V.A. - The Greatest Jazz Films Ever (2003) [2DVD Set] Re-up

2-DVD collection Featuring Charlie Parker, Lester Young, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Billie Holiday and more! This incredible new 2-DVD set captures some of the most legendary and often discussed jazz films.

DVD 1

Jammin' the Blues: A classic studio short film documenting a jam session with some of the finest instrumentalists in jazz: Lester Young, Harry Edison, Illinois Jacquet, Sid Catlett, Barney Kessel, Jo Jones and others.

01. Midnight Symphony
02. On the Sunny Side of the Street
03. Jammin' the Blues

Be Bop’s Nest: The only Charlie Parker television appearance on the Stage Entrance show with Dizzy Gillespie and others.

04. Hot House

Jazz at The Philharmonic: A great studio short film offering five treasury clips featuring Coleman Hawkins, Charlie Parker, Lester Young, Harry Edison, Hank Jones, Ray Brown, Buddy Rich, Ella Fitzgerald, and others.

05. Ballade
06. Celibrity
07. Ad Lib
08. Pennies from Heaven
09. Blues for Greasy

The Sound of Miles Davis (Complete Edition): The exemplary television program featuring the Miles Davis Quintet with John Coltrane, Wynton Kelly, Paul Chambers and Jimmy Cobb, plus the Gil Evans Orchestra.

10. So What
11. Duke
12. Blues for Pablo
13. New Rhumba




DVD 2

The Sound of Jazz (Complete Edition): One of the great glorious moments on television containing memorable sequences with Billie Holiday, Lester Young, the Thelonious Monk Trio, Henry “Red” Allen and his All Stars, Count Basie Orchestra, and the Jimmy Giuffre Trio with Jim Hall and Pee Wee Russell as a special guest.

01. Open All Night/Blues
02. Count Blues
03. Wild Man Blues
04. Rosetta
05. Dickie's Dream
06. Blue Monk
07. I Left My Baby
08. Fine & Mellow
09. Train & the River
10. Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives to Me

Jazz from Studio 61: With the original Ahmad Jamal Trio and the Ben Webster Quintet accompanied by Buck Clayton, Hank Jones, Vic Dickenson, George Duvivier and Jo Jones.

11. Darn That Dream
12. Аhmad's Blues
13. Chelsea Bridge
14. Duke's Place




SEE also:
V.A. 2006 Jazz Shots Collection [6xDVD5]