Trio At The Brewhouse Storyville 2007 Kenny Drew had a marvellous sense of harmony, phrasing and timing on the piano. Whether he lingered on a note, or let it pass by in a wisp, the impression was delectable. His touch was magic. Drew's early influences were ...
Stevie Ray Vaughan: Pride and Joy
by Doug Collette
Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble Pride and Joy Legacy Recordings 2007 The posthumous archiving work completed so far on behalf of Stevie Ray Vaughan has done right by both fans and novices. Pride and Joy may be for purists, only expanding as it does on a previous VHS release. ...
Rory Gallagher: Live at Rockpalast
by Doug Collette
Rory Gallagher Live at Rockpalast 1976-1990 Eagle Vision 2007 In nearly ten hours of footage, Live at Rockpalast 1976-1990 offers a varied perspective of Irish bluesman Rory Gallagher because its performances, filmed at various venues over a fifteen-year period, are just part of a complete package. The interview included on ...
Duke Ellington: Live in '58
by Jim Santella
Duke Ellington Live in '58 Jazz Icons 2007 Duke Ellington's 80-minute concert at Amsterdam's Concertgebouw was filmed in black & white for television and recorded for radio. At this point in his career, Ellington had quite a following, aided by his best-selling record of the band's sensational appearance ...
Mahavishnu Orchestra: Live at Montreux 1984/1974
by John Kelman
With the completion of legendary guitarist John McLaughlin's 2007 tour with his new group The 4th Dimension--his first fusion tour in North America in nearly a decade, there are plenty of opportunities to reexamine the tour in the context of earlier groups. While for some, the litmus test will always be his first, groundbreaking Mahavishnu Orchestra ...
Barre Phillips: Live in Vienna
by A. Henkin
Barre Phillips Live in Vienna Quantum Leap 2006 In a brief interview segment included in the extra features of Live in Vienna, bassist Barre Phillips discusses the foundation of improvising. He speaks of music-making in terms of vocabulary, a musical language, which a player uses in lieu of ...
Rufus Harley: Pipes of Peace
by Samuel Chell
Rufus Harley Pipes Of Peace B.L.A.S.T. 2007 Not too many subjects would seem more assured of cinematic success than a profile of the world's first and only recognized jazz bagpiper--whose life story ended, moreover, with his appropriation of the title “International Ambassador of Freedom." On the other hand, when a ...
