"Actor: Gil Evans"

• Pride | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £7.05   |  Saving you £12.94 (183.55%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Set in the summer of 1984 – Margaret Thatcher is in power and the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) is on strike. At the Gay Pride March in London a group of gay and lesbian activists decides to raise money to support the families of the striking miners. But there is a problem. The Union seems embarrassed to receive their support. But the activists are not deterred. They decide to ignore the Union and go direct to the miners. They identify a mining village in deepest Wales and set off in a mini bus to make their donation in person. And so begins the extraordinary story of two seemingly alien communities who form a surprising and ultimately triumphant partnership.

• Under Siege/Under Siege 2 | Blu Ray | (11/09/2017) from £6.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Double bill of action thrillers starring Steven Seagal as ex-Navy SEAL-turned-cook Casey Ryback. In 'Under Siege' (1992) Ryback has to prevent a group of military mercenaries led by ex-CIA operative Bill Strannix and his Executive Officer Commander Krill (Tommy Lee Jones and Gary Busey) from hijacking the battleship USS Missouri and stealing its store of nuclear weapons. 'Under Siege 2 - Dark Territory' (1995) sees the newly-retired Ryback attempting to prevent a team of terrorists on a hijacked passenger train from using a weapons satellite to destroy Washington D.C..

• Hemoglobin | DVD | (12/04/2005) from £14.98   |  Saving you £-8.99 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  In the middle of the 17th Century Eva Van Damme a Dutch aristocrat left Holland for the reckless spoils of the New World. She and her clan built a great mansion in New England cut themselves off from the rest of society and eventually disappeared from view altogether. It was here she revealed in her dark obsession one that had driven the Van Damme's from their Dutch home her insatiable sexual appetite for her twin brother.. More than three centuries later a ferry carries ailing John Strauss and his wife Kathleen to an eerie New England community. He is dying from a mysterious blood disease and has traced his roots to this enclosed island in the vain hope he may discover some key to his condition. Strauss knows he was born here but as a baby he was sent to Paris and subsequently adopted if he can find his relatives he may be saved. However as he will soon discover death can sometimes be a sweet release.

• The Years Between | DVD | (24/07/2006) from £18.96   |  Saving you £-2.98 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Michael Redgrave Valerie Hobson Flora Robson and Felix Aylmer star in this moving and sophisticated story of love and loss set against the backdrop of the Second World War and based on the play by Daphne Du Maurier. After hearing news that her officer husband has been killed in battle Diana Wentworth forges a new life for herself becoming an MP and learning to love again. Then out of the blue comes the shattering news that her husband is not dead after all...

• Gil Evans - Live In Paris 1987 | DVD | (21/03/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  One of the most significant arrangers in Jazz history Gil Evans' three album-length collaborations with Miles Davis (Miles Ahead Porgy And Bess and Sketches Of Spain) are all considered classics. This DVD is presents his 1987 performance at the Theatre De La Ville Paris. Tracklist: 1. London (Intro) 2. Stone Free 3. Bird And Bud 4. Up From The Skies 5. Orange Was The Colour Of Her Dress 6. Golden Hair 7. London

• RMS In Concert With Special Guest Gil Evans | DVD | (21/01/2013) from £13.48   |  Saving you £-3.49 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Ray Russell Mo Foster and Simon Philips (aka RMS) flew in from London and Gil Evans flew in from New York. That evening further inspired by the beautiful music of Herbie Hancock who preceded them on stage the band played a wide ranging collection of titles. Everyone had a ball and as a the final chord died away Gil shook his clasped hands above his head his familiar gesture seeming to say 'we got there'. Tracklisting: 1. Broadway Rundown 2. First Love 3. The Whole Of Tomorrow 4

• Gil Evans and Orchestra - Live in Lugano | DVD | (31/10/2005) from £6.87   |  Saving you £14.38 (256.33%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Recorded live at the Palazzo dei Congressi Lugano 27 January 1983.Tracklisting:Copenhagen SightsFriday The 13thVariation On The MiseryWaltzOrange Was The Colour Of Her Dress Then Blue SilkStone FreeHere Come De Honey ManGone Gone Gone

• Steve Lacy - Lift the Bandstand | DVD | (04/12/2006) from £6.73   |  Saving you £2.26 (33.58%)   |  RRP £8.99

  This indispensable DVD offers one of the most interesting films ever made about a modern experimental jazz pioneering. The star is Steve Lacy the soprano sax innovator talking about his musical concepts and his major influences from Sidney Bechet to John Coltrane Cecil Taylor Gil Evans and Thelonious Monk who showed him the way to 'lift the bandstand'.The documentary film directed by Peter Bull presents clips of all these artists who underpin the human inspirations behind Lacy's processing of sly wit precise abstraction and mystical method. He's revealed as a sort of post-modern modernist whose music can sing it's laughing at itself crying.

• Gil Evans And His Orchestra | DVD | (01/07/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Gil Evans and his Orchestra captures the great jazz pianist in concert at the Palazzo dei Congressi, Lugano on January 27, 1983. Aged 70 at the time, Evans shows no sign of flagging invention as, accompanied by his 18-piece big band, he traverses 10 numbers in just under an hour. Indeed, the 57-minute running length gives away that the concert is a version edited to fill an hour television slot; it would have been nice to have the full gig restored for DVD. Otherwise this is a fine show, with Evans fronting such luminaries as Billy Cobham, drums; Mike Mainieri, vibes; and Michael and Randy Brecker, tenor sax and trumpet respectively. Numbers are evenly divided between Evans originals, from an expansive 10-minute introductory workout on "Hotel Me", to a "Waltz" in duple time to a selection of standards. Thelonious Monk's "Friday the 13th" is ingeniously deconstructed and never quite put back together, Gershwin's "The Honey Man" is reborn in decidedly funky guise. Inevitably Evans finds room for some Hendrix, "Stone Free" making the cut with some glorious playing by John Clark on French horn. This is essential for Evans aficionados and a more than solid introduction to a jazz master for those who wish to get to know his music. On the DVD: Gil Evans and his Orchestra on disc has a 4:3 picture that is very good for a live, shot on video concert film, with only some soft focus long shots and "trails" on panning shots across lights revealing the limitations of the original footage. The sound is available in good PCM stereo, very good 5.1 Dolby Digital and excellent 5.1 DTS. This latter soundtrack offers superb detail and presence combined with a subtle three-dimensional ambience. Extras are a basic text biography of Evans and eight trailers for TDK jazz DVDs.--Gary S Dalkin

• Jazz In Paris - Vol. 2 - Evans, Humair and Laurent Orchestra | DVD | (23/01/2006) from £5.97   |  Saving you £27.02 (452.60%)   |  RRP £32.99

  The Paris Jazz Festival is a tradition in the jazz concert calendar with artists from around the world delighted to accept an invitation to perform. The unique 1987 Paris Jazz Festival series not only captures some of Jazz's finest innovators in concert but also the rehearsals for this prestigious event and candid backstage interviews with the artists. Disc 1 - Gil Evans and the Laurent Cugny Light Orchestra: 1. Up From the Skies 2. Stone Free 3. Orange was the Colour of He

• Gil Evans and His Orchestra | DVD | (21/01/2008) from £15.69   |  Saving you £8.30 (34.60%)   |  RRP £23.99

  Gil Evans one of the most notable arrangers and composers of the 20th century lent his conducting talents to jazz great Miles Davis (creating the landmark Birth of Cool) and played with the ""Who's Who"" of jazz history. From collaborating with Charlie Parker and Cannonball Adderley to Art Blakey and Gerry Mulligan Evans' name is synonymous with jazz excellence. In this exclusive concert performance on DVD Gil Evans leads an all-star band which includes Randy and Michael Brecker Billy Cobham Lew Soloff and Mike Manieri. Song selections include Hotel Me Stone Free Here Comes de Honey Man Friday the 13th and more.

• Sting And Gil Evans - Strange Fruit | DVD | (13/11/2006) from £17.71   |  Saving you £6.28 (35.46%)   |  RRP £23.99

  Sting & Gil Evans with Branford Marsalis Tracks Include: Up From The Skies Strange Fruit There Comes A Time Consider Me Gone Murder By Numbers Synchronicity Roxanne Walking On The Moon Message In A Bottle