Miles Davis - Live In Copenhagen & Rome (1969) (music video)

Miles Davis - Live In Copenhagen & Rome (1969)

jazz | DVD5 NTSC | DD 2.0 | iso, cover | 4200MB

JazzShots 2008

ejazzlines:
For the first time on DVD are two concerts from one of Miles' great later quintets, with Wayne Shorter, Chick Corea, Dave Holland, and Jack DeJohnette.
Filmed live at Tivoli Koncertsal in Copenhagen on November 4, 1969, and from teatro Sistine in Rome on October 27, 1969.
Note: The Copenhagen part of this show is of questionable quality, but remains a valuable document of a classic Miles group. The Rome footage is closer to the quality expected today.

Tracks
-01. Bitches Brew (Copenhagen)
-02. Agitation (Copenhagen)
-03. I Fall In Love Too Easily (Copenhagen)
-04. Sanctuary (Copenhagen)
-05. It's About That Time into The Theme (Copenhagen)
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-06. Bitches Brew (Rome)
-07. Miles Runs The Voodoo Down (Rome)
-08. I Fall In Love Too Easily (Rome)
-09. Sanctuary into The Theme (Rome)
-10. Directions (Rome)
-11. Masquelero (Rome)
81 mins

Personnel
* Miles Davis - Trumpet
* Wayne Shorter - Tenor and Soprano Sax
* Chick Corea - Electric Piano and Keyboards
* Dave Holland - Bass
* Jack DeJohnette - Drums

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Bill Frisell - Live in Montreal (2002) (music video)

Bill Frisell - Live in Montreal (2002)

jazz | DVD9 NTSC | PCM 2.0; DTS 5.1 | iso, cover | 8000MB

EmArcy | rel: 2009

Amazon:
The music on this concert recording is very laid back and groovy. The playing is highly collective - and the different instruments blend perfectly - yet with distinct and impressing solos, especially from Bill Frisell and Ron Miles. I first heard clips from the concert on You Tube and later on a TV-recording from som japanese station. This DVD is much better both with regard to audio and video quality and without mixing music and interviews. Highly recommended!

Tracks
-01. lmprovisation #1
-02. What Do We Do?
-03. Improvisation #2
-04. Dream On
-05. Outlaws
-06. I'm So Lonesome l Could Cry
-07. Improvisation #3
-08. The Tractor
-09. Blues Dream
-10. Ron Carter
-11. BIues For Los AngeIes
-12. Keep Your Eyes Open
-13. That Was Then
-14. Egg Radio
-15. We're Not From Around Here
~93 mins

Personnel
* Bill Frisell - guitar & loops
* Matt Chamberlain - drums
* Billy Drewes - alto sax
* Curtis Fowlkes - trombone
* Greg Leisz - steel guitars & mandolin
* Ron Miles - trumpet
* David Piltch - bass

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The American Folk-Blues Festival - Volume Three 1962-69 (music video)

The American Folk-Blues Festival - Volume Three 1962-69

blues | DVD5 NTSC | PCM mono | iso, cover | 4000MB

Universal | rel: 2004

Amazon:
Street Date: 31 August 2004. The third video compilation in this series is arguably the weakest, but is nonetheless required viewing for all roots/blues fans. As in the previous two DVDs, the material is culled from professionally shot and recorded European television shows from 1965-1968. Only one tune dates from before that period (1962's closing group performance of Helen Humes' "The Blues Ain't Nothin' But a Woman"), making the titular years a bit misleading. Regardless, there is some powerful music here. Half of the tracks, nine out of 18, are taken from 1967's newly discovered Danish television footage. Unfortunately this material was not played in front of a live audience, and without that immediate feedback, the predominantly country blues tunes, while emotionally moving, lack the bite and tension that the artists were used to delivering for their typically more vocal stateside crowds. Much is made about this being the only known live video of Little Walter, but the detailed notes in the 24-page book recount how unhappy he was on this tour. His non-amplified harp backing on Hound Dog Taylor's "Wild About You" and Koko Taylor's classic "Wang Dang Doodle" is much more sedate than what most would expect for a man known the most riveting electrically enhanced harmonica player in blues. Sonny Terry, who joins partner Brownie McGhee for three 1967 tunes and shows up for the 1962 finale, is much more impressive on harmonica, spitting out machine gun notes with precision. Buddy Guy's funky, James Brown-styled "Out of Sight" isn't really blues, but it does capture the guitarist at his most animated. Three "bonus" closing tracks not from the American Folk Blues taping, but from the same time period, are revelatory. One features the incredible Earl Hooker (playing with his teeth on "Earl's Boogie" in 1969) and two catch 1968 stingers from Muddy Waters.

Tracks
-01. Hound Dog - Big Mama Thornton
-02. Gulfport Boogie - Roosevelt Sykes
-03. Out of Sight - Buddy Guy
-04. Feel So Good - Dr. Isaiah Ross
-05. Flip, Flop & Fly - Big Joe Turner
-06. All Night Long - Skip James
-07. Crow Jane - Skip James
-08. Got Sick & Tired - Bukka White
-09. Death Letter Blues - Son House
-10. Wild About You - Hound Dog Taylor
-11. Wang Dang Doodle - Koko Taylor
-12. Stranger Blues - Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
-13. Burnt Child (Afraid Of Fire) - Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
-14. Gonna Move Across The River - Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
-15. The Blues Ain't Nothin' But a Woman - Helen Humes
bonus tracks:
-16. Earl's Boogie - Earl Hooker
-17. Long Distance Call - Muddy Waters
-18. I Got My Mojo Working - Muddy Waters
~70 mins

 

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The American Folk-Blues Festival - Volume Two 1962-66 (music video)

The American Folk-Blues Festival - Volume Two 1962-66

blues | DVD5 PAL | PCM mono | iso, cover | 3900MB

Universal | rel: 2003

Amazon
Three songs by Howlin' Wolf are the highlight of this second set of blues performances recorded in the 1960s, when an extraordinary lineup of musicians (among the 18 tracks here are tunes by Lightnin' Hopkins, Willie Dixon, Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee, and Big Mama Thornton) toured Europe, thrilling (among many others) the young Englishmen playing in bands like the Rolling Stones and the Yardbirds. As with Volume 1, the monaural sound and black-and-white video are superb, making the release of the footage four decades later even more welcome. And Wolf? He was still in his prime in '64, perhaps equaled only by Muddy Waters (who appears on the first volume). "Did you ever been in the groove?" he asks at one point. "Well, I'm gonna put you way down in the woods." That he does, and blues fans will be only too happy to tag along.
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Reelin’ In The Years Productions, in association with Experience Hendrix, bring you the American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966 Volumes One & Two. The AFBF was an annual event that featured the cream of American blues musicians barnstorming their way across western Europe every fall from 1962 through 1966. Recorded live in a small TV studio in Germany, these historic and unseen performances have been lost for nearly 40 years. Filmed with superb camera work and pristine sound, each DVD contains 18 complete performances from the greatest blues musicians of all time. Captured during their heyday in an era of scant video documentation, these DVDs are truly one of the most unique and precious visual documents of the blues.
The American Folk Blues Festivals featured a dazzling array of talent that included such greats as Muddy Waters, Howlin’ Wolf, Willie Dixon, John Lee Hooker and Sonny Boy Williamson playing alongside other legends such as T-Bone Walker, Lightnin’ Hopkins, Mississippi Fred McDowell, Memphis Slim and Big Mama Thornton to create the most significant group of blues artists ever assembled!

Tracks
-01 Bye Bye Bird (Sonny Boy Williamson),
-02 My Younger Days (Sonny Boy Williamson),
-03 Come On Home Baby (Sunnyland Slim),
-04 Nervous (Willie Dixon),
-05 Mojo Hand (Lightnin' Hopkins),
-06 Black Snake Blues (Victoria Spivey),
-07 Everyday I Have the Blues (Memphis Slim),
-08 Don't Throw Your Love on Me so Strong (T-Bone Walker),
-09 Tall Heavy Mama (Roosevelt Sykes),
-10 Sittin' and Cryin' the Blues (Willie Dixon),
-11 Murphy's Boogie (Matt "Guitar" Murphy),
-12 Stranger Blues (Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee),
-13 Shake for Me (Howlin' Wolf),
-14 I'll Be Back Someday (Howlin' Wolf),
-15 Love Me Darlin (Howlin' Wolf),
-16 Down Home Shakedown (Big Mama Thornton)
Two bonus tracks from Magic Sam in 1969:
-b1 All Your Love
-b2 Magic Sam's Boogie
~70 mins

buy: The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966, vol. 2

The American Folk-Blues Festival - Volume One 1962-66 (music video)

The American Folk-Blues Festival -  Volume One 1962-66

blues | DVD5 PAL | PCM mono |  iso, cover | 4300MB

Universal | rel: 2003

Unearthed some 40 years after the fact, this has to be one of the finest blues collections ever assembled on video. Thanks to a couple of young promoters who brought the musicians to Europe--where they were treated with a good deal more respect and dignity than in America--we get an extraordinary lineup of bluesmen and women: Muddy Waters, Sonny Boy Williamson, Buddy Guy, John Lee Hooker, Sippie Wallace... the list goes on. Their concert performances (several in stagy but effective down-home settings) before a rather formal but appreciative German audience have them playing in some cool combinations (T-Bone Walker backing Memphis Slim, Otis Rush with Junior Wells), even introducing one another (Williamson on guitarist Lonnie Johnson, an elder statesman on the tour: "A very nice musician")--and all with great sound (mono, but still flawless) and visuals (in black and white). This is one for blues fans to treasure.

Tracks
-01. Call Me When You Need Me
-02. Hootin' Blues
-03. The Blues Is Everywhere
-04. I Can't Quit You Baby
-05. Another Night to Cry
-06. Women Be Wise
-07. Hobo Blues
-08. Five Long Years
-09. Shakey's Blues
-10. Hoodoo Man Blues
-11. Mean Stepfather
-12. Going Down to the River
-13. Weak Brain and Narrow Mind
-14. Nine Below Zero
-15. Spann's Blues
-16. I've Got My Mojo Working
-17. Bye Bye Blues
-18. Walking the Floor Over You
-19. Off the Hook
~70 mins

buy: The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966, vol. 1

The American Folk-Blues Festival - The British Tours 1963-66 (music video)

 

The American Folk-Blues Festival -  The British Tours 1963-66

blues | DVD5 NTSC | PCM mono |  iso, cover | 4670MB

Universal | rel: 2007

Recorded live for TV broadcast throughout Britain, these historic performances have been unseen for nearly 40 years. Filmed with superb camera work and pristine sound, 14 complete performances and 4 bonus performances are included by Sonny Boy Williamson, Muddy Waters, Lonnie Johnson, Big Joe Williams, Lightnin' Hopkins, Sugar Pie DeSanto, Howlin' Wolf, Big Joe Turner, Junior Wells, and Sister Rosetta Tharpe.
Between 1963 and 1966 huge British tours were undertaken by the likes of Muddy Waters, Lightnin' Hopkins, Howlin' Wolf, and Junior Wells. This release in the American Folk-Blues Festivals gathers footage from these tours, providing an amazing document of a historic time.

Tracks
-01. Sonny Boy Williamson (1963): Keep It To Yourself
-02. Muddy Waters (1963): Got My Mojo Working
-03. Lonnie Johnson (1963): Too Late To Cry
-04. Big Joe Williams (1963): Baby Please Don’t Go
-05. Sonny Boy Williamson (1964): Bye Bye Bird
-06. Sonny Boy Williamson (1964): Getting Out Of Town
-07. Lightin’ Hopkins (1964): Come Go With Me
-08. Lightin’ Hopkins (1964): Ligtnin’s Blues
-09. Sugar Pie DeSanto (1964): Baby What You Want Me To Do
-10. Sugar Pie DeSanto (1964): Rock Me Baby
-11. Howlin’ Wolf (1964): Smokestack Lightning
-12. Howlin’ Wolf (1964): Don’t Laugh At Me
-13. Big Joe Turner (1966): Oh Well, Oh Well
-14. Junior Wells (1966): What’d I Say
-15. Muddy Waters(1964): You Can’t Lose What You Ain’t Newer Had
-16. Muddy Waters (1964): Blow Wind Blow
-17. Sister Rosetta Tharpe (1964): Didn’t It Rain
-18. Sister Rosetta Tharpe (1964): Trouble In Mind
~74 mins 

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Bireli Lagrene - Live Jazz A Vienne (2002) (music video)

Bireli Lagrene - Live Jazz A Vienne (2002)

jazz | DVD9 NTSC | DD 2.0 | iso, cover | 8100MB

Dreyfus jazz | rel: 2004

cduniverse:
This DVD captures Bireli's world renowned 'Gipsy Project' in front of 8,000 rabid fans in the beautiful setting of France's Vienne Jazz Festival. Nearly a dozen guest stars: Dorado Schmitt, Richard Galliano, Sylvain Luc, David Reinhardt (Django's grandson), and many more!
The career of Bireli Lagrene began at the tender age of 11, when he completed an astonishing album called "Routes to Django." This record saw the young guitarist interpreting the songs of the legendary Django Reinhardt, a task most musicians would find daunting, but one which Lagrene took to like a duck to water. Subsequent releases allowed him to carve out his own niche in the music world, while still tipping his hat to Reinhardt by incorporating many similar techniques into his playing style. This release features Lagrene's "Gipsy Project" in full swing at the Vienne Jazz Festival in France, where an expectant crowd gathers to bask in the glory of his exquisite tunes. Special guests come thick and fast throughout, with Richard Galliano, Dorado Schmitt, and Django Reinhardt's grandson, David Reinhardt, all adding to the occasion.

Tracks
-01 - Coquette
-02 - Blues Clair
-03 - Embraceable You
-04 - Troublant Boléro
-05 - What Is This Thing Called Love
-06 - When Day Is Done
-07 - Djangology
-08 - Si Tu Savais
-09 - Festival 48
-10 - Flobi
-11 - Sweet Georgia Brown
-12 - Viper's Dream
-13 - Belleville
-14 - My One and Only Love
-15 - Dinah
-16 - I'll See You in My Dreams
-17 - Made in France
-18 - Nuages
-19 - Tears
-20 - Waltz for Nicky
-21 - J'Attendrai
-22 - Them There Eyes
-23 - There Will Never Be Another You
-24 - Les Yeux Noirs
-25 - I Can't Give You Anything But Love
-26 - Vienne Song (Solo)
-27 - I've Found a New Baby
-28 - Night and Day
-29 - Swing Gitan
-30 - Daphné
-31 - Donna Lee (1st Finale)
-32 - Minor Swing (2nd Finale)
235 min

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Super Guitar Trio - Live At Montreux (1989) (music video)

Super Guitar Trio - Live At Montreux (1989)

jazz | DVD5 PAL | DD 2.0, 5.1; DTS 5.1 | iso, cover | 4240MB

Eagle Vision | rel: 2007

Allaboutjazz:
The word "super" as a way of sneaking in as a descriptive epithet, merited or not. In this instance it sits upfront of Guitar Trio, the triumvirate comprised of Larry Coryell, Al Di Meola and Biréli Lagrène. The three came together for a five-week tour in 1989, the last stop being the Montreux Jazz Festival. The performance gives them a right to the adjective; it captures the virtuoso strengths, the imagination and the empathy of the players and casts them in solo, duo and trio settings.
The players, all dressed in white, take the stage for "PSP No. II. It's an exhilarating ride and just the right tune to capture the attention of the audience. Di Meola gets first nod and sets up the Latin melody. His technique is a marvel to see and hear: a ripple of notes, a flowing cascade, a gentle flow that sips becomingly from each note. Coryell and Lagrène add to the chordal effects and bring their own individuality to their solo spots. In tandem, the pair provide 11 minutes of pure delight.
Coryell is at ease in several styles. He gets into a duet with Di Meola on Astor Piazzolla's "Tango Suite (For Two Guitars), which is another vantage point of two masters at work. They conceptualize, then execute the tune brilliantly, bringing in vibrant textures through their melodic lines augmented by their fresh chord structures. Coryell extends his ambit with Lagrène on "Musette de Paris Avec la Rue Dupierre No. 5, on which he is more of a muse to Lagrène who shapes the tune with improvisations and neat harmonic variations.
The trio comes back for two Chick Corea tunes to end the concert. No Mystery and "Spain let them weave one spell after another, both in their interplay and in their individual moments. Di Meola even finds the right time to reference "Leaving on a Jet Plane during "No Myster," revealing a sly sense of humor.
The concert is an emotional and imaginative lock-in, the power of their craft transforming each tune into a little nugget.

Tracks
-01: PSP No. II;
-02: Tango Suite (For Two Guitars);
-03: Orient Blue Suite/Traces of a Tear;
-04: Musette de Paris Avec la Rue Dupierre No. 5;
-05: Waltz;
-06: Brazilliance;
-07: No Mystery;
-08: Spain.

Personnel
Larry Coryell: guitar; Al Di Meola: guitar; Biréli Lagrène: guitar.

71 minutes. Recorded July 1989, at Montreux, Switzerland.

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Super Guitar Trio & Friends - In Concert (1990) (music video)

Super Guitar Trio & Friends - In Concert (1990)

jazz | DVD5 NTSC | DD 5.1; DTS 5.1; LPCM 2.0 | iso, cover | 4130MB

TDK | rel: 2005

eJazzLines:
The Super Guitar Trio is captured live at the Nightstage in Cambridge, Massachusetts in this May 24, 1990 performance featuring the acoustic mastery of performers Al Di Meola, Larry Coryell, and Biréli Lagrène. As the trio performs both original works as well as covers of Chick Corea's "Spain" and "No Mystery", guitarist Chris Carrington, and percussionists Arto Tuncboyaci and Gumbi Ortiz fill out the sound as the skilled trio's backing band.
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I love these types of DVDs. A few years back I saw a concert that was similar to this: "Friday Night In San Francisco" It was amazing live. This DVD brought back memories of the show and CD I bought. Of course this was a different line up, I saw Paco De Lucia, Al Di Meola, and John McLaughin oh and a little known axe player at the time Steve Morse I guess it was more than a few years ago. Anyway I digress back to this lineup, great sound, all acoustic mic,and furiously fast. This frentic trio had me hypnotized from the opening salvo of guitar splendor. This lineup included Al Di Meola, Larry Coryell, and Bireli Lagrene. If you love Guitar fireworks at blazing speed, but always in key and in time you will love this accoustic masterpiece. They cover Coryell, Return to Forever, Chick Corea, and Astor Piazzolla tunes and a few Di Meola classics. Its short, sweet, blazing, hypnotic and totally worth the price. If you have any interest in classical guitar, or acoustic speedstering this the DVD for you. I wish more stuff like this were available. (Amazon)

Tracks
1. PSP [10:49]
2. Medley (Orient Blue, Rhapsody of Fire) [5:39]
3. Mediterranean Sundance [6:47]
4. Tango Suite For Two Guitars [13:20]
5. Spain [11:25]
6. No Mystery [11:59]

Personnel
* Al Di Meola - Guitar
* Larry Coryell - Guitar
* Biréli Lagrène - Guitar
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*Chris Carrington - Guitar
*Arto Tuncboyaci - percussion
*Gumbi Ortiz - percussion

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Police - In Concert: Germany (1980) (music video)

Police - In Concert: Germany (1980)

rock | DVD5 NTSC | DD 5.1 DTS 5.1 | iso, cover | 4250MB

Immortal | rel: 2009

The Police - ultimate 1980's post-punk rockers - in a highly energized live concert filmed for German television in 1980, just when the poower-pop trio was first breaking out to huge international audiences.
The first hit singles are here, in fascinating live renditions.
The band is tight and aggressive - and Sting's characteristic singing, high-pitched and reggae-influenced, cuts right through.
It's 1980 - and the Police are changing rock and roll forever.

Tracks
-01 Voices Inside My Head
-02 Don't Stand So Close To Me
-03 Walking On The Moon
-04 Deathwish
-05 Fall Out
-06 Man In A Suitcase
-07 Bring On The Night
-08 De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da
-09 Thruth Hits Everybody
-10 Shadowns In The Rain
-11 When The World Is Running Down You Make The Best Of What's Still Around
-12 The Bed's Too Big Without You
-13 Driven to Tears
-14 Message in a Bottle
-15 Roxanne
-16 Can't Stand Losing You
-17 Next to You
-18 So Lonely
 Grugahalle, Essen, Germany
 October 18, 1980

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John Scofield - Live 3 Ways (1990) (music video)

John Scofield - Live 3 Ways (1990)

jazz | DVD5 PAL | DD 2.0 | iso, cover | 3150MB

Blue Note | rel: 2005

Allaboutjazz:
At long last Blue Note is digging into their archives and reissuing some of their concert footage, previously only available on long out-of-print videotape, on DVD. While these are bare bones releases — nothing in the way of special features to speak of — they stand on their own as documents that are vital on their own merits.
Arguably the best of the bunch is John Scofield's Live 3 Ways, which finds the guitarist in three different contexts: a trio with Don Pullen on organ and Marvin "Smitty Smith on drums; a duo with pianist Dr. John; and his touring quartet of the time, featuring saxophonist Joe Lovano, bassist Anthony Cox and drummer John Reilly. The only shame about the DVD is that it is so short — at only 50 minutes, with 13 given to the trio, 9 to the duo and the remaining 28 to the quartet. Still, with performances this strong we should be thankful for what we get.
While each context is different and has its own distinct charm, it's Scofield's truly blended style — which seamlessly combines a rich bebop vernacular with equally deep roots in soul and the blues — that provides the glue joining each set to the next. Whether he's playing the relatively straight-ahead blues of Thelonious Monk's "Bolivar Blues with the trio, the soulful Percy Mayfield "Please Send Me Someone to Love with Dr. John, or the New Orleans second-line of "Cissy Strut with the quartet, Scofield's tone is sharp, his phrasing visceral, his choice of notes and use of space impeccable, and his personal way of bending a note deep down and evocative, regardless of the context.
It's pointless to compare the three segments to decide if any one is better than the others. Given the wealth of soul-jazz out there that is based on the organ trio format, it's surprising that Scofield had never recorded with one previously. His choice of the late Don Pullen couldn't be better. Like Scofield, Pullen was a player who could wear many hats, and wear them with conviction and veracity. In sharp contrast to his work on the recent Mosaic Select 13 box, here Pullen is every bit the groove-meister but, like Scofield, with a much broader harmonic language. One doesn't seem to hear from "Smitty Smith as much these days as in the late '80s and early '90s, and that's a curious shame, because Smith has always been a remarkably versatile drummer, and swings hard on both trio performances here.
Scofield's duets with Dr. John lean more to his soulful roots, and it's a treat to hear Dr. John in a context where his unquestionable talents are stretched a little more than usual.
But the lion's share of the DVD is given to Scofield's working quartet of the time. Recorded six months after Scofield cut his first CD release for Blue Note, Time on My Hands, with Charlie Haden, Jack DeJohnette and Lovano, this band wouldn't last long with this personnel before settling into its own with bassist Marc Johnson and drummer Bill Stewart. Still, while that quartet would go on to forge a stronger group identity; Cox and Reilly are absolutely in the pocket, with Cox being especially notable for his warm tone, comfortable groove and ability to handle everything from the straightforward to the more experimental.
The quartet play a hard-swinging version of "Wabash III, from Time on My Hands, followed by three tunes that would end up on Scofield's next CD release, Meant to Be — the title track and "Keep Me in Mind being more relaxed affairs; and "Big Fan demonstrating strong roots in Ornette Coleman with a compelling head that opens up into a more free-inspired, but still rhythmically-centered solo segment. It's clear, by virtue of his rich interplay with Lovano, that Scofield had found a strong foil for his own broadly-reaching sensibilities; Lovano would continue to record and tour with Scofield for another three years, until his own solo career became more all-encompassing. The quartet segment finishes with the down-and-funky "Cissy Strut, from Scofield's last release for Gramavision, the appropriately-titled Flat Out.
While the DVD gives the impression that each grouping recorded more than the handful of tunes released, and one can always bemoan the fact that, with the extended capacity of the DVD, no additional tracks were released. But as short as it is, Live 3 Ways is a fine look at a relatively early stage of Scofield's emergence as an artist of major significance. While he had been recording since the mid-'70s, it was only with his mid-'80s stint with Miles Davis, and a string of subsequent mid-to-late '80s albums for Gramavision, that he began to receive the wider attention he deserved. And with his move to Blue Note in '89, he reconciled his fusion and bebop roots with a style more elastic than that of his late '80s funk band with bassist Gary Grainger and drummer Dennis Chambers. Live 3 Ways captures Scofield at this nexus point, with a style that seamlessly marries all his disparate influences into a fluid, cogent style that continues to evolve to this day.

Tracks
Trio: Opening Credits/Lick of the Century; Bolivar Blues; Charlie Chan
Duo: Please Send Me Someone to Love; My Babe
Quartet: Wabash III; Meant to Be; Big Fan; Keep Me in Mind; Cissy Strut
----running time: 50 min----

Personnel
John Scofield (guitar), with:
Trio: Don Pullen (organ), Marvin "Smitty Smith (drums)
Duo: Dr. John (piano)
Quartet: Joe Lovano (tenor saxophone), Anthony Cox (bass), John Reilly (drums)

buy: John Scofield - Live 3 Ways

Tom Waits - Romeo Bleeding: Live from Austin (1978) (music video)

Tom Waits - Romeo Bleeding: Live from Austin (1978)

rock | DVD5 NTSC | DD 2.0; 5.1; DTS 5.1 | iso, cover | 3700MB

Immortal

Amazon:
NTSC/Region 0. 2009 archive release of this 1978 live set from the eccentric and eclectic American singer/songwriter, recorded live in Austin. Includes 'On The Nickel', 'Romeo Is Bleeding' and more. Immortal.
Customer Reviews
Great performances here, especially on the Nickel. It's interesting to compare this with some earlier performances, you can see he was starting to push himself away from the drunken street poet persona of his first few records. I don't know why Tom doesn't release more of his live stuff on video (Big Time is still not available on DVD)anyway it makes these old recordings a real treasure.
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"A Tom Waits dvd for under ten bucks?!!,well I've got a little fun money to waste so....sure,besides if it sucks I'm not out a fortune." is what I said and I was happily surprised.I don't know but this may be legitimate product the cover is the only thing that gave me pause(Big Time photo for the Blue Valentine tour?).Its a pro shot great sounding concert that any Waits fan will enjoy.

Tracks:
-1. Summertime / Burma-Shave
-2. Annie's Back In Town / I Wish I Was In New Orleans / Ain't Gonna Rain
-3. A Sweet Little Bullet From A Pretty Blue Gun
-4. On The Nickel
-5. Romeo Is Bleeding
-6. Silent Night / Christmas Card From A Hooker In Minneapolis
-7. Small Change / Hey, Big Spender / Small Change

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Neil Young - Rock At The Beach (1989) (video)

Neil Young - Rock At The Beach (1989)

rock | DVD5 NTSC | DD 2.0 | iso cover | 4600MB

ShowTime

Amazon:
NTSC/Region 0. Recorded live at the Jones Beach Theatre, Long Island, NY 1989 during his tour for the Freedom album, including a guest appearance from Bruce Springsteen on 'Down By The River'. On Rock At The Beach, Neil performs his classics ('Heart Of Gold', 'Hey Hey, My My', 'The Needle And The Damage Done', 'After The Goldrush') alongside then-recent material ('Rockin' In The Free World', 'This Notes For You'). 20 tracks total. EMI. 2009. * Please note the video quality has been said to be quite poor but the sound is OK.

Tracks:
-01. My My, Hey Hey
-02. Rockin' In The Free World
-03. Comes A Time
-04. Sugar Mountain
-05. Pocahontas
-06. Helpless
-07. Crime In The City
-08. For The Turnstiles
-09. This Old House
-10. Roll Another Number
-11. Too Far Gone
-12. This Note's For You
-13. The Needle And The Damage Done
-14. No More
-15. After The Gold Rush
-16. Heart Of Gold
-17. Ohio
-18. Rockin' In The Free World
-19. Powderfinger
-20. Down By The River

100min

buy: Rock At The Beach- Live 1989

Leonard Cohen - Live at the Isle of Wight (1970) CD+DVD

Leonard Cohen - Live at the Isle of Wight (1970) CD+DVD

rock | 1cd + 1dvd | eac-flac-cue-log-cover; iso-mds | 420+3940MB

Sony/Legacy 2009

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Nearly 40 summers ago on August 31, 1970, 35-year-old Leonard Cohen was awakened at 2 a.m. from a nap in his trailer and brought onstage to perform with his band at the third annual Isle Of Wight music festival. The audience of 600,000 was in a fiery and frenzied mood, after turning the festival into a political arena, trampling the fences, setting fire to structures and equipment - and stoked by the most incendiary performance of Jimi Hendrix's career.
As Cohen followed Hendrix's set, onlookers and (fellow festival headliners) Joan Baez, Kris Kristofferson, Judy Collins and others stood sidestage in awe as the Canadian folksinger-songwriter-poet-novelist quietly tamed the crowd. Academy Award-winning documentary filmmaker Murray Lerner (From Mao To Mozart, Festival, Message To Love), perfectly captured Cohen's performance. Likewise, Columbia Records staff A&R producer Teo Macero did a brilliant job of supervising the live audio recording.
This CD/DVD package contains the new, beautiful film documentary by Lerner featuring interviews with fellow festival performers, as well as Cohen's full performance on CD. All tracks are previously unreleased (sans bits of "Suzanne" which were featured in the documentary Message to Love, also by Lerner). Included are live versions of classic songs from the first two Leonard Cohen LPs: "So Long, Marianne," "The Stranger Song," "Hey, That's No Way To Say Goodbye," "Suzanne," "Bird On The Wire," "You Know Who I Am," and "The Partisan" as well as spoken word and poetry.

Tracks:
CD
-01. Introduction - 3:05
-02. Bird On The Wire - 4:15
-03. Intro to So Long, Marianne - 0:15
-04. So Long, Marianne - 7:07
-05. Intro/Let's Renew Ourselves 0:51
-06. You Know Who I Am - 3:58
-07. Intro To Poems - 0:29
-08. Lady Midnight - 3:37
-09. They Locked Up A Man (Poem)/A Person Who Eats Meat/Intro - 1:59
-10. One Of Us Cannot Be Wrong - 4:54
-11. The Stranger Song - 6:47
-12. Tonight Will Be Fine - 6:39
-13. Hey, That's No Way To Say Goodbye - 3:34
-14. Diamonds In The Mine - 5:22
-15. Suzanne - 4:26
-16. Sing Another Song, Boys - 6:31
-17. The Partisan - 5:13
-18. Famous Blue Raincoat - 6:15
-19. Seems So Long Ago, Nancy - 4:18

DVD:
-01. Intro: Diamonds In The Mine
-02. Famous Blue Raincoat
-03. "It's A Large Nation"
-04. Bird On The Wire
-05. One Of Us Cannot Be Wrong
-06. The Stranger Song
-07. Tonight Will Be Fine
-08. "They've Surrounded The Island"
-09. Hey, That's No Way To Say Goodbye
-10. Sing Another Song Boys
-11. Judy Collins Introduces Suzanne
-12. Suzanne
-13. Joan Baez On The Isle Of Wight
-14. The Partisan
-15. Seems So Long Ago, Nancy
-16. Credits: So Long, Marianne
-Bonus Interviews: Bob Johnston, Judy Collins, Joan Baez, Kris Kristofferson.

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Stanley Clarke - Night School: An Evening With Stanley Clarke & Friends (2002)

Stanley Clarke - Night School: An Evening With Stanley Clarke & Friends (2002)
DVD9 NTSC | DD5.1; PCM2.0 | 4:3 | iso-mds-covers |6.5 GB
jazz | music video | Heads Up | rel. 2007 
Allaboutjazz:
Over the years, Jaco Pastorius has gained a lot of fame for delivering the electric from the bonds of background obscurity to solo freedom. However, about the time he was blazing a trail of innovation, another bassist was carving a path of his own. Stanley Clarke burst onto the jazz scene in 1971 and quickly found himself working alongside such notables as Art Blakey, Dexter Gordon, Stan Getz and Chick Corea. With Corea, Clarke was a member of Return to Forever, which recorded eight albums and scored a Grammy award and several nominations. Since then, Clarke has collaborated with George Duke and Maynard Ferguson, among others, as well as become a bandleader. Above all, he continues to be recognized as a master of not only the electric bass but also the acoustic bass and piccolo bass.
Clarke is a strong believer in teaching music—not just how to perform but also production and business aspects of the profession. Night School: An Evening with Stanley Clarke & Friends is a DVD presentation of his work with the Musician's Institute in Hollywood, California. The package, portions of which have been shown on television, features an October 2002 concert, the third annual concert for the Scholarship Fund at the Institute.
The concert features Clarke with an all-star lineup of musicians performing several of his compositions, including collaborative works with Duke and Corea, and jazz standards by Charles Mingus ("Goodbye Porkpie Hat ) and John Coltrane ("Giant Steps ). Among those performing with Clarke are violinist Karen Briggs; drummers Gerry Brown, Rayford Griffin and Stewart Copeland; Flea of the Red Hot Chili Peppers; Bela Fleck and Stevie Wonder. Comedian Sinbad adds a brief comedy bit during which he talks about the importance of music education and directs a few quips toward bassist Marcus Miller.
Whether fingering or slapping, Clarke makes both the acoustic and the electric bass sizzle. One high point of the performance comes during "Big Jam, on which Flea and Clarke share electric bass duties. Copeland and Sheila E. perform a drum duet before the latter solos on her trademark timbales and cowbells. Another comes at the end of the concert, when a host of bassists join in the fun for Clarke's "School Days. Among the soloists given a chance to stretch out are Miller, Alex Al, Billy Sheehan, Stewart Hamm, Jimmy Johnson, Wayman Tisdale and Brian Bromberg.
As if the concert weren't enough, the DVD includes interviews with several of the musicians, including Briggs, Flea and Copeland; film producer John Singleton, whose Boyz 'N the Hood was scored by Clarke; and musician/producer Quincy Jones. It all makes for an excellent package. Although the bass is the featured instrument, Night School is about the art of making music together.

Tracks:
  The Floor; Wild Dog; Goodbye Porkpie Hat; Song to John; The Lochs of Dread; Why Wait; Frequent Flyer; Anna Mae; Theme from Boyz 'n the Hood; Big Jam; Every Day I Have the Blues; Giant Steps; School Days

Personnel:
Stanley Clarke: acoustic and electric bass; Orchestra (1, 9); Armand Sabal-Lecco: bass (2-3, 9, 13); Rayford Griffin: drums (2-3, 10); Gerry Brown: drums (2-3, 9, 11-13); Mark Stephens: keyboards (2-3, 9, 13); Nick Smith: keyboards (2-3, 9-10, 13); Glenn Berger: saxophone (3, 10); Bob Summers and Mike McGuffrey: trumpet (3, 10); Doug Webb: saxophone (3, 9-10); Reggie Young: trombone (3, 10); Bela Fleck: banjo (4-5); Karen Briggs: violin (4-5, 10-12); Stewart Copeland: drums (5, 10, 13); Lenny White: drums (6); Patrice Rushen: keyboards (6); Benny Maupin: saxophone (6); Wallace Roney: trumpet (6); Michael Thompson: guitar (9); Paul Jackson Jr.: guitar (9-10); Flea: bass (10, 13); Sheila E.: drums and percussion (10); Rodney Franklin: keyboards (10-11); Stevie Wonder: vocals (11), keyboards (11-12); Ndugu Chancler: drums (13); Bunny Brunel, Alex Al, Billy Sheehan, Stewart Hamm, Jimmy Johnson, Wayman Tisdale, Brian Bromberg and Marcus Miller: bass (13).

Production Notes: 217 minutes. Recorded March 15, 2002 at Walt Disney Modular Theater, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, California. Extras: interviews with members of The Vinny Golia Large Ensemble (50 minutes); rehearsal footage (10 minutes); slide show.

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Milt Jackson & Ray Brown - Montreux '77 (music video) (DVD5) (iso-mds)

Milt Jackson & Ray Brown '77
DVD5 PAL | DD5.1; DTS5.1; PCM2.0 | 4:3 | 60 min | iso-mds | Covers | 4,1 GB
Eagle Vision - Norman Granz | Genre: jazz | rel. 2004 | RAR +5% recovery
Allaboutjazz:
The combination of Norman Granz and the Montreux Jazz Festival was a strong one. The music that Granz presented at the festival had some top notch performers. Several of the concerts are now available as part of the Norman Granz Jazz in Montreux series on DVD. There are several releases, among them performances by Mary Lou Williams, Benny Carter, Roy Eldridge, Ray Bryant and Ella Fitzgerald and Count Basie. All have been restored and remastered.

Milt Jackson and Ray Brown took the stage on July 13, 1977 with Clark Terry on trumpet and flugelhorn, Monty Alexander on piano, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis on tenor saxophone and Jimmie Smith on drums. And what an exemplary band it was! The music is electrifying, zapped by the rapport between them. There is an unmitigated joy in their playing, the passion kneaded by their virtuosity. Jackson rings the bell with his clean notes, unhurried yet filled with a rich resonance. And if Brown was of the opinion that too many notes spoilt the adventure, he shows precisely how economy can make a song sizzle. And there is Terry, often happy as is his wont, blowing some mean wah wah trumpet on "Red Top." When Davis goes into his cutting-edge solo, Jackson goes over, whispers and returns grinning ear to ear. In that closeness comes a harmony which can only go towards creating a strong emotional core. If there is one player who brings in resplendence with a chockfull of notes, it is Alexander. He is in constant ferment with thick juicy layers and emphatic chords and a nice imagination that at one time sees him invest some calypso in "You Are My Sunshine." Smith keeps the rhythm ticking, ever sensitive. In one of the many interesting camera angles, his right hand is in close cleave with Brown's conceptualization. Attention pays dividends.

There was magic in the air that night in Montreux and it is worth experiencing every moment.

Extras on the DVD come in the form of a presentation from Nat Hentoff and a short profile of Granz, drawings by David Stone Martin and photographs by Georges Braunschweig. One little error: when the pictures of the musicians come up during Hentoff's narration, Brown is identified as Alexander.

Tracks:
Slippery; Beautiful Friendship; Red Top; Mean to Me; You Are My Sunshine

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Ella Fitzgerald & Count Basie - The Perfect Match_Montreux '79 (music video) (DVD5) (iso-mds)

Ella & Basie - The Perfect Match_Montreux '79
DVD5 PAL | DD5.1; DTS5.1; PCM2.0 | 4:3 | 85 min | iso-mds | Covers | 4,7 GB
Eagle Vision - Norman Granz | Genre: jazz | rel. 2004 | RAR +5% recovery
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Ella Fitzgerald was just a tad past her prime during this 1979 concert at the Montreux Jazz Festival with the Count Basie Orchestra, though she still is very much a swinging vocalist who can keep an audience in the palm of her hand. With her regular trio, including pianist Paul Smith, bassist Keter Betts, and drummer Mickey Roker accompanying her for most of the concert, plus the powerful Basie band pushing her, Ella gives her all on every number, interpolating quotes from a number of different songs, both familiar and obscure. She's at her best in the up-tempo swingers that were part of her repertoire for ages, among them "Sweet Georgia Brown" and "After You've Gone." Her vibrato is a bit more noticeable during "'Round Midnight," though it is still an effective interpretation. Ella's highlight is easily her scat treatment of "Flying Home," which mixes in so many song quotes that is difficult to track all of them ("Moose the Mooche," "On the Trail," and "I'se a Muggin'" are among them), while she also simulates a number of instruments, too. Basie finally takes over at the piano for the last two numbers, including an impromptu blues that gives way to "A-Tisket, A-Tasket," followed by Ella's touching interpretation of "I've Got a Crush on You," with Smith back on piano. The audio and video have some imperfections, as it is unlikely that producer Norman Granz documented the concert with the intention of commercial issue, but any fan of Ella Fitzgerald will want this rewarding DVD in his or her collection.

Tracks:
Presentation By Nat Hentoff; Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone ; Sweet Georgia Brown; Some Other Spring; Make Me Rainbows; After You've Gone; Round Midnight; Dindi; Fine & Mellow; (I Don't Stand) A Ghost Of A Chance With You; Flying Home; You've Changed; Honeysuckle Rose; St. Louis Blues; B & E (Basella), A-Tisket, A-Tasket; I've Got A Crush On You.

Personnel:
Ella Fitzgerald, vocals; Count Basie, piano; Paul Smith, piano; Mickey Roker, drums; Keter Betts, bass. Also features the Count Basie Orchestra.

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Charles Mingus - Live At Montreux 1975 (music video) (DVD9) (iso-mds)

Charles Mingus - Live At Montreux 1975
DVD9 PAL | DD5.1; DTS5.1; PCM2.0 | 4:3 | 86 min | iso-mds | Covers | 6 GB
Eagle Vision | Genre: jazz | rel. 2004 | rar +5% recovery
Allaboutjazz:
With complete liner notes and credits, this concert performance makes a valuable addition to the DVD library. That it’s vintage Mingus in top form makes things all the better.
As this is a live performance, the sound isn’t always perfect. George Adams, for example swings away from the microphone quite often, leaving a trail of notes behind. At other times, the recording engineer has failed to turn up the volume on one microphone or the other. And the camera work isn’t always on top of the action.
However, Charles Mingus and his band gave this Montreux audience a superb performance that includes all the elements that we yearn for. Don Pullen smashes those piano keys down hard and swirls multi-note clusters through each straight-ahead piece with clarity. Jack Walrath explores the range of his instrument and exhibits stellar technique while staying with the mood proposed by Mingus. The bassist solos frequently and leads his ensemble with a dynamic aura. One great camera shot places Mingus behind Jack Walrath’s horn and moves in to fill the picture with the bassist’s face while he’s walking the blues in a confident state. His leadership takes the band through each concert piece with a natural ease.
These are extended pieces. “Sue’s Changes,” alone, runs for 35 minutes; giving the band plenty of time to explore each facet of the composition. As Walrath stretches out a cappella with a soulful interpretation, Mingus lights his cigar and waits for the right moment to bring his band back together. During one of Dannie Richmond’s extended drum solos elsewhere, he can be seen with cigarette dangling from his lip, churning out a storm of percussive textures. Mingus and his band are at home on the stage, able to interpret with honesty and power.
As Gerry Mulligan and Benny Bailey join the band for two numbers, the mood stays as fresh and alive as earlier, but the camera angles and solo order change. Both Bailey and Mulligan provide superb solo work that blends well with Mingus’ intentions. At the concert’s close, Mingus, Mulligan and Bailey trade fours then jam, giving the audience an extra treat.
Live at Montreux 1975 is a memorable concert that captures seven significant jazz artists doing what they do best, and comes highly recommended.

Approximate Running Time: 1 hour 26 minutes.
Director: Thierry Amsallem

Track Listing: Devil Blues; Free Cell Block F, 'Tis Nazi USA; Sue's Changes; Goodbye Pork Pie Hat; Take the 'A' Train.
Musicians: Charles Mingus: bass; Jack Walrath: trumpet; George Adams: tenor saxophone, flute, vocals; Don Pullen: piano; Dannie Richmond: drums; Gerry Mulligan: baritone saxophone on "Goodbye Pork Pie Hat" and "Take the 'A' Train;" Benny Bailey: trumpet on "Goodbye Pork Pie Hat" and "Take the 'A' Train."

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Neil Young - Living With War (In the Beginning) (2006) Limited edition CD+DVD (lossless)

Neil Young 2006 - Living With War (In the Beginning) Limited edition CD+DVD

rock | CD: eac-flac; DVD: 24/96 audio + video | cover | 4650+265MB

Reprise | rar +5% recovery

Living with War: "In the Beginning" is a stripped-down version of Neil Young's 2006 album Living with War. The original title of this particular CD/DVD release, according to a press release, was called Living with War - Raw. However, the title changed when the album was finally released.
In a special CD/DVD limited-edition package, available on Reprise Records in stores on December 19, 2006 the set included videos directed by Young of every song on the album. Using a wide range of visual sources, both from the Iraq War as well as demonstrations in the United States, and Al Gore's film An Inconvenient Truth the videos are a statement of not only what has happened during the past three years of war, but also how it has affected the entire world.
Living with War, which originally came out in early May 2006, immediately set off a firestorm of reaction from both sides of the political fence. With songs like "The Restless Consumer," "Shock and Awe," "Flags of Freedom" and "Let's Impeach the President," Living with War was quickly seen as a unique musical statement. On the "Raw" version of the album, the sound is straight-from-the-source, captured live in the studio exactly the way it was recorded, without the backing instrumentation and choral accompaniment found on the original release.

Track list:
1. "After the Garden" - 3:25
2. "Living with War" - 5:08
3. "The Restless Consumer" - 5:51
4. "Shock and Awe" - 4:56
5. "Families" - 2:33
6. "Flags of Freedom" - 3:45
7. "Let's Impeach the President" - 4:34
8. "Lookin' for a Leader" - 4:08
9. "Roger and Out" - 4:23

Personnel:
* Neil Young: guitars, vocal
* Rick Rosas: bass
* Chad Cromwell: drums
* Tom Bray: trumpet
* Neil Young & Niko Bolas: producer
* L.A. Johnson assistant producer

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Keith Jarrett - Tokyo Solo (2002) (music video)

Keith Jarrett - Tokyo Solo (2002)
DVD9 NTSC | DD5.1; DTS5.1 | 16:9 | 110 min | Covers | 8,1 GB
ECM | Genre: jazz | rel. 2006 | RAR +5% recovery

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It's no bulletin that improvisation is perhaps the central component of jazz, or that Keith Jarrett, a master jazz pianist, is also a gifted improviser. Yet what Jarrett plays in the course of Tokyo Solo, a 2002 performance that was his 150th concert in Japan, could hardly be called jazz, at least not according to most accepted criteria; the music heard here is, as Duke Ellington once said, "beyond category." What's more, "improvisation" seems inadequate for the process Jarrett has been perfecting since he began making solo recordings in the early 1970s. "Spontaneous composition" is more like it, for while most jazz players extemporize over a known melody or set of changes, Jarrett begins with a tabula rasa, creating music from nothing other than what's in his head and hands at a given moment. It's a fascinating process to witness, and if Tokyo Solo is not his finest work, it's nonetheless filled with extraordinary moments. It's easy to see why Jarrett, a notorious perfectionist, has performed so often in Japan: the venues are acoustically superb, the audiences are quiet and reverent, and the resulting recordings, including this one, feature impeccable aural and visual production values. Some of the material here appeared previously on the ECM CD Radiance (2005). In the course of two lengthy pieces ("Part 1" has three sections; "Part 2" has five), Jarrett's music is sometimes dissonant and challenging, filled with furious chording and dense clusters of sound ("Part 1(a)"), sometimes classical ("Part 1(b)" brings to mind a Beethoven sonata), sometimes gorgeous and almost impressionistic ("Part 2(a)" suggests a Ravel etude, while "Part 2(d)," perhaps the most sublime portion of the concert, leans a bit more toward Debussy). The setting (a darkened stage with nothing but the pianist and his Steinway) is simple, as is Kaname Kawachi's direction; there are plenty of close-ups of Jarrett's face, hands, and feet, as well as a few shots inside the piano, but nothing in the way of effects or trickery. Three more standard encores, including "Danny Boy" and "Old Man River," complete a concert sure to be treasured by Jarrett devotees.

  Tracks:

Part 1a; Part 1b; Part 1c; Part 2a; Part 2b; Part 2c; Part 2d; Part 2e; Danny Boy; Old Man River; Don't Worry 'Bout Me.

Approximate Running Time: 110 minutes.
Recorded October 30, 2002 at Metropolitan Festival Hall, Tokyo, Japan.