The Carnegie Hall Jazz Band – The Carnegie Hall Salutes The Jazz Masters / Laserdisc CD Video 1994

UPC 780063173510 

!!! CONDITION OF DISC IS USED - VERY GOOD !!!

TOTAL PLAYING TIME: 64'50 MINUTES  

MADE IN ENGLAND / PRINTED IN U.S.A. 1989 

NTSC

Laser disc: a disc resembling a larger CD but able to store video, now generally replaced by the DVD.

Jazz devotees and those on the genre’s periphery will find this all-star tribute to many of the music’s greats an entertaining and informative spec with plenty of performances to keep things interesting.

The Carnegie Hall gala was part of the 50th birthday party last month for Verve Records, the jazz label founded by music innovator Norman Granz that helped chronicle the careers of such greats as Charlie Parker, Ella Fitzgerald, Oscar Peterson and Lester Young.

Vanessa Williams and Herbie Hancock take turns at the podium, introing and at times performing tributes to Fitzgerald, Dizzy Gillespie, Stan Getz, Miles Davis , Count Basie, Art Tatum and Wes Montgomery.