| | |  | Video | Home » » Miles Davis - Cool Jazz Sound | | | | | | | Product Promotions: | | | | | Description: | | Exemplary television program with the Miles Davis Quintet featuring John Coltrane, Wynton Kelly, Paul Chambers and Jimmy Cobb, and including the Gil Evans Orchestra. The Sound of Miles Davis (New York, April 2, 1959): Miles Davis (tp); John Coltrane (ts) | | | Product Details: | | | Actors:
| Miles Davis | | Format:
| Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Import, NTSC | | Language:
| English | | Number of Discs:
| 1 | | Studio:
| Mvd Visual | | DVD Release Date:
| April 19, 2005 | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 14 reviews |
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1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
 RE: a treasure unearthedOct 27, 2009
To see most of the members that created 'Kind of Blue', an album Ive been listening to for 50 years (!), it was a speacial treat for me. As I had never seen this program before, I was a little taken aback by the poor video quality, having been spoiled by the recent blues dvds from Germany.
But, its Miles & Trane, and the sound quality is good. Wish they would have added a couple extras to this very short dvd.
But; its still a must, amongst Miles fans.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
 TWO DEFECTIVE DVDSApr 30, 2008
Ordered this once. It was defective. Would not play on 2 DVD players or my computer. Recd the replacement. SAME THING. The quality is horrible. Amazon should take this item out of stock....
Do not waste your money.
"A Theater for a Story"Apr 08, 2008
Well, that's what host, Robert Herridge, smoking cigarette in hand, calls this performance during his introduction of Miles Davis.
Irrespective of the sub par video, it's wonderful to have a video of this legendary quintet along with Gil Evans and his orchestra. The production value of this performance is about bad and dull as you can imagine. Even the cover photo is boring and there is absolutely nothing but the cd itself. That's patently insulting to these legendary artists and their many fans. That and the sub par video is the reason I only gave it four stars and at that, I almost only gave it three.
My favorite track is "So What." It is taken at slightly a faster clip than the version on "Kinda Blue." In fact, just fast enough that it has a sense of urgency that I like better than the album version and that translates into more concise and inspired solos from Miles and Trane. Where I might differ, is that I like Bill Evans' work on the original better than Wynton Kelly's on this DVD. And dig the marvelous Paul Chambers' swinging bass lines.
Fans of this era of American Jazz just gotta pick this one up.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
 Looks and sounds like a rented VHSNov 21, 2007
Bad quality both on sound and picture. The first DVD I recieved stopped after two cuts. Got a new one from Amazon with no costs for me. Good service from Amazon!
Scenes are known from other DVDs with better quality. If you should choose one DVD with Miles, pick another one - almost anyone!
Svein, Norway
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
Strike twoOct 13, 2007
This is the second copy of this DVD I've order. The first one was defective and so is this one. I think it might be the recording was not transfered properly to DVD. It's to bad because it's a great performance of Miles and Coltrane at the peak of their powers, I've seen it before. I am gonna try one more time and see if I get a good copy it's worth it. But 3 strikes an your out!!!
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