"Actor: Herbie Hancock"

• Miles Davis - Around Midnight | DVD | (22/10/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £8.99

  Miles Davis: Around Midnight

• Herbie Hancock - The Jazz Channel Presents Herbie Hancock | DVD | (29/10/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Few jazz artists can claim the versatility and breadth of musical sympathies of Herbie Hancock. His 1998 album Gershwin's World marked the centenary of the composer by putting his music in the context of the origins of jazz and ragtime, and featured a range of star singers. Taking the album on the road, the individual numbers gradually became abstracted into the instrumentals to be heard here. So in addition to Gershwin's "Fascinatin' Rhythm" and "The Man I Love", we're treated to James P Johnson's "Blueberry Rhyme", WC Handy's "St. Louis Blues", Ellington's "Cotton Tail", and Hancock's own "Here Come Da Honey Man", "Cantaloupe Island", "One Finger Snap" and "Maiden Voyage". The sextet is a well-balanced and responsive one--in addition to Hancock on piano and occasional synthesizer, there's Cyril Battista on percussion, Terrylyn Carrington on drums, Ira Coleman on bass, Eddie Henderson on trumpet and flugelhorn, and Eli Dugiberry on saxophones. Beginning with short, punchy numbers, the concert builds to an inventive confrontation between piano, bass and drums, before the lengthy finale featuring bittersweet trumpet and sax. A beautifully judged programme, filmed in subdued lighting before an attentive late-night audience. There's also a 10-minute post-concert interview with Hancock. If you want to hear a modern master at the relaxed height of his powers, you won't do better than this performance.--Richard Whitehouse

• We Are The Future - Various | DVD | (22/01/2007) from £5.99   |  Saving you £9.00 (150.25%)   |  RRP £14.99

  On a chilly evening in 2004 more than 500.000 fans crowd into the historic Circus Maximus Theatre in Rome for a spectacular star-studded night of music and hope in a special evening organised by Quincy Jones and dedicated to impoverished children from war-torn countries around the globe Carlos Santana kicks off the mega concert and legendary performances just keep coming ! Pop and classical phenomenon Andrea Bocelli brings down the house followed by a breathtaking performance by Norah Jones and special appearances by celebrity goodwill ambassadors Angelina Jolie Naomi Campbell and others Filmed by well-known British director Julia Knowles We Are the Future is an inspiring emotional musical event on a par with Live Aid and Live8 that will linger in your heart long after the music fades !

• Herbie Hancock - Future 2 Future - Live | DVD | (10/03/2003) from £9.70   |  Saving you £-3.71 (-61.90%)   |  RRP £5.99

  This DVD presents a full-length club performance capturing Herbie Hancock's triumphant return to the era-defining electric funk sound of the 1970s. The sold-out performance at the Knitting Factory in Los Angeles was beautifully shot on 8 cameras and recorded in the highest fidelity available. Track Listing: Wisdom; Kebero; This Is DJ Disk; Dolphin Dance; Virtual Hornets; The Essence; Butterfly; Tony Williams; Rockit; Chameleon.

• Parallel Realities | DVD | (01/01/2010) from £20.80   |  Saving you £-1.81 (-9.50%)   |  RRP £18.99

  Parallel Realities Live