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The Dead Keep On: Truckin' Up to Buffalo
by Doug Collette
Grateful Dead Truckin' Up to Buffalo Grateful Dead Prod/Monterey Media 2005 A plethora of books have been published since the death of Grateful Dead founder/ leader Jerry Garcia ten years ago (in August). Written by insiders and bandmembers, factual and observed histories and journals, none capture the essence of this ...
Moog: A Documentary Film
by AAJ Staff
Moog Directed by Hans Fjellestad 70 Minutes Plexifilm 2005 To live in the modern world is to embrace technology. Obviously, making that kind of statement in an internet publication is like preaching to the converted, but it's worth pausing now and then to consider how our tools affect ...
Blind Boys of Alabama: Go Tell It On The Mountain
by Jerry D'Souza
The Blind Boys of AlabamaGo Tell It On The Mountain: Live in New YorkEagle Rock Entertainment2005 The Blind Boys of Alabama were formed in 1939. Over the years they have made an indelible impression with their music, gospel in the traditional spirit which in the last decade assimilated contemporary style ...
Bireli Lagrene & Friends: Live Jazz
by Celeste Sunderland
Birele Lagrene Live Jazz Á Vienne Dreyfus Records 2005 The little boy on stage is barely big enough to hold the guitar in his lap, but he plays with startling skill. Just beginning to develop a technique, his innocence is brilliant. He smiles humbly at the audience at Montreux.
John Scofield: Live 3 Ways
by Riel Lazarus
John Scofield Live 3 Ways Blue Note Records 2005 15 years ago last May, guitarist John Scofield dusted off a few of his many musical hats before cameras at Chelsea Studios in New York. The result, recently released on DVD, is a tightly knit bonnet of jazz, blues and soul, ...
Ellyn Rucker: Live in New Orleans
by Samuel Chell
Ellyn Rucker Live in New Orleans Leisure Jazz Video 2005 If you're unfamiliar with Denver-based Ellyn Rucker, prepare yourself for a revelation. Line up the best of the current crop of female jazz vocalists, and Ellyn has to be among them. Do the same with pianists. The line thins out, ...
Screaming Headless Torsos: Live!! in New York & Paris
by AAJ Staff
Screaming Headless Torsos Live!! in New York & Paris 2 DVDs (153 min) FuzeLicious Morsels 2005 We forge our personal connections with music based on any number of (sometimes random-seeming) factors, but often it's just a matter of time and place. I can still remember the ...
Keith Jarrett: The Art of Improvisation
by John Kelman
Keith JarrettKeith Jarrett: The Art of ImprovisationEuroarts 20541182005 While he can often engender all manner of contention and argument, it's unquestionable that Keith Jarrett is one of the most significant pianists to emerge in the second half of the 20th Century. An artist who has done it all -- performed ...
Sun Ra: The Magic Sun
by AAJ Staff
Phill Niblock featuring Sun Ra & His Solar Arkestra The Magic Sun Atavistic 1966/2005 Stunning visuals and the sounds of Sun Ra & His Solar Arkestra fill this classic 1966 black and white short experimental film by composer/photographer/ filmmaker and multi-media artist Phill Niblock. The Arkestra provide its ...
Grant Geissman Quartet: There and Back Again
by Jim Santella
The Grant Geissman Quintet AIX Records 2005 Contemporary jazz from this exciting quintet works best when you've got the chance to watch them in action. Recorded in a studio with each artist wearing headphones and taking cues from each other while sitting apart from each other, the camera pans back ...
