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Summary: One of the Greats
Review: If you are a Chaka Khan fan, then these few words have echoed in your ear a thousand and one times. "Chaka Khan is a true Diva!" Her love for music is what I identifiy with when I hear her belt out a tune. My appreciation for her work in the jazz/blues genre has now been rewarded with this once in a lifetime session captured on DVD by the folks over at BET on Jazz. I was fortunate to have watched the broadcast of this program, but will enjoy it at my liesure when I'm in the mood to hear this diva at her best.
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Summary: One of the Greats
Review: If you are a Chaka Khan fan, then these few words have echoed in your ear a thousand and one times. "Chaka Khan is a true Diva!" Her love for music is what I identifiy with when I hear her belt out a tune. My appreciation for her work in the jazz/blues genre has now been rewarded with this once in a lifetime session captured on DVD by the folks over at BET on Jazz. I was fortunate to have watched the broadcast of this program, but will enjoy it at my liesure when I'm in the mood to hear this diva at her best.
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Summary: Chaka's Jazz is da bomb!
Review: Somebody get this woman in the studio. Jazz is truly her calling. This DVD is testament to greater things to come from Chaka Khan.
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Summary: Pretty Good until She fades
Review: the show started off good&then around the middle of the show Chaka Khan just kinda went down from there.the Band was on point but Her vocals strayed&after a while it felt like She was just going through the Motions.if this Performance had have stopped early after a few songs then it would have been tight but it goes a bit to long.the Musicianship was tight throughout nevertheless.
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Summary: Never Seen Her Like This
Review: This is when you know a singer has it all. This is not your R&B Chaka. This is Chaka in a smooth Jazz setting with a band that is tight and complements her. She gets right down to buisness after the bands runs off a piece by themselves, which is really setting you up for Chaka's performance which is flawless. Not a lot of talking, she gets right down to Jazz music.
REMEMBER, this is not R&B, this is her in a different setting and I was totally impressed. Check out her song "Reconsider" on this DVD and you will see what I mean. Patti has nothing on this woman. JAZZ LOVERS, GET THIS.
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Summary: Timeless Performance, So-So Delivery
Review: This was a good concert. Chaka's in great voice, the backing band is hot,and the song selection / arrangements have high
creative value. However,(and I hate to say this) the one missing
ingredient I felt when watching this was Khan's little rapport with her audience. She seems shy,hiding behind all that hair. You can see the faces in the audience-she's got them eating out of the palm of her hand yet she seems oblivious to it or not engaging it. Maybe this was done when she wasn't feeling jovial or maybe she's not that emotionally involved with her audience-which is her choice . But the fire between performer and audience that makes performances really warm seems lost without that to me. In other words, it just feels like she's going through the motions. I can imagine that she still performs many dates per year and that can probably become tedious. I would still go to her live. Highlights are her reading of "Man From Mars", her mean scat on "Them Their Eyes" and her touching performance of "Love Me Still". The last song sounded sincere as if she were asking the question from her heart. And the answer is yes! Yes, Chaka we love you still!
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Summary: where's the centre channel??
Review: Warning- this is done in Dolby Digital and DTS "surround"....... I put the disc in and heard nothing from the centre channel- thought my set up was faulty- but no - this is the way it seems to be recorded. Nevertheless fabulous concert and good sound quality. So- for the actual content 5 stars but degraded to 3 because of the technical confusion and poor menu.
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Summary: Out of her depth or just not suited to jazz?
Review: We bought this DVD on the strength of Chaka's excellent performance on Fourplay's "An Evening of Fourplay". However, my wife said after the second listening of this other DVD, that she is either out of her depth or she has chosen the wrong songs. I tend to agree - Chaka comes across like a less than smooth, poor man's version of Natalie Cole on this DVD. Her voice is OK in the lower register but it turns into a flat screechy monotone when she aims a bit higher. Her band is excellent and without them it would all be a total loss. In fact, we could easily have listened to the band alone - unfortunately their peformance is ruined by a less than stellar performance by Chaka Khan.
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Summary: Where There's Smoke There's Fire
Review: What a sheer delight it was to finally come across a treasure, appropriately titled "The Jazz Channel Presents Chaka Khan," and on DVD. For an hour I sat transfixed to the TV screen in awe as one of God's greatest voices belted out songs to uplift as well as melt you away. Her renditions of jazz standards such as, "Them there eyes" and "At the end of a love affair," made famous by jazz legend "Billie Holiday," were pure electric. A few new tunes, "Man From Mars" and "Soul Mates", sung in that sexy, sultry way we C.K. fans have come to know as only "Chaka", and closing the set with "Love Me Still", definitivly an evening I'm sure the audience remembered as sweet and soothing to the heart and soul. This DVD is a must for all die-hard Chaka Khan fans. And if your smart you'll get it before it becomes an "out of print" collector's item. Chaka you just too "bad".
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Summary: Where There's Smoke There's Fire
Review: What a sheer delight it was to finally come across a treasure, appropriately titled "The Jazz Channel Presents Chaka Khan," and on DVD. For an hour I sat transfixed to the TV screen in awe as one of God's greatest voices belted out songs to uplift as well as melt you away. Her renditions of jazz standards such as, "Them there eyes" and "At the end of a love affair," made famous by jazz legend "Billie Holiday," were pure electric. A few new tunes, "Man From Mars" and "Soul Mates", sung in that sexy, sultry way we C.K. fans have come to know as only "Chaka", and closing the set with "Love Me Still", definitivly an evening I'm sure the audience remembered as sweet and soothing to the heart and soul. This DVD is a must for all die-hard Chaka Khan fans. And if your smart you'll get it before it becomes an "out of print" collector's item. Chaka you just too "bad".
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