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Summary: Beatiful!!!!
Review: I think this album and this recording session gives a great pleasure after every time you listen... Again and again...Do not miss it!
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Summary: This One Is A Masterpiece:
Review: If I never see another Concert in DVD again, I'll be glad that I picked up this one. This is for people who just love strait-ahead Jazz. The minute I sat down and watched it, I called my friend (J.C) and told him, "don't ask any questions, just go on Amazon.Com and pick this one up, you won't regret this one."
Jack DeJohnette, Hancock, Metheny and Holland, put together some pieces here that will send you thru the roof. The Audio Sound is Great, despite it not being DTS. None-the-less, this is a must in your collection. It really does not get any better than this. RIGHT ALONGSIDE "CASINO LIGHTS 99"
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Summary: Do you like real music?
Review: If you do this is the DVD you've been waiting for... This is an awesome recording. It's in widescreen format. If this bothers you, it won't after you watch this. Simply put, this DVD sets a standard that other so called musicians should strictly follow. The performances on this are incredible but of course, look who it is. I can't say enough about this DVD, buy it now. Once you watch it, you won't look at musicians in the same way. Seeing these guys perform together will surely be an entertaining and awe inspiring event in your life... My personal fav is "Shadow Dance" but then again, I love fusion.
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Summary: Not to everyone's taste, but good, all the same
Review: If you're a fan of either the Pat Metheny Group or Jack DeJohnette in Keith Jarrett's Standards trio, you won't necessarily like the music this superstar quartet plays. It's much closer in style to Metheny's 'Question & Answer' CD, which was recorded in the year preceding this concert. Add in Hancock's unique keyboards style and it's a very acquired taste.
I saw this quartet perform at the Royal Festival Hall in London in the year this DVD was recorded. I was actually sitting behind the band, which was an unusual but involving experience.
This was possibly the last occasion that the British audience saw Metheny's long, bushy hair in its natural silvery state. On his return, it had acquired a mysterious auburn sheen.
The DVD notes mention the fact that this quartet weren't getting on with each other in the early days of the tour. By the time of the recording, they were clearly coping with one another, but I wouldn't put it more strongly than that. To my knowledge, none of them has recorded much with any of the others in the 15 years since.
So get this as a document of four jazz superstars, each playing well if not their very best, a selection of tunes, only one of which is a true jazz great.
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Summary: mostly good
Review: In June of 1990, drummer Jack Dejohnette, pianist Herbie Hancock, bassist Dave Holland, and guitarist Pat Metheny, went on tour together to promote Dejohnette's album, Parallel Realities. The two of these shows, which were performed at the Mellon Jazz Festival, were edited to make the very exciting DVD, Dejohnette, Hancock, Holland, Metheny in Concert. Watching the disc, I became very envious of the audience for being able to see four musicians of this caliber play together on one stage. In fact, watching the tremendous amount of skill and creative energy exhibited by the musicians in this DVD is a good reminder of why jazz is such an important school of music. Although the concert does at times stray into musical styles that are not so tasteful, namely smooth jazz, the distinctions seem less important when the music is actually being performed live by these four men.
This wide range of styles is seen in just the first few tunes, if not the first song. The show opens with only Dejohnette on stage performing a very expressive percussion solo. Holland then joins him at which point the two lay into a very dissonant and funky groove. After just a few bars of this, a very excited Herbie Hancock runs out to the stage and attacks his piano only to make the tune all the more dissonant. Finally, a very playful looking Pat Metheny joins his colleges to play the head of the first tune, "Shadow Dance," by Dave Holland. The head speeds up to take on more of a straight-ahead rhythm, but becomes funky again for Metheny's solo, which he plays with his trade-mark guitar synthesizer, while Hancock comps with his own keyboard synthesizer. Hancock takes his solo on the acoustic piano as the piece jumps back into the straight-ahead feel. This first composition is characteristic of the entire video in that Metheny and Hancock take the lead. However, the musical styles change with the next tune.
This tune, "Indigo Dreamscape," is a Dejohnette original from the Parallel Realities" album. For this piece, Hancock switches to play only synthesizers and Holland trades his upright bass for an electric one. They come together with these new tambres to play smooth jazz, which varies stylistically from the very hard edged fusion sound of the first tune. Although I tend to believe that, for the most part, smooth jazz is just a more easily marketable genre of real jazz, I also think that it can be done well if the musicians really put their soul into their work, as is true with all genres. This is achieved by the quartet in "Indigo Dreamscape.". However, on the following tune, "9 Over Reggae", not even the combined brilliance of these four individuals could save the composition from the excessively "cheesy" sound of synthesizers and pop rhythms. Fortunately, this is the only such tune on the DVD.
The rest on the Concert continues to be very eclectic. The quartet covers "Solar," a Miles Davis original which is played essentially as a hard-bop tune with all four taking very long, thoughtful, and exciting solos. Then they slow down considerably to play "Silver Hollow," another Dejohnette original, mostly featuring Metheny on the nylon string guitar. Another Dejohnette composition follows which is appropriately titled "Blue" because of its very bluesy feel, although it is not in a twelve bar format. The video continues to vary in style, thanks in no small part to the unique compositions of all four featured musicians. Basically, what it all comes down to in the end is the fact that all four of the musicians are, very appropriately, jazz legends. All have contributed significantly to modern jazz and all are at the top of their game. The only aspect of this video I would like to see changed is the instrumentation. It is my opinion that Herbie Hancock's talents are wasted on the synthesizer sounds that he chooses. However, while some of the styles played are somewhat dated and commercial, the skill and heart-felt intentions of the musicians comes through brilliantly. The manner in which the DVD was filmed allows this to happen. The camera work is totally free of gimmicks such as excessive pans and video effects which tend to ruin many concert videos. The video simply shows the musicians playing, focusing mostly on the individual who is soloing. Although it may be impossible to accurately recreate the energy of attending a live performance, this DVD comes close.
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Summary: OPORTUNIDAD
Review: POCAS VECES , UNO TIENE LA POSIBILIDAD DE ESCUCHAR Y VER A PAT METHENY EN ACCION, ASI QUE NO DUDEN ESTA VEZ. ESTE DVD ES SENSILLAMENTE MUY BUENO, NO SOLO POR LA CALIDAD DE LOS MUSICOS, SINO TAMBIEN POR LOS TEMAS MUSICALES QUE TOCAN, ES UNA EXELENTE SELECCION DE BUEN GUSTO QUE VA A DEJAR A MAS DE UNO CON LA BOCA ABIERTA. EL SONIDO ES MUY BUENO Y LA IMAGEN ES MAS QUE ACEPTABLE, IGUALMENTE EL VALOR DE ESTE DVD ESTA DADO EN LA POSIBILIDAD DE APRECIAR TODO EL POTENCIAL MUSICAL DE ESTOS 4 MONSTRUOS. ESTO SI QUE ES UNA INVERSION Y NO UN GASTO.
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Summary: simply amazing
Review: simply amazing, one u must own.
they're on fire...
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Summary: Killer
Review: The Dejohnette dvd is killer. If you enjoyed his Parallel Realities cd with the same personel this dvd is a no brainer. It is such a rare treat to see all of these jazz greats together, I felt like it was my birthday.
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Summary: As Good as the Names Suggest
Review: The DVD of this show is outstanding. I was fortunate enough to be there when this was being filmed. I must say that this show was one of the best jazz superstar groups ever organized. Individually, any one of these artist are great to see live, but the show was as good as the names suggest. If you're looking for a performance that has to be heard to believe, this is definitely one for your collection. If you're looking for the song format on cd, check out Jack Dejohnettes "Parallel Lines".
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Summary: Dave Holland needs bass lessons.
Review: The DVD: Great video and sound quality. Technically, probably one of the best DVD - non DTS DVDs that I have. One minor comment is that the bass output seems little weak!............ The performance: Dave Holland's performance is so mundance and his sound setting is so dull! Lots of people seems to be impressed with this guy but I guess they don't know better... (you got to see/hear Stanley Clark, Louis Johnson, Victor Wooten, Marcus Miller, to name a few, to know what I am talking about) Dave Holland needs bass lessons! I am not to impress with Metheny's sound either, his performance is 4 stars. It has continuous muted/monotonous quality..... BUT Dejohnette and Hancock are just marvelous!
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