Description
Jazz Icons: Series 1 (Nine DVD Boxed Set) / A DVD Series of Vintage Unseen Concerts from the Timeless Legends of Jazz / Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Chet Baker, Dizzy Gillespie, Count Basie, Jimmy Smith and others / 2006 DVD
Total runtime: 595 Minutes
Region 0 NTSC
Made in Europe
UPC 824121002053
- Aspect Ratio : 1.33:1
- MPAA rating : Unrated (Not Rated)
- Product Dimensions : 7.5 x 5.5 x 5.5 inches; 2.55 Pounds
- Media Format : Box set, Black & White, NTSC
- Run time : 9 hours and 55 minutes
- Release date : October 30, 2006
- Actors : Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Chet Baker, Dizzy Gillespie, Count Basie
- Studio : Jazz Icons
- Number of discs : 9
A veritable goldmine of classic jazz artists--including Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, Dizzy Gillespie, Thelonious Monk, Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, and Count Basie--are featured on this box set of JAZZ ICONS performances. Culled from previously unreleased footage of these artists performing in Europe in the 1950s, '60s, and '70s, the footage offers viewers of all ages an unparalleled opportunity to witness these legends in action. Lovingly assembled and presented, and including excellent liner notes, JAZZ ICONS- BOX SET is a historical and musical treasure.
The series consists of nine titles:
• Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers • Live in '58
• Dizzy Gillespie • Live in '58 & '70
• Louis Armstrong • Live in '59
• Quincy Jones • Live in '60
• Thelonious Monk • Live in '66
• Buddy Rich • Live in '78
• Ella Fitzgerald • Live in '57 & '63
• Count Basie • Live in '62
• Chet Baker • Live in '64 & '79
Each DVD features a 16-page booklet with an essay written by an authoritative jazz historian as well as rare and unseen photos. Jazz Icons DVDs are produced with the full support and cooperation of the artists or their estates, who, in most cases, are contributing rare personal photographs, memorabilia, and forewords.
