Peter F Posted September 29, 2004 Report Posted September 29, 2004 Just released were 8 DVDs from the Montreux Jazz Festival. I believe all or most of them have been issued on CD some years ago. just finished watching one by The Roy Eldridge Quartet with Oscar Peterson, NHOP, and Bobby Durham from 1977. It's in color and with excellent remastered sound. The camera work is first rate. It focuses on the musicians rather that extaneous things as some video and films have done. Special features include a gallery of drawings by David Stone Martin and a gallery of jazz photos Nat Hentoff if featured discussing both Roy Eldridge and also Norman Granz. Other DVDs in this series are: Mary Lou Williams'78, Oscar Peterson Trio '77, Benny Carter '77, Ray Bryant '77, Count Basie Jam '75, Milet Jackson & Ray Brown '77, Ella & Basie '77. I ordered 6 of them from Tower Records On-line for $11.99 each. Based upon the one I have seen thus far, this looks to be a great series at a very fair price. Peter F Quote
neveronfriday Posted September 30, 2004 Report Posted September 30, 2004 There not selling these in Europe (yet). And I'm not a code-free kinda guy. Mind burning the Oscar Peterson Trio '77 and the Eldridge one for me? Quote
alankin Posted October 1, 2004 Report Posted October 1, 2004 And they're currently available from CD Universe for only $8.39. Quote
Tjazz Posted October 1, 2004 Report Posted October 1, 2004 (edited) I got a couple of them at Amoeba in Hollywood for $5 (used). They still have extra Mary Lou Williams and Count Baie Jam for $5. Edited October 1, 2004 by Tjazz Quote
BERIGAN Posted October 2, 2004 Report Posted October 2, 2004 There not selling these in Europe (yet). And I'm not a code-free kinda guy. Mind burning the Oscar Peterson Trio '77 and the Eldridge one for me? Deus, you may already know this, but for others that don't or haven't tried.... I suggested for shits and grins to an jazz friend overseas that I copy some old tapes onto DVD and see if he could play the discs on his computer's dvd player, and he could!(IT was several months ago, but I think the Philips manual said something about finalized discs being in region 0?) I have a dvd recorder that uses DVD+R/DVD+RW discs only...has anyone tried the other way, having something recorded on a DVD recorder in Europe, and tried to play it in the states???? Quote
brownie Posted October 3, 2004 Report Posted October 3, 2004 There not selling these in Europe (yet). And I'm not a code-free kinda guy. Mind burning the Oscar Peterson Trio '77 and the Eldridge one for me? I saw copies of those DVDs in Paris earlier this week. The European versions seem to be out. Quote
Claude Posted October 3, 2004 Report Posted October 3, 2004 (edited) I suggested for shits and grins to an jazz friend overseas that I copy some old tapes onto DVD and see if he could play the discs on his computer's dvd player, and he could!(IT was several months ago, but I think the Philips manual said something about finalized discs being in region 0?) I have a dvd recorder that uses DVD+R/DVD+RW discs only...has anyone tried the other way, having something recorded on a DVD recorder in Europe, and tried to play it in the states???? Just a couple of infos related to US and european DVDs: - you need to check first if these DVDs are region-coded. It would be an abuse of the region system (meant to block access to euopean DVD users for films that are still shown in european cinemas), but unfortunately many old titles and music videos are also region-coded - self-burned DVD-Rs do not have a region code (it wouldn't make any sense) - almost all DVD players and TV sets currently available in Europe support the american NTSC standard, but the opposite (watching european PAL movies in the US) is not true - you can't simply copy commercial VHS tapes or DVDs by connecting a VHS or DVD recorder because the video on the original VHS/DVD contains the Macrovision copyprotection signal which makes the copy look completely blurred - for a european jazz movie fan, it is essential to have a region-free DVD player, because 80% of the titles are only available in the US and many of them are region-coded. Depending on the model, making a DVD player region-free can be done by the user himself or a store (usually costs 20 Euro) and is NOT illegal (unlike defeating Macrovision). Here's a database: http://www.videohelp.com/dvdhacks Edited October 3, 2004 by Claude Quote
BruceH Posted October 6, 2004 Report Posted October 6, 2004 I just got two of them at Amoeba for $2.99 each. Not bad! Quote
neveronfriday Posted November 24, 2004 Report Posted November 24, 2004 (edited) Now, let me vent here for a second. Don't get me wrong. I love the stuff Granz did, I love the music presented on these DVDs (most of which I have by now) and I have nothing but respect for Nat Hentoff. And it's great this stuff is out for us to see and it's even greater that it was released at a reasonable price. But. What did these people drink or smoke before/while putting these DVDs together? How about a photo of Montreux with fluorescent-coloured titles to match Eldridge's red/pinkish/purplish outfit and (Milt) Jackson's red checkered jacket? The DVD menu from hell which is about as ugly as the aforementioned clothes? Who decided to put Hentoff into this cutesy poopsy frame, right in the center, filming him reading a script? Huh? Jee-sus. Who do we have to shoot for the distorted sound on, for example, the Basie Jam? Who filmed the N.H.O. Pedersen interview in New York? Blank plaster wall, unmoving camera, full frontal facial shot ... even Niels can't save that one (love his Danish accent though ... made me feel right back at home).. Why is it that everyone seems to think that jazz fans have to put up/are willing to put up with great material in horrendously awful crummy packaging (the only decent thing are the covers) with production quality which harks back to old Sinclair computers (remember those)? I'm pissed. This is Norman Granz. Count Basie. Roy Eldridge. Oscar Peterson. Milt Jackson. Ella Fitzgerald. ... presented on a budget that you couldn't get a bag of peanuts for. You know, anyone with access to a computer nowadays and some decent software (damn, steal it if the company doesn't give you any) could blow these DVDs out of the water. Jeez, any one of my students could make a DVD that is so much better than these ... and they'd probably do it for free. But the material presented is grand, I give you that. I rest my case. Edited November 24, 2004 by deus62 Quote
Tjazz Posted November 24, 2004 Report Posted November 24, 2004 I just got two of them at Amoeba for $2.99 each. Not bad! Shit!! You're Amoeba was cheaper than the Hollywood store. What a bargain. Quote
Tjazz Posted November 24, 2004 Report Posted November 24, 2004 (edited) Just saw a Diana Krall DVD out too. $15 list Live At THe Montreal Jazz festival. Looked like songs from her latest CD. Edited November 24, 2004 by Tjazz Quote
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