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Jazz Icons: John Coltrane Live in '60, '61 & '65
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Product Details
- Starring: John Coltrane
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- Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
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- Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
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- Binding: DVD
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- EAN: 0747313900756
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- Format: Best of, Black & White, NTSC
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- Label: Jazz Icons
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- Language: English
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- Manufacturer: Jazz Icons
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- Number of Items: 1
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- Product Group: DVD
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- Publisher: Jazz Icons
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- Region Code: 0
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- Release Date: 2007-09-04
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- Studio: Jazz Icons
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- Theatrical Release Date: 2007-09-04
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- Title: Jazz Icons: John Coltrane Live in '60, '61 & '65
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- UPC: 747313900756
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Product Description: As Ashley Kahn points out in his informative liner notes, there aren't many visual recordings of jazz giant John Coltrane in circulation--or, possibly, in existence. In capturing the saxophonist in three different phases in his too-brief career, this installment in the inestimable Jazz Icons video series performs a valuable service. The 92-minute DVD includes a 1960 performance in Dusseldorf, Germany, featuring Coltrane on tenor with his mates from Miles Davis's rhythm section, jamming on Miles's tunes; a 1961 performance in Baden Baden, Germany, with Coltrane on soprano and tenor, and Eric Dolphy on alto sax and flute, backed by pianist McCoy Tyner, bassist Reggie Workman, and super-drummer Elvin Jones; and a surpassingly intense 1965 Belgium performance by "the Classic Quartet," with Jimmy Garrison replacing Workman. The black-and-white footage, some of it from broadcast sources, is sometimes striking, sometimes too shadowy (the dated camera effects, while evincing a certain period charm, still don't help). And a rare meeting of Coltrane and tenor great Stan Getz at the end of the Dusseldorf set is compromised by the poor miking of Getz. But we'll put up with such imperfections to hear the primal force of Trane's playing cut through the years, on songs ranging from "Autumn Leaves," to "Impressions," to "My Favorite Things." Trane lives. --Lloyd Sachs
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Customer Reviews
Brilliant and Beyond
With this album and A Love Supreme I travel from one ecstatic experience to the next in Coltrane Land. The commentaries already posted pretty much cover the particulars.
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Wow!!!
This is my 5th purchase of the Jazz Icon series, and if
you are a Coltrane fan, you must have this DVD. You'll
be saying to yourself, big dummy, I should have got the
box sets.
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Fantastic surreal performances
These three black and white performances(two in Germany and one in Belgium) sport great performances by Coltrane, his quartet and guests Oscar Peterson, Stan Getz and Eric Dolphy. Wynton Kelly plays piano on the first track rather than McCoy Tyner. I was amazed at the quality of cinematography and editing. The last performance in Belgium in '65 has inspired performances all around and is visually stunning and surreal. Apparently, it was a very cold auditorium or outdoors. The performers' bodies, especially drummer Elvin Jones, literally steam!!! It was great to see how Coltrane's stage presence evolved from rather stilted to dynamic like a charismatic preacher. Things start a little slow and the bowed bass solos seem to add little, but the early Peterson solo and then all of the latter tracks blew me away! No interviews, no narration. Roughly 90 minutes of music.
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Amazing!
The previous reviews have pretty much said it all, but all I want to say is that once you actually view these 3 sets - which are really three totally different experiences, you start to understand the true meaning of jazz. This was music played by incredible musicians for spiritual satisfaction. It's rare to witness that today.
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A Must Have for Coltrane Fans
The first and third parts of this DVD are truly rare and amazing. I have been a devout Coltrane fan for many years and I have never seen the footage of him quartet with Wynton Kelly, Paul Chambers, and Jimmy Cobb. Plus as an extra treat, we get to see the great Stan Getz sit in with the band! Stan Getz was a huge influence not only on Coltrane but just about every tenor sax player of the day. It's truly amazing to see these two giants play the Thelonious Monk tune "Hackensack" together. What a gem of a performance! This was the same band that was touring Europe with Miles Davis at the time. Wonder where Miles was that day? The second part of the DVD is a little more well known to me.Of course that doesn't mean it's not incredible. The third part of the DVD captures the classic Impulse! Quartet late in it's evolution. The band gives a truly heartfelt and passionate performance. The sound quality throughout is very good and I really love this DVD. If you love Coltrane you simply cannot be without this one!
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