Jazz Icons: Series 3 Box Set (8 DVDs)From NAXOS OF AMERICA DVD
Product Description
**Exclusive Bonus Disc** Sonny Rollins: This collection includes two Sonny Rollins 1959 European concerts in which he is accompanied by recently re-discovered bassist Henry Grimes. Rahsaan Roland Kirk: performs Oliver Nelson's Stolen Moments backed by a cream-of-the-crop European rhythm section consisting of drummer Daniel Humair, pianist George Gruntz, and bassist Guy Pedersen.
A super-modest Sonny Rollins is interviewed in Stockholm 1959 before he performs Ellington's It Don't Mean A Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing at a blistering tempo with bebop-era standout Joe Harris on drums and Henry Grimes on bass.
Nina Simone: This collection includes a no-holds-barred Nina Simone live performance of Mississippi Goddamn followed by an interview with the Swedish program host. Features a 12 page booklet with liner notes by Ashley Khan, John Kruth and Rob Bowman.
Product Details
* Amazon Sales Rank: #3889 in DVD
* Released on: 2008-09-30
* Rating: NR (Not Rated)
* Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
* Formats: Box set, Black & White, Dolby
* Original language: English
* Number of discs: 8
* Running time: 629 minutes
Editorial Reviews
Jazz Times Magazine
Jazz Icons is doing for jazz what the Criterion Collection has done for classic and important films.
Newsweek Magazine
The sound quality is first rate, and the performances are extraordinary.
eJazzNews.com, John Stevenson, September 2, 2008
These wondrous performances highlight the individualistic artistry of canonical jazz figures such as Sonny Rollins, Oscar Peterson, Lionel Hampton, Nina Simone, Bill Evans, Cannonball Adderley, and Rahsaan Roland Kirk. No doubt, this is an inestimable gift to posterity and to jazz pedagogy. . . These deluxe-edition DVD's also underscore a high degree of technical skill in the art of craft of moving image photography, and an equal level of appreciation for jazz on the European continent.
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