GRP All-Stars Live from the Record Plant

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Summary: 49 minutes of a twenty year old recording ...
Review: ... and they couldn't even bring themselves to spice up the audio. This one's a rip off, and only excused by the class of the musicians involved. Just because we have a digital medium doesn't justify to transfer everything without touching it from VHS to DVD and then asking a premium price. Not worth more than $10, I'd say ...

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Summary: Such an incredible performance
Review: Carlos Vega, Abraham Laboriel, Lee Ritenour, Dave Grusin, Phil Perry... what more can one say about such a talented and powerful team like that? If you still haven't listened to Lee Ritenour's "Collection" CD Album, you'll probably say to yourself "Okay, no big surprise" but if you take a better look at it, you'll notice that both percussion and drums are played at the same time by Carlos Vegas (In the song "Early A.M. Attitude"). So incredible! And in Ritenour's Album, the person responsible for the percussion is the wonderful "Paulinho da Costa". What a major responsability for Mr. Vega! And he pulled it off big time! And I'm not gonna say anything about Mr. Perry in the final song "Countdown". He's one of the best male singers in the world, and I'm not just saying that. You know what? Just see it for yourself!

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Summary: Fantastic show -- and now, "the rest of the story":
Review: First, to Mario Toni in Zagreb: "Oasis" is a Dave Valentin song, originally from his album "Jungle Dreams." It is out of print, but follow eBay or other places to get used stuff.

For Balonkuada5, the "GRP Super Live in Concert" was taped in Japan in 1987. As for "Live in Session", well, sit back, I got a little story to tell. On August 14, 1985, a concert of GRP artists was held in the big room at the Record Plant. It was recorded for both audio and video release. The lineup was Dave Grusin (keyboards), Lee Ritenour (guitar), Dianne Schuur (vocals), Dave Valentin (flute), and Ivan Lins (keyboards, vocals). The backing band consisted of Larry Williams (keyboards, sax), Abraham Laboriel (bass), and Carlos Vega (drums). A special guest, Phil Perry, was brought in to sing on Lee Ritenour's "Countdown."

This single concert was released to the public in several variations - none of them complete. There was a CD called "GRP Live in Session" and a video called "GRP Live in Session", with identical covers but different tracks. Then there was a LaserDisc/VHS release called "GRP All-Stars Live from the Record Plant" with yet another combination of tracks. That's the DVD you're looking at now. There is also a release called "Dave Grusin & Lee Ritenour Live at the Record Plant"; it appears to consist of the performances not on the "All Stars Live" release (although, its title notwithstanding, it features Lins and Schuur spotlights). Confused yet?

I've been hoping for years that there would be a single release of the entire show, end to end and in original sequence, but I've stopped holding my breath. The rights to both audio and video are scattered and long since left the domain of the esteemed Mr Grusin. But still, if you get the two DVD's I mentioned, you probably have everything there is to have, which is a rare combination of talent, inspired performances, and exquisite sound & video quality.


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Summary: SONG "OASIS"
Review: I have a copy of this concert on vhs and it is great, but I am still not sure should I buy the dvd or not, because of the reviews about the sound quality. But, the main thing I am writing this is to ask if any of you could help me and tell me whose song is this song "OASIS" originaly and on which cd is the original studio version of that song. I searched the whole net and still could not find anything about this song!!! Please help!!!!!!!

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Summary: GRP All-Stars Dead From the Record Plant
Review: If you like smooth jazz maybe you'll like this DVD. I have a cd of the GRP All-Stars Big Band and those guys really smoke! This is a very lame, very smooth, very boring performance, an example of good musicians playing extremely dull music. I've heard them do better.

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Summary: Live performance can be good
Review: The live performance pulls out the best in Schuur. Phil Perry is another who loves to perform. Some of the other performances are somewhat timid, but for Schuur's performance this is a collectors piece.

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Summary: 49 minutes of a twenty year old recording ...
Review: This actually a question rather than a review. I just would like to know what is the difference between this video compared to the "GRP Live In Session" or the "GRP Super Live In Concert" video

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Summary: Anyone knows?
Review: This actually a question rather than a review. I just would like to know what is the difference between this video compared to the "GRP Live In Session" or the "GRP Super Live In Concert" video

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Summary: Anyone knows?
Review: This actually a question rather than a review. I just would like to know what is the difference between this video compared to the "GRP Live In Session" or the "GRP Super Live In Concert" video

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Summary: An allstar performance
Review: What can I say? These guys are the cream of the crop. The flute performance by Dave Valentin is worth the price alone. I sat in awe watching some of my favorite musicians treat the crowd to a spectacular show. The only complaint I have is that its too short. There was alot of music played at this concert but for some reason they chose not to include it all.