Results for "Video / DVD"

DVD Review: Spike Lee Films "Passing Strange"

January 14, 2010

Some stage plays and musicals are adapted into films. Others are simply filmed. That would seem to be the easier gigbut if youve suffered through one where the camera never moved, or never seemed to be in the right place, and the whole static bore made you wonder why anyone thought it was worthwhile to see ...

Brecker and Blake

January 14, 2010

Speaking of Seamus Blake (see the item below), I looked for a video clip with him in action and came across one of the 28-year-old Blake in heavy company. He follows the late Michael Brecker in solo on Charles Mingus's “Goodbye Porkpie Hat." All of the other information I can give you is that this was ...

Pat Metheny Introduces "Orchestrion"

January 14, 2010

The British Invasion is Coming On DVD

January 11, 2010

New DVD series captures classic artists of the original British Invasion with vintage complete TV performances from their heyday! Dusty Springfield - Once Upon A Time 1964-1969 Small Faces - All Or Nothing 1965-1968 Herman's Hermits - Listen People 1964-1969 Gerry & The Pacemakers - It's Gonna Be All Right 1963-1965 The Invasion Arrives March 23, ...

Eagle Releases 'A Concert by the Lake' in Blu-Ray Format Only - February 16

January 11, 2010

An All-Star Blu-Ray Blast A CONCERT BY THE LAKE: Featuring Ringo Starr, Eric Clapton, Roger Taylor, and many others! Release Date February 16, 2010 New York, NY (January 11, 2010) --It's officially 2010, and Eagle Rock Entertainment is ready to keep the good times rolling for the concert Blu-ray circuit. On February 16, an all-star assemblage ...

Music-Video "Living at Wal-Mart" Catches Momentum, Goes Viral

January 11, 2010

What do you do when life hands you lemons? When musician and former Maine resident Pat Pepin found herself facing foreclosure, she did what she does best. She wrote a song. Packing her personal belongings into her RV, she traveled south to Wilmington, North Carolina where, with the help of her friend, Michele Seidman, a musician, ...

STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Three from Douglas Ewart

January 10, 2010

This week, let's check out some videos featuring Douglas Ewart, a multi-instrumentalist and instrument builder who will be in St. Louis on Saturday, January 30 to perform in a duo concert with bassist Zimbabwe Nkenya at the Kranzberg Arts Center.Born in Jamaica in 1956, Ewart moved ...

STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Four from the Bad Plus

January 3, 2010

Today, we turn our video spotlight on The Bad Plus, who will be returning to St. Louis next Wednesday, January 6 through Saturday, January 9 to perform at Jazz at the Bistro.The collective/cooperative trio, which includes Ethan Iverson on piano, Reid Anderson on bass, and drummer ...

Guaraldi with Spoon and Webster

January 1, 2010

This seems to be the week for unexpected videos to materialize. In the piece highlighted in the previous exhibit, Jack Berry joined me in lamenting that we could find no evidence of Vince Guaraldi on film or tape. Jazz writer Ken Dryden came to the rescue this morning with a reminder that Guaraldi's trio backed Jimmy ...

Weekend Extra: Herman Before the Herd

December 28, 2009

Two year after he took over the Isham Jones band, Woody Herman had infused it with his personality and leadership. We see and hear evidence in this piece from a film short made in 1938. It may seem a quaint choice of material, but in the late thirties, King Oliver's “Doctor Jazz" was still a minor ...