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Billie Holiday - The Genius of Lady Day * DVD

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Billie Holiday

Regio 0; ENG

The tumultuous and erratic existence of an irresistible woman and a legendary artist tormentend by drug-addiction and racial prejudice viewed through her best songs, images and films. This DVD uncovers the life and career of this Dark Lady of the Sonnets, including many bonus tracks with rare TV and movie clips.

Errorfilms; Jazz Memories, , , DVD

DVD € 11,95

Charlie Byrd Trio - Shiny Stockings * DVD

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Charlie Byrd, Joe Byrd, Chuck Redd
Recorded at Duke's Place, New Orleans 1993

Regio ALL; ENG

Together with brother Joe Byrd on bass and Chuck Redd on drums, this compatible trio had played together many times over the years and their empathy is apparent throughout: highlights include Ellington's joyful
It Don't Mean a Thing, Fats Waller's lively Jitterburg Waltz, the melancholy blues Trouble in Mind, a Samba number of course, and Jobim's typically dreamy Wave.

Alpha Centauri Entertainment, 2005, , DVD

DVD € 12,95

Chick Corea Elektric Band, The - Sidewalk * DVD

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Chick Corea, John Patitucci, Dave Weckl
Live at the Iowa State University, 1987

Regio ALL; ENG

In 1986 Corea returned again to the electric instrument, using a variety of Synclaviers and Yamahas, and launched the Elektric Band who perform at this concert. Corea and his two accompanists continued to work as a trio for several more years, always restlessly exploring new ideas.

Alpha Centauri Entertainment, 2005, , DVD

DVD € 12,95

Dizzy Gillespie - Summer Jazz * DVD

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Dizzi Gillespie, John Lee, Ignacia Berroa, a.o.
Live at New Jersey Summer Festival, 1987

Regio ALL; ENG

Gillespie himself died in 1993, but this fascinating concert finds the quintet performing the two extended excerpts from Shifrin, and also three notable pieces of Dizzy's with Birk's Work, his best-selling
composition Manteca and the immortal Night In Tunisia which is chosen to provide a suitable climax to the performance.

Alpha Centauri Entertainment, 2005, , DVD

DVD € 12,95

Ella and Basie - The Perfect Match, '79 * DVD

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Norman Granz' Jazz in Montreux presents:

Regio 0; ENG

Ella Fitzgerald and the Count Basie Orchestra. This concert is the perfect example of how to swing. The ideal combination of Ella Fitzgerald, at the height of her powers in 1979, with the Count Basie Orchestra and then
accompanied by the great man himself, leads to a sublime evening with versions of such Ella classics as Flying Home and A-Tisket, A-Tasket.

Eagle Vision, 2004, 85:00, DVD

DVD € 18,95

Feel Like Going Home - Een film van Martin Scorsese * DVD

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Corey Harris, Willie King, Taj Mahal, a.o.

Regio 2; ENG; ondertiteling: NL, FR

Regisseur Martin Scorsese gaat op zoek naar de oorsprong van de blues via de Niger-rivier in het Afrikaanse Mali naar de katoenvelden en kroegen in de Amerikaanse Mississippi Delta.

Afilm, 2005, , DVD

DVD € 12,95

 

Freddie Hubbard - All Blues * DVD

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Freddie Hubbard, Michal Urbaniak, Donald Braden, a.o.
Live at the Warsaw Jamboree Jazz Festival, 1991

Regio ALL; ENG

In 1991 Gillespie recorded two albums in Poland, and this Warsaw concert of the same year includes a version of All Blues, a composition featured on Davis's chamber-jazz masterpiece Kind of Blue. Also included here is
a fine version of the song strongly associated with Billie Holiday, God Bless The Child, and Hubbard's special guest on the session is Michal Urbaniak, the most well-known Polish Jazz musician.

Alpha Centauri Entertainment, 2004, , DVD

DVD € 12,95

Herbie Hancock - Future 2 Future: Live * DVD

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Herbie Hancock

Regio 2; ENG

This DVD brings you a full-length club performance capturing Herbie Hancock's triumphant 2002 return to the era-defining electric funk sound of the 1970s. The concert was recorded live at the Knitting Factory in LA.

MX, 2002, 104:00, DVD

DVD € 10,95

Herbie Hancock and Friends - Een documentaire van Doug Biro en John Fine * DVD

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Sting, Christina Aguilera, Carlos Santana, Paul Simon a.o.

Regio 2; ENG; ondertiteling: NL

Hij is een van de grootste jazz-muzikanten -Herbie Hancock. Deze documentaire volgt Hancock tijdens de opnamen van zijn album Possibilities, waarvoor hij samenwerkt met andere grootheden, zoals Sting, Annie Lennox, Paul Simon e.a.
Dit levert een openhartige uiteenzetting op van Hancocks muzikale aanpak, die wordt afgewisseld met een blik op zijn verleden.

Dutch Filmworks, 2006, 91:00, DVD

DVD € 12,95

Jimmy Rosenberg - De vader, de zoon en het talent: Inside the Music * DVD

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Een film van Jeroen Berkvens

Regio 2; NL; ondertiteling: NL, ENG

Jimmy is een Sinti zigeuner, maar vooral gitarist. Hij gold reeds op 12-jarige leeftijd als een van de grootste talenten van de wereld en werd gezien als de opvolger van de gitaarlegende Django Reinhardt. Terwijl zijn ster snel steeg, verloor hij echter de grip op zijn leven.

A Film, 2007, , DVD

DVD € 10,95

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