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BOX SET
Jazz Icons: Series 4 Box set contains all seven new titles plus a bonus disc, not sold separately, containing exclusive performances by Jimmy Smith in 1968, Erroll Garner in 1962 and Coleman Hawkins in 1966.
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ART BLAKEY LIVE IN 1965
This DVD boasts an exceptional one-hour concert by Art Blakey from Paris in 1965. This performance showcases one of the few undocumented Blakey bands, the New Jazzmen, featuring the incomparable Freddie Hubbard on trumpet,
as well as Jaki Byard on piano, Reggie Workman on bass, Nathan Davis on sax and, of course, Art Blakey on drums-truly a powerhouse quintet! Freddie Hubbard's incendiary playing on Blue Moon and the blistering 24-minute version of his own Crisis,
serves as a cogent reminder that he was one of the most innovative trumpeters in jazz history.
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ART FARMER LIVE IN 1964
This DVD highlights an amazing one hour Art Farmer concert from 1964 featuring the great flugelhornist in his prime. Farmer's top-notch band includes legendary guitarist Jim Hall (fresh from Sonny Rollins' band), drummer Pete LaRoca and Steve Swallow on bass. This legendary ensemble plays both standards and originals with ease and finesse and highlights why Farmer was considered one of the most innovative horn players in all of jazz.
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JIMMY SMITH LIVE IN 1969
An incredible concert from 1969 filmed in Paris. Working in his classic trio format (with longtime guitarist Eddie McFadden and drummer Charlie Crosby), Jimmy shows why he is still the uncontested king of the jazz organ. Highlights include blues jams Got My Mojo Working and Sonnymoon for Two, the classic ballads Alfie and Satin Doll, as well as a blinding 23-minute version of his showcase number The Sermon.
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ERROLL GARNER: LIVE IN 1963 & 1964
Presenting two beautifully filmed concerts from 1963 and 1964 featuring his classic trio of bassist Eddie Calhoun and drummer Kelly Martin. Erroll Garner was one of jazz's true original players and this DVD showcases his improvisational brilliance on a parade of his most classic numbers. The trio delivers throughout both shows including favorites Fly Me to the Moon and I Get a Kick Out of You as well as originals Erroll's Theme, Mambo Erroll and his best-known composition, Misty.
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ANITA O'DAY LIVE IN 1963 & 1970
Two wonderful concerts from 1963 and 1970 that present the jazz singer supreme in impeccable form. O'Day's horn-based approach to singing is in full effect throughout both shows including stand-out renditions in each show of audience favorites Tea for Two and Sweet Georgia Brown (both reprised from her triumphant appearance at the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival.) This DVD is a fitting testimony to one of jazz music's true originals and shows unequivocally why she is ranked in the top tier of vocalists along with Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan and Billie Holiday.
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COLEMAN HAWKINS LIVE IN 1962 & 1964
Two incredible concerts from 1962 and 1964. Both concerts feature stellar European and American side-musicians including Harry Sweets Edison on trumpet and drummer Papa Jo Jones both jazz legends in their own right. The 1962 show is a newly-discovered one-hour concert from the Adolphe Sax Festival in Belgium, which has never been seen. Coleman Hawkins, The Father of Jazz Saxophone, demonstrates in these two concerts why he is still considered one of the most important innovators in the history of jazz.
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WOODY HERMAN LIVE IN 1964
This DVD features a blistering one-hour concert from 1964 showcasing one of the very hottest line-ups of the Swinging Herd, including trumpeter Bill Chase, trombonist Phil Wilson and the amazing saxophonist Sal Nistico on the front line, as well as drummer Jake Hanna, bassist Chuck Andrus and pianist-arranger Nat Pierce in the rhythm section. Woody and his band roar throughout the entire show which includes standards such as Lonesome Old Town and After You've Gone as well as new originals including Charles Mingus's Better Git It in Your Soul.
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