Dave James Posted April 2, 2004 Report Share Posted April 2, 2004 I was finally able to track down a copy of "The Greatest Jazz Films Ever". Got it from the good folks at Dusty Groove. If you're at all into jazz on film, you must have this DVD. Just one "knock your socks off" session after another. Prez, Bean, Bird, Diz, Miles, Ella, Trane are just a few of the artists represented in this collection. Included is the '40's film "Jammin' the Blues", some material from JATP (the best of which - and I had not seen this before - has Coleman Hawkins and Charlie Parker playing together!), the Miles Davis quartet w/ Coltrane, Chambers & Cobb doing everything from So What to New Rhumba along with the Gil Evans orchestra featuring Eddie Bert, Jimmy Cleveland and Bill Barbur. It also has some outtake audio tracks and last but not least, the entire CBS presentation of the Sound of Jazz from 1957. I'm tellin' you, this one is just chock full of fun stuff. Buy with confidence. Up over and out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patricia Posted April 3, 2004 Report Share Posted April 3, 2004 I was finally able to track down a copy of "The Greatest Jazz Films Ever". Got it from the good folks at Dusty Groove. If you're at all into jazz on film, you must have this DVD. Just one "knock your socks off" session after another. Prez, Bean, Bird, Diz, Miles, Ella, Trane are just a few of the artists represented in this collection. Included is the '40's film "Jammin' the Blues", some material from JATP (the best of which - and I had not seen this before - has Coleman Hawkins and Charlie Parker playing together!), the Miles Davis quartet w/ Coltrane, Chambers & Cobb doing everything from So What to New Rhumba along with the Gil Evans orchestra featuring Eddie Bert, Jimmy Cleveland and Bill Barbur. It also has some outtake audio tracks and last but not least, the entire CBS presentation of the Sound of Jazz from 1957. I'm tellin' you, this one is just chock full of fun stuff. Buy with confidence. Up over and out. Dave, Sounds fabulous. Thanks for the rec. I'll seek this out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheldonm Posted April 3, 2004 Report Share Posted April 3, 2004 This is a great DVD, I picked it up many months ago and have watched it many times. I also bought mine at Dusty Groove! Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownie Posted April 3, 2004 Report Share Posted April 3, 2004 This was widely discussed before in the Artists forum: http://www.organissimo.org/forum/index.php...hl=prez+is+here Best jazz DVD so far. No contest! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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