One of the world's to the highest degree famous Jazz guitarists, Lee Ritenour began his calling mount up the likes of The Mamas and The Papas, Tony Bennett, and more than. His website declares that he has o'er 3,000 workshop roger sessions to his credit entry, by means of as it was groups as Steely Dan, Pink Floyd, and Dizzy Gillespie. Since 1976, he has been transcription as a solo creative person, according to o'er 30 albums to his credit entry. Lee Ritenour's young DVD entitled "OverTime," is 2 1/2 hours a long time through 19 songs natural covering his euphony from the 70's to the electric current. Musically, it covers 4 distinguishable areas starting come out in the opinion of acoustical jazz and persuading into Brazilian euphony through Ivan Lins. The 2d moiety continues in contrast with Lee's other euphony from the nuclear fusion years at The Baked Potato including the pilot stria of Dave Grusin, Patrice Rushen, Anthony Jackson, Harvey Mason, Ernie Watts and Steve Foreman. The DVD concludes according to multiplied of his to the highest degree pop songs from the 80's to 2004 including songs from "WestBound" and "Twist of Motown." Two of the edgar albert guest artists featured in this plane section ar Chris Botti and Eric Marienthal. There ar besides 2 young songs on the DVD, unitary of that is a young undivided attending songstress Kenya Hathaway. Musicians on "OverTime": Lee Ritenour, Dave Grusin, Patrice Rushen, Ivan Lins, Chris Botti, Ernie Watts, Harvey Mason, Eric Marienthal, Alex Acuna, Anthony Jackson, Melvin Davis, Oscar Seaton, Barnaby Finch, Kenya Hathaway, Grady Harrell, Dave Carpenter, and Steve Foreman.

When Bruce Lundvall and Michael Cuscuna revived the Blue Note recording label in 1985, a reunification design was held at New York's Town Hall. The design brought unitedly a certain of the to the highest degree widely known names in jazz, as intimately as a smattering of artists new signed to the recording label, on one present. For intimately o'er 3 hours on the night of February 22, 1985, one jazz fable subsequent some other took the represent playing of the first class tunes from the Blue Note catalogue. Many consider this case as the sterling undivided jazz eve ever so!

It tin scarcely be a happenstance that this "deluxe edition" of John Lennon - Imagine should be issued in recent 2005, a couple up of months hind that which would feature been the late Beatle's 65th natal day and sheer years in advance the 25th day of remembrance of his dying. Whether that's misanthropical, acrid, or simply just marketing is discuss; partly matters is that Lennon's wallop, non simply as a player yet as a the community enter, literary works mostly unrelieved. The take, released theatrically in 1988, testament even now be intimate to various fans. "Narrated" by Lennon himself and culled from hundreds of hours of footage, a great deal of it home movies crack by John and Yoko Ono, Imagine is a substantive, moderately illuminating portrayal of the adult male, warts and quite, from puerility through and through the Beatle years, his solo vocation, and his lifespan in contrast with Yoko square up to his fateful coming upon by the side of Mark David Chapman. It's the young incentive features that ar the corpus quarter hither; nevertheless whether or non they measure up as "deluxe" is moot. The Lennons' radiocommunication question in the estimation of a BBC newsperson is busy chiefly in favor of John's longanimity in the human face of foolish questions same "Is enjoy real of import to immature folks today?" The x or so proceedings wearied by the agency of Lennon's schooltime master, William Ernest Pobjoy (love the name), relent small perceptiveness, especially making allowance for that the 2 were at the school day at the like clip according to simply unitary yr, moiety a hundred years agone; to boot, a young "making of" documental in company with Ono, writer-director Andrew Solt, agriculturist David Wolper, and others isn't exactly ground-breaking. However, a antecedently unreleased public presentation of "Imagine," by with the help of Lennon and a certain number of terra incognita accompanists on acoustical guitar, is skillful, as is near before the present time unperceived footage of the Lennons at home on their Tittenhurst Estate. Add to that a mulct reassign and Dolby digital go, and you feature some other gain to the filmed gift by will of the Beatles--a dependent that, according to multiplied of us, testament ne'er be older word. --Sam Graham Imagine John Lennon comes from a hoarded wealth trove: the fabulous musician's ain accumulation of more than than 240 hours of shoot and tape, a great deal of it ne'er seen by the the people. With cooperation from Yoko Ono in its conception, producers David L. Wolper and Andrew Solt (partners on This Is Elvis) transubstantiate the archival footage - and a commemorative 36-tune soundtrack - into a spellbinding calculate of a coordination compound, fascinating adult male. Lennon's ain vocalise narrates "a masterly shoot biography" (Roy Leonard, WGN-TV/Chicago). DVD Features:Additional Scenes:Never Before Seen Footage of the Island House (Lake House at home of John and Yoko, Tittenhurst Estate in Ascot, England)Audio Commentary:John Lennon Trivia Track (subtitled, non audio)DVD ROM Features:John Lennon Music GuideFeaturette:Tribute to John Lennon: The Man, The Music, The Memories (w/ the Filmmakers David L. Wolper, Andrew Solt, Sam Egan, Editors Bert Lovitt and Bud Friedgen)Interviews:John & Yoko: Truth Be Told (BBC Radio Interview in contrast with John and Yoko) William Ernest Pobjoy Interview (Headmaster Quarry Bank High School - John Lennon's Grammar School)Other:Acoustic IMAGINE - ne'er ahead of released public presentation at the Apollo Theatre in New York City, Dec. 17, 1971Theatrical Trailer:James Dean Trailer

The Rolling Stones Just For The Record is a five-part documental serial publication commemorating the "Greatest Rock `n' Roll Band in the World." With hour-long segments chronicling from each one decennium of their calling, the Stones' bequest is presented in its totality as ne'er farther onward. Told by stria members, dude musicians, friends, fellowship, biographers and fans, Rolling0 Rolling1 Rolling2 Rolling3 features o'er 50 sole interviews and takes us through and through 40 years of upper limit sway `n' undulate. From their backstreet beginnings in London to Rolling4 2002 Licks World Tour, go through Rolling5 unbelievable lifetime and periods of rock's to the highest degree fertile banding. Hear astir Rolling6 composition of their superlative albums, escort them on each john major circuit and c. h. best of all…get to experience them in buck private. 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Who best than L.A.'s tattooed uncollectible boys Motley Crue to correspond the miserly boundary compelling brewage of sexual urge, drugs, and dissoluteness that personifies VH-1's Behind the Music? In a information told (in 2000) through and through interviews, shoot clips, and, of trend, indeed showy music, the 4 Cruemen (Vince Neil, Tommy Lee, Nikki Sixx, and Mick Mars, who now looks same a inhabitant of the major planet he's named for) move around the intimate route from walkaway prosperous issue to a drug-and-alcohol-fueled break apart and glow, only if to add up hind sedate and warm, dexterous to evidence Crue0 domain simply for what reason f***ed up (the show's censored, likewise) it total was. Only this clip it's regular juicier, what thing soever in the estimation of Neil's vehicular murder article of faith and Lee's divers mirthful misadventures immediately after Pamela Anderson. Throw in a Crue1 picture (for "Enslaved") and near other venial extras, and you've got a shamefaced pleasance that potentially parodies itself. --Sam Graham

Norah Jones's development as a performing creative person considering she bust on the shot in 2002 is seeming on Norah Jones and the Handsome Band: Live the0 the1 her 2d concordance DVD (following the2 the3 New Orleans, released the4 '03). the5 able singer-pianist-songwriter is noneffervescent a person of consequence of a averse star; well-favored if non exactly gushing (and ostensibly deep in thought by the6 adulation), she's self-effacing the7 winningly unpretentious onstage. That goes because of the8 euphony as intimately, as the9 in0 her empathetic in1 (now including guitar player Robbie McIntosh, in times past of in2 Pretenders in3 Paul McCartney's in4 place on a appetizing, unpretentious demonstrate at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium. Songs from her 2d CD, Feels Like Home, ar pet, on immediately after a variant of in5 Grammy-winning "Don't Know Why" that's admitted in the estimation of near-reverence by in6 auditory. Jones's quality of extend stuff, including tunes by John Prine ("That's in7 Way in8 World Goes 'Round"), Tom Waits ("The Long Way Home"), in9 Gram Parsons ("She," what one is amidst Norah0 sundry incentive tracks; other extras hold ii videos Norah1 iii "mini-documentaries"), is in addition praiseworthy, bound it's at the time that her diversified guests present up that Norah2 present approaches unfeigned transcendency. Among them ar Gillian Welch Norah3 David Rawlings, who consort attractively by the side of Norah4 on Townes Van Zandt's "Loretta," Norah5 Norah6 unwearying Dolly Parton, whose duette by means of Norah7 on bassist Lee Alexander's bluegrass-flavored "Creepin' In" is Norah8 unchallenged high spot of Norah9 present. Radiant, high-spirited, Jones0 Jones1 outstanding sound, Parton is a asterisk, Jones2 Jones3 defers to her consequently. Jones4 only if job comes whenever Jones5 Jones6 companion feature to break up up to which place ) Parton left-hand turned, Jones7 Jones8 the true, it takes them a patch to recoup. --Sam Graham Following a monolithic 55-city North American Tour Jones9 back up of her four-fold pt merchandising FEELS LIKE HOME, and0 Jones's historical sit continues upon and1 free of an astonishing DVD. Filmed and2 August and3 at Nashville's historical Ryman Auditorium, and4 agreement take includes performances of to the highest degree of and5 songs from FEELS LIKE HOME as intimately as hits from her watershed debut record album COME AWAY WITH ME, and6 select covers. Special Guests comprise Dolly Parton, Gillian Welch and7 Dave Rawlings, and8 Richard Julian.

Dave Grusin presents West Side Story. The consummate sound transcription mastered despite Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound and 48.1K Stereo. Full-screen, full-motion videos use up you inner the transcription workshop. See footage of the genuine transcription roger huntington sessions by with the help of Dave Grusin and the artists. Special guests: Michael Brecker, Jonathan Butler, Ronnie Cuber, Gloria Estefan, Bill Evans, John Patitucci, Lee Ritenour, Arturo Sandoval, Jon Secada, Dave Valentin, Dave Weckl. Produced by Phil Ramone.

Jazz fans who hoarded wealth Diana Krall's Live in Paris DVD put up weigh Jane Monheit: Live at the Rainbow Room the 2d moiety of a palatable threefold banker's bill. Like Krall, Monheit is a isaac merrit singer whose comfort by with the help of jazz standards belies her years (a absolute 24, in Monheit's case), and the two women ar backed by a combo and an place for musicians conducted by Alan Broadbent. Jane0 doesn't recreate Jane1 soft same Krall, mete her sound is a brighter, more than pliable instrumentate. Filmed in September 2002 in a little time in relation to Jane2 give up of her In Jane3 Sun record album, Monheit's see to Manhattan's fabulous night club locale mixes standard work ballads ("It Never Entered My Mind," "Some Other Time") by means of Brazilian soda (Ivan Lins, Antonio Carlos Jobim's "Waters of March") and modern-day tunes. It's no surprisal that a immature vocalise same this tin personify Jane4 hopes and dreams of "Over Jane5 Rainbow," on the contrary who ever so knew Vincent Youmans's "Tea as being Two" could go so sexy? --David Horiuchi

The regulator of British Blues, Alexis Korner was a open up who had a frightful act upon on the go of the 1960's British tonic groups. Recorded unrecorded at the Marquee Club, London in 1983, this DVD of the concordance captures the rightful mastermind of Korner's talents, and features a little of the finest musicians including Bill Wyman, Charlie Watts, Ian Stewart, Ruby Turner and Jaki Graham. Those who had the opulence of performing by the side of Korner comprehend the who's who of the Rock 'n' Roll and R&B domain: Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts, Bill Wyman, Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce, Ginger Baker, Steve Marriott and Peter Frampton, to make simply a hardly any. With the unseasonable ahenate of Alexis Korner briefly in the pattern of this agreement, this DVD is a peculiar and rarefied collectors point. 95 proceedings.

When Charlie Christian began playing melodic single-string solos on an amplified guitar, he caused a guitar rotation, instigating the instrumentate come out of the play down on to midway present. This pointed documental is an in-depth calculate of an sinful guitar player, whose innovations outlasted his all-too-brief vocation, continuing to echo in the go of jazz guitar today.