DVDs
11/27/11 By Jeff Tamarkin
DVD Review: 'Jazz Icons 5' Boxed Set
Coltrane, Blakey, Hubbard, Monk, Kirk and Griffin in sizzling historic performances
May 2009 By Jeff Tamarkin
Live in Berlin & Stockholm 1968
By 1968 the big bands were supposedly dead, but someone forgot to tell that to Count Basie, whose orchestra, still going strong, hadn’t altered much of anything since its heyday. Although most of the key members of the classic lineups had either passed on...
May 2009 By Mike Joyce
Murphy’s Mood
Casual fans of bop vocalist Mark Murphy who bring home this DVD without closely examining the list of performances are likely to be left wanting more—a lot more. Featuring two nearly 30-year-old episodes of the TV show Ad Lib, Murphy’s Mood isn’t quite what...
May 2009 By Mike Joyce
Sonny Rollins: Saxophone Colossus
Bob Mugge's critically-acclaimed portrait of Sonny Rollins released on DVD.
May 2009 By Christopher Loudon
’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...
04/08/09 By Jeff Tamarkin
Willie & Wynton at Lincoln Center
Two seemingly disparate artists find common ground in the blues
April 2009 By Jeff Tamarkin
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...
