Solos - The Jazz Sessions - James Blood Ulmer - Part 2
Format: Music Concert
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The Jazz Sessions series spotlights unaccompanied performances by some of the legends and bright young stars of the jazz world. Designed and recorded specifically for television, this Solos DVD offers viewers front row seats for an intimate and unique jazz experience. Each program features complete musical pieces, insightful interviews, and behind-the-scenes footage. Shot in stunning HDTV with multiple moving cameras and a medley of elegant cinematic lighting, it showcases an exciting and dynamic variety of jazz styles – from the blues and boogie-woogie to bebop and the experimental.

Solos - The Jazz Sessions - Joe Lovano
Format: Music Concert
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Joe Lovano was born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1952, and began playing alto saxophone as a child. His father, tenor saxophonist Tony “Big T” Lovano, schooled young Joe in jazz dynamics and interpretation, and regularly exposed him to the live performances of international jazz artists such as Dizzy Gillespie, Gene Ammons, and Rahsaan Roland Kirk. In this special set of solo performances, Lovano uses a variety of horns and gongs to wind his way through several of his own compositions, some standards and some pure improvisations.Songs include: I'm All Over You • Fort Worth • Tones Shapes and Colors • Bass Space • Viva Caruso • Evolution • and more.

Solos - The Jazz Sessions - John Abercrombie
Format: Music Concert
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The Jazz Sessions series spotlights unaccompanied performances by some of the legends and bright young stars of the jazz world. Designed and recorded specifically for television, this Solos DVD offers viewers front row seats for an intimate and unique jazz experience. Each program features complete musical pieces, insightful interviews, and behind-the-scenes footage. Shot in stunning HDTV with multiple moving cameras and a medley of elegant cinematic lighting, it showcases an exciting and dynamic variety of jazz styles – from the blues and boogie-woogie to bebop and the experimental. Guitarist John Abercrombie combines bop and free jazz stylistic elements with electronics utilizing phase shifters, guitar synthesizers and the good old volume pedal. What has kept his playing fresh is his refusal to be chained to these digital devices. Tracks include: Open Land • Jazz Folk • Improvisation #3 • Convolution • Alice in Wonderland • A Nice Idea. 50 minutes.

Solos - The Jazz Sessions - John Abercrombie And Greg Oslo
Format: Music Concert
Distributed By: Planet Blue Pictures US
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The Jazz Sessions spotlights unaccompanied performances by some of the legends and bright young stars of the jazz world. Guitarist John Abercrombie combines bop and free jazz stylistic elements with electronics utilizing phase shifters, guitar synthesizers, and the good old volume pedal. Designed and recorded specifically for television, SOLOS offers viewers front row seats to an intimate and unique jazz experience. Each program features complete musical pieces, insightful interviews, and behind-the-scenes footage. Songs performed include: Open Land · Alice in Wonderland · A Nice Idea · and more. 50 minutes.

Solos - The Jazz Sessions - Lee Konitz
Format: Music Concert
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One of the most individual of all alto saxophone players, the cool-toned LEE KONITZ has always had a strong musical curiosity that has led him to consistently take chances and stretch himself, usually quite successfully. The Jazz Sessions spotlights unaccompanied performances by some of the legends and bright young stars of the jazz world. Designed and recorded specifically for television, SOLOS offers viewers front row seats for an intimate and unique jazz experience. Each program features complete musical pieces, insightful interviews, and behind-the-scenes footage. Shot in stunning HDTV with multiple moving cameras and a medley of elegant cinematic lighting, SOLOS showcases an exciting and dynamic variety of jazz styles - from the blues and boogie-woogie to bebop and the experimental.

Solos - The Jazz Sessions - Matthew Shipp
Format: Music Concert
Distributed By: Planet Blue Pictures US
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With his unique and recognizable style, pianist Matthew Shipp worked and recorded vigorously during the 1990s, creating music in which free jazz and modern classical intertwine. He first became known in the early '90s as the pianist in the David S. Ware Quartet, and soon began leading his own dates - most often including Ware bandmate, leading bassist William Parker - and recording a number of duets with a variety of musicians, from the legendary Roscoe Mitchell to violinist Mat Maneri, who began appearing on recordings in the 1990s. Through his range of live and recorded performances, and unswerving individual development, Shipp came to be regarded as a prolific and respected voice in creative music by the decade's close.

Solos - The Jazz Sessions - Steven Bernstein
Format: Music Concert
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The Jazz Sessions series spotlights unaccompanied performances by some of the legends and bright young stars of the jazz world. Designed and recorded specifically for television, this Solos DVD offers viewers front row seats for an intimate and unique jazz experience. Each program features complete musical pieces, insightful interviews, and behind-the-scenes footage. Shot in stunning HDTV with multiple moving cameras and a medley of elegant cinematic lighting, it showcases an exciting and dynamic variety of jazz styles - from the blues and boogie-woogie to bebop and the experimental. Steven Bernstein is a trumpeter/slide trumpeter, bandleader, arranger, and composer who lives outside of musical convention. In this intimate set of solo performances, Bernstein dedicates spontaneously improvised pieces to a variety of culture makers including Lenny Bruce, Sly Stone, Marianne Faithful, Leonard Cohen, Donny Hathaway, Roswell Rudd, Sam Rivers, Dickie Wells, and Don Cherry.

Sully Erna - Avalon Live
Format: Music Concert
Produced By: DC3 Global
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The long-awaited live Blu-Ray from Godsmack front man Sully Erna. This intimate solo show was shot on december 16, 2011 at the historic Wilbur Theatre in Boston, Mass in front of a sold-out crowd. Featuring some of his most intimate songs to date and from the critically-acclaimed CD ""Avalon.

Suzanna Lubrano: Live At Off Corso
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Format: Music Concert
Produced By: TransCity Records
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SUZANNA LUBRANO LIVE AT OFF-CORSO Suzanna Lubrano's debut DVD, Live at Off-Corso, features a stunning live performance. Live at Off-Corso was originally a TV concert, which has now been televised in numerous countries around the world including Brazil, Portugal and many more. Released on DVD in June 2010 this incredible performance stars a line-up of special guests and dancers including; Dutch saxophonist Candy Dulfer, Dutch idol contestant David Goncalves, Lantuna, the Lamba Zouk Dance team and the Brazilian Zouk Dance team.

The All Star Jazz Show Live From The Ed Sullivan
Format: Music Concert
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All-Star Jazz Show: Live From the Ed Sullivan Theater movie was released Sep 27, 2011 by the MVD Visual studio. Originally broadcast on CBS April 11, 1976, under the title THE ORIGINAL ROMPIN' STOMPIN' HOT AND HEAVY, COOL AND GROOVE ALL-STAR JAZZ SHOW, this concert ran as part of its parent network's LIVELY ARTS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE series. All-Star Jazz Show: Live From the Ed Sullivan Theater movie As staged at the Ed Sullivan Theater and directed by Gary Keys, it features performances by a who's-who of jazz legends who were still active at the time, including Lionel Hampton, Count Basie, Dizzy Gillespie and Stan Getz. All-Star Jazz Show: Live From the Ed Sullivan Theater video In the process, Keys also uses such elements as narration by host Dionne Warwick, and dance performances, to follow the evolution of jazz from classic American spirituals through the styles that became en vogue in the 1970s.

The Blues Collection - Live At Wilebski's
Format: Music Concert
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Recorded over three days during March of 1984 at Wilebski's Bar in Minnesota, the 2002 DVD Blues Collection: Live at Wilebski's features performances from a variety of renowned performers, including John Lee Hooker, Dr. John, and Lady Bianca, among others. But its title is a tad misleading, as not all of the performers are blues artists -- as evidenced by a pair of obscure outfits: the funk-based Willie & the Bees and the blues-rock of the Minnesota Barking Ducks. Due to time restrictions, most of the artists get only one song each on the set, as standouts include Hooker's classic "Boom Boom," Lady Bianca's soulful reading of "Imagination," Baby Doo Caston's "Low Down Dog," and Dr. John's "You Lied Too Much." Also included with the DVD are several bonus features, including individual artist biographies, the all-time blues Top 50, the story of the blues, and a blues trivia quiz, among others. Blues Collection: Live at Wilebski's is certainly not a true blues set, but still contains some fine performances.

The Boarderers Live
Format: Music Concert
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The BordererS from Adelaide have forged a reputation for frenetic, energetic live performances, built on the back of relentless touring.

The Chick Corea - Electric Band
Format: Music Concert
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Chick has a long history of reinvention — not least of which was the stunning high-velocity jazz-rock of Return to Forever. In 1986, after a long period of high-profile, mostly acoustic collaborations, Chick assembled the Elektric Band, a plugged-in unit so tight and flawless that it reinvigorated jazz for a new generation. Their first album, The Chick Corea Elektric Band, is a stunner: from the opening flourish of “City Gate,” Chick was clearly announcing a new direction. The lineup of young masters — Scott Henderson and Carlos Rios on guitar, bassist John Patitucci and drummer Dave Weckl — simply inhabit Chick’s new compositions, creating instant classics out of tunes like “Got A Match?” and “Elektric City.”

The Cry Of Jazz - Feat. Sun Ra And His Orchestra
Format: Music Concert
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Edward O. Blands polemical essay on the politics of music and race filmed in Chicago and finished in 1959. It is a landmark moment in black film, forseeing the civil unrest of subsequent decades. Also featured is the only known footage of of visionary pianist Sun Ra.

The Dead Abigails
Format: Music Concert
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The Dead Abigails formed in the summer of 2001 when Carl Fidler (vocals), Jason Whatley (keys) and Glenn Moorhouse (guitar) joined forces with Corey Gilham (bass) and Randall Stafford (kit) to produce their unique blend of pop infused rock! The sound was infectious and soon spread to the ears of suits on both a national and international level resulting in the band signing with management both here and overseas. Taking their live show throughout Tasmania, Victoria, S.A. and N.S.W., their touring culminating in a whirlwind two weeks in the U.K. playing to 30 000 plus audiences at Wiltshire Festival and in the shadows of Ripley Castle in the north of England.

The Ernie Watts Quartet - Live
Format: Music Concert
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Recorded live at the St. Anthony Main Street Festival on July 24, 1986, the Ernie Watts Quartet's contribution to the Some Call It Jazz series from Quantum Leap/MVD contains 60 minutes of great music and little in the way of liner notes and additional information. Some of the better camera work from the assorted programs taped by producer/director Gregg Kubera is found on this 58-and-a-half-minute DVD. It's a very enjoyable hour of Watts' "analog saxophone" with the usual people milling about during the street festival. Perhaps it was because of Watts' status as a Grammy winner that the camera crew decided to keep this concert in focus -- or maybe they had so much practice taping the various events with Randy Sabien and Brian Torff & Manfredo Fest that this time they got it right. The Don Rice audio is once again superb, with the piano, bass, and drums mixed to perfection. All the releases in this series from MVD with these important artists are lo-fi delights, and this is one of the best -- 60 minutes of Ernie Watts' sax wailing with superb accompaniment is a nice video find.

The Fabulous Dorseys
Format: Music Concert
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The rise and rise of the Fabulous Dorsey brothers is charted in this whimsical step down memory lane, Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey play themselves in this vehicle for their excellent music. From being raised by their father who insists on them learning music, to the split that just saw their careers rise even further.

The Jazz Collections - Legend Series
Format: Music Concert
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Stan Getz, Dexter Gordon, Dizzy Gillespie, Red Rodney... These are names synonymous with the great Jazz Age. The Legends Series features all these wonderful artists and others doing simply what they loved and lived for, playing jazz.