Jazz Icons: Wes Montgomery shines a light on one of the most unique and influential guitarists in music history. These beautifully filmed programs from the spring of 1965 feature Wes, in intimate studio settings, leading three different lineups through some of his best-known tunes, including Four On Six, Jingles and West Coast Blues.This rare footage, complete with rehearsals, between-song banter and closeup camera angles, illuminates Wes's extraordinary musical vocabulary and unconventional picking technique. An in-depth, song-by-song analysis by legendary jazz guitarist Pat Metheny makes this DVD a guitar lover's dream.
In 1959 screenwriter Rod Serling first opened the door to the "dimension of imagination" that is The Twilight Zone, a show quite unlike anything that had gone before, and better than much that has followed in its wake. This original and daring television series ran for five seasons from 1959 to 1964 and still looks as fresh as ever, particularly on DVD. What distinguished the series was the quality of the scripts, many of which were penned by Serling, but with significant contributions from veteran sci-fi authors and screenwriters such as Richard Matheson. Actors of the calibre of Robert Redford, Burgess Meredith, Lee Marvin and William Shatner gave some of their best small-screen performances, while an unforgettable main title theme by Bernard Herrmann and musical contributions from young turks such as Jerry Goldsmith underlined the show's attraction for great creative talent both behind and in front of the cameras.Volume 4 cherry-picks four of the show's more diverse episodes. In "Mr Dingle the Strong" (episode 55) alien visitors experiment on a hapless human, but instead of sinister X Files horror, Serling plays it for laughs. Despite the sparkling presence of Burgess Meredith (the closest the series came to a regular star), this one-joke plot demonstrates why the Zone only rarely ventured into comedy. "Two" (episode 66) pits a characteristically taciturn Charles Bronson against an even more stoical Elizabeth Montgomery, two soldiers from opposing sides who must rediscover themselves as the last man and woman and play Adam and Eve in a post-holocaust world. "A Passage for Trumpet" (episode 32) casts Jack Klugman (The Odd Couple, Quincy) as a downtrodden trumpeter who, in a jazz rewrite of It's a Wonderful Life, learns to value life. Nice. Finally, "The Four of Us are Dying" (episode 13) employs four different actors to play the same character, a "cheap little con-man" whose ability to change his features at will doesn't prevent his deserved comeuppance (more jazz here, this time in a wonderfully jagged underscore from Jerry Goldsmith).On the DVD: A neat animated menu with a winking eye guides the viewer "Inside the Twilight Zone", which consists of digests of background information on the individual episodes, as well as a general history of the show, season-by-season breakdown and a potted biography of Serling. --Mark Walker
Outstanding DVD series pays homage to the two US coasts namely the cities of New York and Los Angeles which have contributed so fundamentally to the whole history of Jazz. The focus is exclusively on live performance - clubs festivals TV studio engagements -- without any comperes or introductions.One hour & seven minutes of music on film from Wes Montgomery Gerry Mulligan Shorty Rogers Paul Desmond Teddy Edwards and Lester Young (placed in this category because of his influence on West Coast saxophonists)
Experience the finest broadcast performances from the very highest echelon of the jazz world. Evolution celebrates the best artists at the very peak of their respective careers! These classic full length performances are from Saturday Night Live The Grammy Awards and The Bonzo Dog Bands 40th Anniversary Celebration. Tracklist: 1. Duke Ellington - Medley 2. Louis Armstrong - Mame 3. Ray Charles - What'd I Say 4. BB King - Ain't Nobody Home 5. Miles Davis - Jean Pierre 6. Bonzo Dog Band - My Brother Makes The Noises For The Talkies 7. Preservation Hall Jazz Band - Panama 8. Leon Redbone - Champagne Charlie/ Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone 9. Oscar Peterson - Special Performance 10. Wes Montgomery - Goin' Out Of My Head 11. Keith Jarrett - Country/ My Song 12. Sun Ra - Space Is The Place / Space Loneliness
Set 1 Play List: 1. Yesterdays 2. Jingles 3. Around Midnight 4. Twisted Blues 5. Full House Recorded In London England March 25 1965 Band Line Up Wes Montgomery (G) Harold Mabern (P) Arthur Harper (B) Jimmy Lovelace (Dr) 1. Impressions 2. Here's That Rainy Day 3. The Girl Next Door Recorded In Brussels Belgium March 1965 Band Line Up Wes Montgomery (G) Harold Mabern (P) Arthur Harper (B) Jimmy Lovelace (Dr)
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