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On June 3, 2009, Culbertston and a small army of well respected smooth jazz musicians descended upon the legendary Capitol Studios in Hollywood to film and record a live career retrospective of well loved tunes from his GRP and other labels'. The resulting session is presented in full on DVD directed by filmmaker Joey Castro with 17 tracks.
Musicians: Ray Parker, Jr., Sheldon Reynolds, Wayne Bruce (vocals, guitar); Eddie Miller (vocals, Hammond b-3 organ, keyboards); Dave Koz (soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone); Eric Marienthal (alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone); Michael Lington (alto saxophone, tenor saxophone); Eric Darius (tenor saxophone); Michael Stever (trumpet, flugelhorn, keyboards); Jim Culbertson (trumpet); Nick Lane (trombone); Chris Miskel (drums); Lenny Castro (percussion).
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Hiromi Live in Concert features the pianist in a trio setting, accompanied by bassist Tony Grey and drummer Martin Valihora. Recorded at the Shinagawa Stellar Ball in Tokyo in December 2005, the DVD captures the playful yet masterful dynamics between Hiromi and her two highly talented sidemen. Throughout the ninety-minute presentation, the trio derives its creative energy from a constant give-and-take of technical precision and raw enthusiasm. The results are sometimes passionate, sometimes playful, but always compelling.
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Acoustic Alchemy has captured the hearts and minds of contemporary jazz aficionados with their ever-changing rhythms, beautiful melodies and state of the art production. "Best Kept Secret," original filmed in 1998, captures the excitement of Live Studio Performance and features the full line-up with the London Metropolitan Orchestra. Distinguished film producer Aubrey Powell also captures the band in conversation about their music and influences and follows them "documentary style" on a tour of the United States. Also includes 2 music videos.
Kenny G made his first appearance at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1987 on the back of his multi-platinum album "Duotones" and the hit single from it "Songbird", which was riding high in charts around the world as the festival got underway.The success of Kenny's first appearance led to an invitation to return the following year, when he included a track from his then yet to be released album "Silhouette" in the set. This DVD features the whole of the 1987 show and selected tracks from 1988 and captures Kenny G just as he was breaking through to global stardom. This release contains Kenny G's entire 1987 appearance at the Montreux Jazz Festival, and selected songs from his 1988 set at that annual event. Among the songs performed are "Songbird," "Don't Make Me Wait for Love," "Night Time in Tribeca," and "Champagne."
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Great Concert from No.1 JAPAN Fusion T-SQUARE. DVD release from T-Square Super Band Special. Features footage from their live performance on September 27, 2008 at the Hibiya Park Yagai Dai-Ongakudo.
MUSICIANS :
Hirotaka Izumi : Piano, Keyboards; Hiroyuki Noritake : Drums; Percussion; Junko Miyagi : Piano, Keyboards; Keizoh Kawano : Keyboards, Programming; Kiyohiko Semba : Drums, Percussion; Masahiro Andoh : Guitar; Michael S. Kawai : Drums, Percussion; Mitsuru Sutoh : Bass; Satoshi Bandoh : Drums, Percussion; Takahiro Miyazaki : Saxophone, Wind Synthesizer; Takeshi Itoh : Saxophone, Wind Synthesizer; Tohru Hasebe : Drums, Percussion; Toyoyuki Tanaka : Bass; Yuhji Mikuriya : Guitar; Yuhji Nakamura : Bass.
