Actor: Various Artists
Studio: Lrs Media
Category: DVD

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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars

26 reviews
Sales Rank: 4363

Format: Color, Compilation, Widescreen
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: Unrated
Media: Blu-ray
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 55
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 6.7 x 5.3 x 0.5

MPN: 090005
UPC: 878509000520
EAN: 0878509000520
ASIN: B000IHYY52

Theatrical Release Date: October 24, 2006
Release Date: October 24, 2006
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Excellent concert August 25, 2008
This is a must to have for your Jazz collection. Selection of performers, sound and video quality is GREAT. Highly recommend this concert. If you like jazz you can not go wrong with this disk.

5 out of 5 stars

The closest experience to being there live June 12, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

This is a masterfully produced disc. When you put this in your player and the theme music starts, you know you are in for a great night of jazz.

What truly makes this collection compelling is the well-balanced list of performances. There are artists new and old, well-known and not so well-known, from a surprisingly varied pool of jazz sub-genres: fusion, bebop, swing, latin, and bossa. There is even a blues performance thrown in. The performances themselves are mostly very good, with the occasional eye-opening one mixed in such as Marcus Miller's Panther.

The production value of the disc is fantastic too. I would've loved this even on VHS because it is ultimately about the music; but there is something to be said about the excellent high definition video and sound. This is truly as close as one can get to being there live. The disc is also very well organized. It is easy to switch between sound formats and you can access the performances individually from the main menu too. Even the artist bios are well done. In fact, I found this Blu-ray disc so great that I'm now torn between buying the Legends of Jazz DVD collection or waiting for a Blu-ray release. I will probably buy the DVD set now since the music and the performances are what's important I think.

As far as shortcomings, the only one I found is that the length is on the short side at 55 minutes. Everything else was perfect. If you like jazz, you'll love this disc.

4 out of 5 stars

Extra-ordinary Performances May 20, 2008
From the opening duet with Al Jarreau & Kurt Elling doing a scat rendition of Dave Brubeck's "Take Five", to Ramsey Lewis' tranquil piano on "dear Lord", this disc had me hooked. There is some amazing performances on here, but I was especially partial to Clark Terry's "Mumbles". The man had me mesmerized, smiling and laughing...not something you find yourself doing on a disc such as this.

The only reason I didn't give it 5-Star rating is due to it's length! I longed for more and I was disappointed when it was over. I sure do hope that they release another Legends of Jazz Blu-ray...I certainly will be one of the first to pick it up.

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED...even if you're only a marginal jazz fan (like me I suppose).

5 out of 5 stars

The best image I've seen on BD May 4, 2008
If you want to impress your friends with the best possible quality image, just show them this BD. And it's only 1080i!!!. You can see the minor details of the hair, faces, instruments of the artists, the texture of the clothes, all.

But the image is so amazing that you can forget that the musical pieces in this blu ray are also fantastic.

The only pity is why they don't commercialize all the complete shows one by one in high definition. I'd buy all of them.

5 out of 5 stars

Perfect test disc December 13, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

Perfect disc for Demo , one of my favorite blueray beside Pat matheny the way up disc

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