DVD REVIEWS
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NORAH JONES - Live At Ronnie Scott's
Eagle Rock EREDV1217
Norah Jones (piano & vocals); Christopher Thomas (bass); Brian Blade (drums)
Norah Jones has come along way since her debut Come Away With Me in 2002 (was it really that long ago), and this was the song that launched her career with most people knowing this wonderful tune without any knowledge of jazz, and those who will dispute whether it is in fact jazz at all. I must admit I do like this song, although I have not followed Jones' career in any depth since then. This DVD then, this is my first encounter with the pianist/singer, and has proved a most welcome addition to my listening and viewing over the last couple of weeks... continue reading
Eagle Rock EREDV1217
Norah Jones (piano & vocals); Christopher Thomas (bass); Brian Blade (drums)
Norah Jones has come along way since her debut Come Away With Me in 2002 (was it really that long ago), and this was the song that launched her career with most people knowing this wonderful tune without any knowledge of jazz, and those who will dispute whether it is in fact jazz at all. I must admit I do like this song, although I have not followed Jones' career in any depth since then. This DVD then, this is my first encounter with the pianist/singer, and has proved a most welcome addition to my listening and viewing over the last couple of weeks... continue reading
BARBARA THOMPSON’S PARAPHERNALIA - Live ‘05
Temple Music DVD, TMDVD0611
n spite of inauspicious circumstances, among them inadequate time allowed for a sound check and a worsening of Barbara Thompson’s medical condition, this DVD captures her and Paraphernalia in excellent form in a session taken from their `Never Say Goodbye` tour in 2005. Some of this footage was used in a subsequent BBC documentary, `Playing Against Time` which tells of her on-going struggle with Parkinson’s disease but here we have two full sets of music plus encores expertly photographed with imaginative camera angles providing the viewer with a `best seat in the house` concert experience.
The playlist is made up entirely of Barbara Thompson’s compositions with one exception, an idiosyncratic version of Benny Golson’s hard-bop classic `Are You Real`...continue reading
Temple Music DVD, TMDVD0611
n spite of inauspicious circumstances, among them inadequate time allowed for a sound check and a worsening of Barbara Thompson’s medical condition, this DVD captures her and Paraphernalia in excellent form in a session taken from their `Never Say Goodbye` tour in 2005. Some of this footage was used in a subsequent BBC documentary, `Playing Against Time` which tells of her on-going struggle with Parkinson’s disease but here we have two full sets of music plus encores expertly photographed with imaginative camera angles providing the viewer with a `best seat in the house` concert experience.
The playlist is made up entirely of Barbara Thompson’s compositions with one exception, an idiosyncratic version of Benny Golson’s hard-bop classic `Are You Real`...continue reading
TUBBY HAYES - A Man In A Hurry
A Film by Mark Baxter and Lee Cogswell
DVD All regions MMDVD01
Tubby Hayes dead at thirty eight in 1973! Tenor saxophonist Tubby, in one memorable phrase, burned the candle at both ends and then started on the middle. This film has been described as bringing back a forgotten man. Has Tubby really been forgotten? He lives large in the memories of those who saw him. Thanks to Simon Spillett’s magnificent biography, published earlier this year, Tubby’s life is preserved in greater detail than any other UK jazz musician ...continue reading
A Film by Mark Baxter and Lee Cogswell
DVD All regions MMDVD01
Tubby Hayes dead at thirty eight in 1973! Tenor saxophonist Tubby, in one memorable phrase, burned the candle at both ends and then started on the middle. This film has been described as bringing back a forgotten man. Has Tubby really been forgotten? He lives large in the memories of those who saw him. Thanks to Simon Spillett’s magnificent biography, published earlier this year, Tubby’s life is preserved in greater detail than any other UK jazz musician ...continue reading
