Sonny Rollins: Saxophone Colossus
Bob Mugge’s critically-acclaimed portrait of Sonny Rollins released on DVD.…Read More
Videos
Stuff: Live at Montreux 1976
A vintage performance that both hits and misses…Read More
Jackie Paris: ’Tis Autumn: The Search for Jackie Paris
Two skinny, Italian-American guys from New Jersey, both equipped with extraordinary pipes. One, from Hoboken, emerges as the most celebrated singer of the 20th century. The other, from Nutley, builds as long a career, performing alongside the likes of Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Charles Mingus and Peggy Lee, yet remains in relative obscurity. Why did…Read More
Willie & Wynton at Lincoln Center
Two seemingly disparate artists find common ground in the blues…Read More
Dianne Reeves: The Early Years
As a historical document, this collection of two half-hour Ad Lib TV programs, dating from 1980 and ’82 and featuring the young Dianne Reeves, is a keeper. Out of the gate Reeves was fully formed, instantly captivating and in control of every nuance. Attired and coiffed elegantly but modestly, she barely moves a muscle when…Read More
Wayne Shorter: Live at Montreux 1996
On par with his Miles and Weather Report days…Read More
Mike Stern Band: New Morning: The Paris Concert
A stunning performance from the guitarist…Read More
The Crusaders: Live at Montreux 2003
The Crusaders haven’t been a commercial (or, arguably, artistic) force in a quarter-century, and only two original members, keyboardist Joe Sample and saxophonist Wilton Felder, were still onboard at the time of this 2003 gig. But little about the group had changed since its ’70s heyday, and that seemed just fine with the Montreux audience.…Read More
Billy Martin: In Concert
Medeski, Martin & Wood’s drummer upfront…Read More
Jazz Icons Releases a Thrid Volume of Vintage Live Performances
With their dramatically drooped heads and shoulders, the members of Bill Evans’ 1964 trio look like an early, pre-electric shoegazer band in a Swedish broadcast that’s practically jazz-noir, a typical stylistic touch in the ongoing Jazz Icons series. This third volume matches its predecessors as an imagistic bonanza of mostly black-and-white European footage, executed with…Read More
