Release Date: 19 April 2010
Label: Wienerworld
Packaging Type: DVD Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 0760137504795
Genres: Soundtrack  Music Concert  
Release Date: 19 April 2010
Label: Wienerworld
Packaging Type: DVD Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 0760137504795
Genres: Soundtrack  Music Concert  
Description
SOLOS: the jazz sessions is a 39 part television music profile/performance series. Each episode features complete musical pieces, interviews and behind-the-scenes footage with some of today's most notable jazz artists. Shot in HDTV with multiple moving cameras and a medley of elegant, cinematic lighting designs, SOLOS: the jazz sessions showcases an exciting and dynamic variety of jazz styles from the blues and boogie-woogie to bebop and beyond.
This DVD spotlights Andrew Hill, a great and arguably groundbreaking composer and pianist and is recognized as one of the most important progenitors of free jazz piano. His most-lauded work was recorded for Blue Note Records, spanning nearly a decade and producing a dozen albums. As a pianist, Hill had a flowing melodicism and an elastic sense of time. Like his composing, Hill's playing had an ever-present air of spontaneity and was almost completely devoid of clich. His album Dusk was selected as the best album of 2001 by both Down Beat and JazzTimes; and in 2003, Hill received the Jazzpar Prize (an annual Danish award for jazz excellence, held in Copenhagen).
Mark Farner
The Flamin Groovies
The Blasters
Great White
Todd Rundgren
Gipsy Kings featuring Tonino Baliardo
999
Various Artists
Various
Sir Douglas Quintet
Sir Douglas Quintet
Romeo Void
Sarah Vaughan
Chaka Khan
Various
Alter Bridge