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Jazz Icons 2 Boxed Set (8 DVDs)

Jazz Icons 2 Boxed Set (8 DVDs)

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Contents

Seven legendary artists - 100 classic performances - 10 hours of music!

This set contains seven DVDs of live performances by Dave Brubeck, John Coltrane, Duke Ellington, Dexter Gordon, Charles Mingus, Wes Montgomery and Sarah Vaughan. Plus, an exclusive bonus disc is included featuring rare performances from John Coltrane, Dexter Gordon, Dave Brubeck and Sarah Vaughan.

This set contains the following 8 DVDs

Extended Article

Each DVD consists of a 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.

"This is like the discovery of a bonanza of previously unknown manuscripts of plays by William Shakespeare." —Nat Hentoff

"Louis Armstrong's sound transcends time and style. This DVD captures that intangible power and allows us o gaze upon it in wonder." —Wynton Marsalis

"Amazing! To see the Art Blakey band playing Moanin' a month after I recorded them — it's like watching my own birth." —Rudy Van Gelder

"These nine historic DVDs are among the most important visual/aural documents to be mined from the ever-yielding, seemingly hidden jazz treasury. Now, most importantly, they are available to the entire world." —Ira Gitler

"Considering the almost alarming proliferation of jazz DVDs on the market today, and their extremely variable quality, it is good to know that Reelin' in the Years can be trusted to bring viewers nothing but the best — in content and presentation." —Dan Morgenstern