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Herbie Hancock Trio: Hurricane
by John Kelman
What a difference twenty years can make. Compare pianist Herbie Hancock's recent collaboration with Wayne Shorter, Dave Holland and Brian Blade with this DVD release of a 1984 Swiss concert featuring bassist Ron Carter and drummer Billy Cobham, and the most notable and refreshing quality is that of growth and evolution. Of course Hancock has demonstrated ...
A Salute to Buddy Rich
by John Kelman
When drum legend Buddy Rich's daughter Cathy decided to organize a tribute to her late father, the choice of drummers was on one hand predictable, on the other, surprising. Steve Smith had, of course, formed a small group, Buddy's Buddies, with alumni from Rich's big band, and both he and Dennis Chambers were vocal about the ...
The Black Big Bands: Four Swinging Big Bands from a Bygone Era
by Jim Santella
The Black Big Bands Cab Calloway, Lucky Millinder, Andy Kirk, Billy Eckstine Storyville 2004 With these historical black & white shorts, we can feel the Swing Era in full bloom. Key artists are featured, doing much more than merely sitting in their chairs while performing. Swing fever had ...
The Miles Davis Story
by Colin Fleming
A virulent sort of man with a bent for misogyny, selfishness, and a deep rooted, almost fanatical racism, Miles Davis, as his music asserted and any thoughtful analysis confirms, was also one of jazz's three or four greatest artists, an individual belonging to group of men with sublime and graceful talent who also happen to embody ...
The Sound of Jazz
by Colin Fleming
Oddly omitting Thelonious Monk, this DVD presentation of CBS Television's The Sound of Jazz still rates near the top of jazz on the small screen, albeit in a somewhat diminished capacity, lagging behind the earlier VHS release. But for most jazz fans, any edition of The Sound of Jazz still boasts, regardless of drawbacks, the ultimate ...
Blue Wild Angel: Jimi Hendrix at the Isle of Wight
by Colin Fleming
Principally a concert film of Jimi Hendrix's set at the 1970 Isle of Wight Festival, his last British date, Blue Wild Angel begins, not with the show itself, but with material gathered from several sources. We see Hendrix with Dick Cavett, at Berkeley, and at Woodstock, each image and bit of narration presumably a primer for ...
Los Hombres Calientes: Live at the House of Blues
by Jim Santella
Los Hombres Calientes Los Hombres Calientes - Live Basin Street 2004 Con mucho calor! Recorded at the House of Blues in New Orleans, this performance features a hot band exploring Latin Jazz from both a veteran's viewpoint and from advanced studies of the genre. A performance by Los ...
Buddy Rich Live at the 1982 Montreal Jazz Festival
by John Kelman
When one thinks of drummer Buddy Rich what comes to mind, first and foremost, are impressions of a brash personality and an even more outgoing drumming style. And while it is true that the majority of Rich's output with his various big bands falls in the camp of extroversion with bold, bright virtuoso playing, equally impressive ...
Bass Day '98
by John Kelman
Hosted by John Patitucci, Bass Day ‘98 documents an annual event put on by The Bass Collective and Bass Player Magazine, dedicated to the bass – acoustic, electric, fretted, fretless, four-string, five-string, six-string...whatever the flavour. While this DVD release, which excerpts four outstanding performances and a number of interviews from that day in 1998, will clearly ...
The Abercrombie/Erskine/Mintzer/Patitucci Band: Live in New York City
by John Kelman
While Hudson Music is primarily known for their instructional videos and, more recently, DVDs, the fact is that many of their titles, while academically interesting for the student, are worthwhile to the non-musician for their exceptional concert footage. They have been reissuing some of their more popular video titles on DVD, and it's as good a ...
