Il grande bandleader è veramente degno del suo nome dal suono reale. L'allegro e chiassoso musicista è conosciuto per la sua travolgente e irresistibile musica swing, ed è spesso considerato uno dei maestri del genere. Swingin' The Blues è un'esplorazione celebrativa della carriera musicale di Basie in cui un certo numero di amici e colleghi ci raccontano aneddoti sulla leggenda. Accanto a queste candide interviste ci sono alcuni magici filmati di Basie nell'esecuzione di alcuni dei suoi classici brani.
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Among the nobility of jazz musicians two names stand out — the Duke and the Count. And while most faced with choosing between them would be likely to place the Duke at the pinnacle, and the Count himself gives place to the Duke, there would still always be those who would opt for the swinging blues of the Count as the top of the heap. And this is only right, because though both men led big bands, their musical genius pushed them in different directions with different sounds. The Duke moved from the dance hall to the concert hall; the Count stayed true to his dance hall roots. Dance hall, concert hall: in each neither man has his peer.
Nothing demonstrates Count Basie's eminence in the dance hall like the newly remastered documentary DVD, Count Basie — Swingin' the Blues, part of the Masters of American Music series from Naxos and EuroArts. The focus of the documentary, narrated by Roscoe Lee Browne, is on the music. There is some discussion of the man's life, but this is not a biography. The bulk of the hour long DVD is devoted to commentary by musicians that played with the Basie band — Harry 'Sweets' Edison, Earl Warren, Buddy Tate, and many others — and archival musical performances by some of the most respected names in jazz.....
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Il sito www.seattlepi.com ci presenta una splendida recensione di questo imperdibile Dvd.
Among the nobility of jazz musicians two names stand out — the Duke and the Count. And while most faced with choosing between them would be likely to place the Duke at the pinnacle, and the Count himself gives place to the Duke, there would still always be those who would opt for the swinging blues of the Count as the top of the heap. And this is only right, because though both men led big bands, their musical genius pushed them in different directions with different sounds. The Duke moved from the dance hall to the concert hall; the Count stayed true to his dance hall roots. Dance hall, concert hall: in each neither man has his peer.
Nothing demonstrates Count Basie's eminence in the dance hall like the newly remastered documentary DVD, Count Basie — Swingin' the Blues, part of the Masters of American Music series from Naxos and EuroArts. The focus of the documentary, narrated by Roscoe Lee Browne, is on the music. There is some discussion of the man's life, but this is not a biography. The bulk of the hour long DVD is devoted to commentary by musicians that played with the Basie band — Harry 'Sweets' Edison, Earl Warren, Buddy Tate, and many others — and archival musical performances by some of the most respected names in jazz.....
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