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Jazz Masters - Vintage Collection 1958-1961 (2004)

Posted By: Melaron

Date: 9 Oct 2011 11:39:54

Jazz Masters - Vintage Collection 1958-1961 (2004)
DVD-9 | Runtime: 101 min. | 6,06 Gb | Copy: Untouched
Video: NTSC, MPEG Video at 6 977 Kbps, 720 x 480 (1.333) at 29.970 fps | Audio: AC-3 6 channels at 448 Kbps, PCM 2 channels at 1 536 Kbps, 48.0 KHz
Genre: Jazz, Classic Jazz | Label: Warner Music Vision | Subtitles: English, French, German, Japanese, Portuguese, Spanish

An all-star studio session capturing some of the giants of post-war jazz performing a series of classic set pieces. Also features jazz material from vintage American television with performances from Ahmad Jamal and Buck Clayton plus the 'Sound of Miles Davis' broadcast in its entirety with Miles and the incomparable John Coltrane in one of his few surviving TV appearances.

VOLUME 1
Here is perhaps the most famous jazz broadcast of all time. Assembled in one all-star studio session, some of the giants of post-war jazz, captured in a smoke-filled room, perform a series of classic setpieces. HENRY RED ALLEN, PEE WEE RUSSELL, COLEMAN HAWKINS and COUNT BASIE play vibrant blues; THELONIOUS MONK, unapproachably cool, plays one of his extraordinary tunes. JIMMY GIUFFRE does this wonderfully modern pastoral. 'The Train And The River', and JIMMY RUSHING sings an ancient blues, with the crew-cut figure of GERRY MULLIGAN helping out in the band. But the heartstopping sequence is of BILLIE HOLIDAY, almost at the end of her career, singing the most beautiful and moving version of 'Fine and Mellow' you can imagine; LESTER YOUNG, her lifelong friend, is one of her accompanists. Respectful yet uncompromising, this is one of the most valuable and enjoyable jazz documents of its period.

VOLUME 2 (on the same disc)
More priceless jazz material drawn from vintage American television. the opening sequence features a couple of tunes from pianist AHMAD JAMAL and a lovely ballad performance from tenor saxophonist BEN WEBSTER, later joined by CHUCK CLAYTON and VIC DICKENSON. But the second course if even more exciting, the legendary 'SOUND OF MILES DAVIS' broadcast in its entirety. The music includes a long, grippingly intense recording of 'So What', featuring MILES and the incomparable JOHN COLTRANE in one of his few surviving TV appearances, plus a feature for the trumpeter in front of a big band under the casual direction of long-time associate GIL EVANS. Despite the offhand demeanour of the camerawork and MILES'S customary so-what attitude, the film captures a magical spontaneity in the playing. The atmosphere of this occasion is still electrifying, more than forty years later.

Artists:
- Gil Evans Big Band
- Ben Webster Sextet
- Lester Young
- Jimmy Giuffre Trio
- Buck Clayton
- Miles Davis Quintet
- John Coltrane
- Red Allen Octet
- Ahmad Jamal Trio
- Count Basie & His Orchestra
- Thelonious Monk Trio
- Jimmy Rushing
- Billie Holiday

Tracklist:
01. The Count's Blues - Count Basie & His Orchestra
02. Wild man Blues - Red Allen Octet
03. Rosetta Blues - Red Allen Octet
04. Blue Monk - Thelonious Monk Trio
05. I left my baby - Jimmy Rushing
06. Dickie's dream - Count Basie & His Orchestra
07. Fine and mellow - Billie Holiday
08. The train & the river - Jimmy Giuffre Trio
09. Darn that dream - Ahmad Jamal Trio
10. Ahmad's Blues - Ahmad Jamal Trio
11. Chelsea bridge - Ben Webster Sextet
12. Duke's place - Ben Webster Sextet
13. So what - Miles Davis Quintet
14. The Duke and Orchestral - Gil Evans Big Band; Miles Davis Quintet
15. Sketches N. 1 & N. 2 - Gil Evans Big Band; Miles Davis Quintet

Features:
- Direct Scene Access
- Interactive Menu