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Phil Woods: A Life in E-Flat
by Jack Bowers
Phil Woods A Life in E-Flat Jazzed Media 2005 Most Jazz musicians, and especially those who've been around for a number of years, have interesting stories to tell, about themselves and some of the characters they've known and worked with. Of course, some tell them better than others, which often ...
Miles Electric: A Different Kind of Blue
by Rex Butters
Miles Davis Electric Miles: A Different Kind of Blue Eagle Eye Media 2004 The 1970 Isle of Wight festival nearly doubled the attendance numbers of Woodstock, and boasted a similarly stellar lineup. Besides Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, and Joni Mitchell, Miles Davis brought a daring young group of explorers and ...
Gary Husband's Force Majeure: Live at The Queen Elizabeth Hall, London
by John Kelman
Gary Husband's Force Majeure Live at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, London RSJ Groove Productions RSJFM007DVD 2005 Perhaps best known to fusion fans as the drummer behind guitarist Allan Holdsworth, one of the most distinctive musical voices of the past 30+ years, Gary Husband remains something of a secret as a ...
Looking for a Thrill: An Anthology of Inspiration
by AAJ Staff
Looking for a Thrill: An Anthology of Inspiration Directed by Braden King DVD (300+ minutes) Thrill Jockey 2005 In the flood of music that hits the market every day, we often get caught up in product and lose sight of its meaning. The fact that we ...
Bebo Valdes & Diego el Cigala: Blanco Y Negro
by Mark Corroto
Bebo Valdes & Diego el Cigala Blanco Y Negro Bluebird 2005 I may fall out of favor with my fellow Americans expressing admiration for cultures much older and well, certainly more developed then ours. You disagree? Did you catch more then five minutes of the latest addition of the ...
Al Di Meola: One Of These Nights
by Mark Sabbatini
Al Di MeolaOne of These Nights Music Video Distributors 2005 Guitarist Al Di Meola proved it's possible to evolve from raw groundbreaking fusion to mellow contemporary arrangements and still excel. His 2005 concert DVD One Of These Nights takes the concept to a visual level, offering a minimalist view of ...
Incognito In Concert
by Mark Sabbatini
Incognito In Concert Music Video Distributors 2005 This DVD brings out the inner child - at least the one going through the “why stage. Why is Incognito, who say they “made their name as pioneers of British acid jazz, performing such nondescript funk? Why is this show being ...
Bill Bruford & Michiel Borstlap: In Concert In Holland
by John Kelman
Bruford | BorstlapIn Concert In HollandSummerfold Records 2005 2005 seems to be the year of Bill Bruford. The drummer who first made his name with groups like Yes and King Crimson, but has more recently been heard in a looser improvisational context that might be considered jazz but also demonstrates elements ...
Nothing But A Man
by AAJ Staff
Ivan Dixon, Abbey Lincoln Nothing But a Man New Video Group 1964/2005 Beautifully shot in crisp black and white with especially excellent close-ups (thanks to co-producer/ co-writer/and cinematographer Robert Young), this 40-year old classic stars the young beautiful Abbey Lincoln (wigged over her black nationalist Afro of the time) as ...
Yannun Yannun
by Eyal Hareuveni
Grunewald, Weichselbaum, Finkelstein & Ziolkowsky Yannun Yannun Fact Records 2005 The current bloody conflict between the occupying Israelis and the occupied Palestinians has not produced much of an artistic commentary about the violent deadlock that both societies, Israeli as Palestinian, are trapped into. Yannun Yannun is a unique artistic statement--audio ...
