ok. yes. i did post this before. before i'd bought and seen the whole thing. this is a
MUST for any jazz lover yet also great film making for doing such an event. there is a
bitchen element of late fifties in change. even though the crowd is mostly white, they find and speak to some hipsters of the day.
and also discovered it's been packaged and released from one of THEE best reissue labels around called Charlyfilms.(a division of Charly records being the #1 independent record reissue co for 30 years)
the package comes with tons of extras and rehearsals of greats in their element.(the chico hamilton Quintet jamming in a bedroom with their shirts off)
chuck berry also rocks amongst the jazz heads and fits perfectly.
opening the box i find there are two discs. one the cd of all live tunes and the other the dvd and extras.
this can be found damn cheap like here for 5.99 or amazon has a new feature where you can rent it or watch it in full screen online for 2 bucks with one click! OR, just watch the preview for free.
directed by Bert Stern
USA 1959
"In 1958 fashion photographer Bert Stern set out to make a film (his first) about the annual Jazz festival in Newport, Rhode Island. An attempt at a fictional film turned out to be an enduring classic music documentary. New Yorker Film have done an amazing job transferring the colors and the sound to DVD. This is presently the best jazz concert DVD available anywhere. Stern captured the essence of the title so adeptly with images of people enjoying the summer and intently or casually watching and listening to the performances which include Thelonious Monk, Anita O'Day, Sonny Stitt, Gerry Mulligan, George Shearing, Maybelle Smith, George Shearing, Dinah Washington, Chico Hamilton, Louis Armstrong, Chuck Berry and gospel singer Mahalia Jackson.. For any Jazz enthusiasts this alone would be a reason to own a DVD player, if they didn't have one already."
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ok. yes. i did post this before. before i'd bought and seen the whole thing. this is a
MUST for any jazz lover yet also great film making for doing such an event. there is a
bitchen element of late fifties in change. even though the crowd is mostly white, they find and speak to some hipsters of the day.
and also discovered it's been packaged and released from one of THEE best reissue labels around called Charlyfilms.(a division of Charly records being the #1 independent record reissue co for 30 years)
the package comes with tons of extras and rehearsals of greats in their element.(the chico hamilton Quintet jamming in a bedroom with their shirts off)
chuck berry also rocks amongst the jazz heads and fits perfectly.
opening the box i find there are two discs. one the cd of all live tunes and the other the dvd and extras.
this can be found damn cheap like here for 5.99 or amazon has a new feature where you can rent it or watch it in full screen online for 2 bucks with one click! OR, just watch the preview for free.
directed by Bert Stern
USA 1959
"In 1958 fashion photographer Bert Stern set out to make a film (his first) about the annual Jazz festival in Newport, Rhode Island. An attempt at a fictional film turned out to be an enduring classic music documentary. New Yorker Film have done an amazing job transferring the colors and the sound to DVD. This is presently the best jazz concert DVD available anywhere. Stern captured the essence of the title so adeptly with images of people enjoying the summer and intently or casually watching and listening to the performances which include Thelonious Monk, Anita O'Day, Sonny Stitt, Gerry Mulligan, George Shearing, Maybelle Smith, George Shearing, Dinah Washington, Chico Hamilton, Louis Armstrong, Chuck Berry and gospel singer Mahalia Jackson.. For any Jazz enthusiasts this alone would be a reason to own a DVD player, if they didn't have one already."
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