20 Juli 2010

Music Corner - July

AL DI MEOLA - Speak a Volcano Live 2006 (Return To Electric Guitar)

VERY RARE DVD
As filmed in November 2006, the music release Al Di Meola: Speak a Volcano - Return to Electric Guitar finds jazz-rock musician Di Meola onstage before a live audience in Leverkusen, Germany, in an electric guitar set accompanied by drummer Gumbi Ortiz. Here, Di Meola performs thirteen tracks including "Hypnose," "Red Moon" and "Azzura." Featuring : Al Di Meola - Electric & Acoustic Guitar, Guitar Midi. Joel Taylor - Drums. Mike "Chick Corea Electric Band" Pope - Bass. Gumbi Ortiz - Percussion. Mario Parmissano - Piano, Keyboards, Synthesizer.

Jethro Tull - Live At Montreux 2003

VERY RARE DVD
Jethro Tull is one of the most successful Fusion British acts of all time with a career reaching from the late sixties to the present day. In 2003 the band made their first (and so far only) visit to the Montreux Festival. Split into a semi-acoustic first half and full on electric second half, the concert was a triumph combining newer songs with classic favorites. As ever Ian Anderson leads from the front with his instantly recognizable voice and inimitable style of one-legged flute playing.

JOE SATRIANI - Live in Paris 2010

This musical release from guitarist Joe Satriani captures a performance recorded in front of a live audience in Paris, and includes hits like "I Just Wanna Rock, "Out of the Sunrise", "Mystical Potato Head Groove Thing", and more.

JAZZ PISTOLS - Live 2005

RARE DVD
Great performance of Fantastic German JAZZ Fusion band - JAZZ PISTOLS. Musicians : Stefan Ivan Schäfer - Guitar & Midi, Thomas Lui Ludwig - Drums & Percussion. Christoph Victor Kaiser - 6 String Bass. A Must Have DVD with DTS Sound!!!

MICHAEL FRANKS - Live at Blue Note Tokyo 1993

VERY RARE DVD
Amazing Concert from Michael Franks Smooth Jazz singer and Songwriter from the United States. Live at Blue Note Tokyo with 14 great songs with : Steve Logan - Bass. Chris Hunter - Sax. Charles Blenzing - Keyboards & Synthesizer. Jay Azzolia - Guitars. Clinton de Ganon - Drums. Veronica Nunn - Backing Vocal.

MASATO HONDA - Cross Hearts Live 2001

VERY RARE DVD
Fusion sax player with the ability unmatched by any other popular, and live footage from Cross Hearts Live 2001. LINE UP : MASATO HONDA - Sax, Flute, EWI, Trumpet. HIROYUKI"The SQUARE:"NORITAKE : Drums. KEIJI MATSUMOTO : Keyboards, Synthesizer. JUN KAJIWARA : Guitars.

LEVEL 42 - Live in Montreux 1983

VERY RARE DVD
Famous British Jazz Funk band Level 42. Concert taken from The Original Live in Montreux Jazz Festival 1983. Line Up : Mark King - Bass & Vocal, Mike Lindup - Keyboards & Vocal, Phil Gould - Drums, Boon Gould - Guitars. A Must Have DVD for Fans of Level 42.

AQUARIUM RESCUE UNIT - Live Jacksonville Jazz Festival

RARE DVD
This is where it all started with Jimmy Herring breaking new grounds with astonishing chops, great melodies and powerful jams with some of the best musicians around. The band evolved though different incarnations with Colonel Bruce Hampton, Jeff Sipe, Matt Mundy and others, but this DVD is from the last phase of the band with Oteil Burbridge(Oteil and the PeaceMakers) before they went separate ways. A fantastic show and we're glad it is finally out on DVD. Lineup: Jimmy Herring - Guitars, Paul Henson - Vocals, Kofi Burbridge - Keyboards, Synth, flute, Oteil Burbridge - Bass, Sean O'Rourke – Drums.

TOMMY EMMANUEL - Live at Sheldon Concert Hall (2005)

RARE DVD
Grammy-nominated fingerstyle guitar virtuoso Tommy Emmanuel has toured in Europe, Asia, South America, and the United States, bringing his music from the Australian outback to the rest of the world and creating legions of new fans in the process. None other than the incredible Chet Atkins has referred to him as "One of the greatest guitarists in the world," and Tommy is quick to acknowledge Chet as his principal inspiration. Modestly referring to himself as "an entertainer who happens to play the guitar," Tommy captivates his audiences with his humor, charisma and musicianship, delivering knockout performances around the globe. Tommy's energy and the ideal acoustics of the Sheldon Concert Hall make this a video performance to be cherished. This DVD features nearly Two hours of performance.

VANGELIS - Mythodea Live (Music for the NASA Mission - 2001 Mars Odyssey)

Very RARE DVD
An avatar of Orchestral Synthesis for 30 years, Vangelis has only now made his full orchestral outing with the ambitious and epic Mythodea. Currently linked as theme music for NASA's Mission to Mars program, Mythodea dates back to 1993, when Vangelis premiered the work in a live performance. After the amorphous synthesizer opening, Vangelis is little-heard, using his keyboards only to support the large orchestra, 100-voice mixed choir, massed timpani, and the twin soprano leads of Kathleen Battle and Jessye Norman. Echoes of Gustav Holst, Gustav Mahler, and Carl Orff suffuse Mythodea, with its stentorian choirs, rumbling percussion, and dense string writing. Singing a hybrid language, Norman and Battle spiral through Vangelis's evocation of an ancient Greek landscape. By turns smothering and grandiose, and often turgid, Mythodea is nevertheless studded with memorable themes, notably "Movement 9." It's a poignant, haunting melody, with the sopranos looping back and forth in ascending arcs, recalling Delibes's aria from "Lakmé," better known as the British Airways theme. This is the Vangelis of "L'Enfant," and "Heaven & Hell," where the composer's true voice is heard.