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• Blues Masters | DVD | (23/06/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  'Blues Masters: The Essential History Of The Blues' features rare performances and historical footage tracing the development of this unique American music form. Born on the plantations of the Mississippi Delta the blues is America's root music. Few performances of the early masters were ever captured on film but those that were and feature on this DVD are entertaining and profoundly insightful. Contains the only known performance of Leadbelly.

• Ladies Sing The Blues | DVD | (16/02/2004) from £32.37   |  Saving you £-7.38 (-29.50%)   |  RRP £24.99

  This acclaimed compilation brings together full-length rare performances from the great ladies of song: Billie Holiday Bessie Smith Peggy Lee Lena Horne Dinah Washington Sarah Vaughan and Ethel Waters. Hailed by Entertainment Weekly as ""a grand parade of American miracles"" ""Ladies"" captures the excitement of the most distinctive female vocalists in Jazz. Tracks include: 1. St Louis Blues - Bessie Smith 2. Darkies Never Dream - Ethel Waters 3. Quicksand - Ethel Waters (with

• Pat Donohue - Jazz Classics For Fingerstyle Guitar - Vol. 1 | DVD | (01/01/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £21.99

  The overall theme of these lessons is to show the roots of Classic Jazz using archival footage; how to arrange a jazz composition and then how to improvise around the arrangement using various techniques. Pat Donohue is a master of fingerstyle jazz guita