"Director: Gary Keys"

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  • All Star Jazz Show: Live From Lincoln Center [DVD] [2011]All Star Jazz Show: Live From Lincoln Center | DVD | (31/10/2011) from £14.65   |  Saving you £4.33 (37.14%)   |  RRP £15.99

    Originally broadcast as The Original Rompin' Stompin' Hot And Heavy, Cool And Groove All Star Jazz Show on CBS television in 1977. This award winning DVD from filmmaker Gary Keys contains performances from Lionel Hampton, Count Basie, Dizzy Gillespie, Herbie Hancock, Max Roach, Stan Getz, Gerry Mulligan, and Joe Williams. The witty program traces the birth of jazz from spirituals all the way to the wild sounds of the 70s via live performance, dance and narration. Hosted by Dionne Warwick. Winner of a 1977 Daytime Emmy.

  • Count Basie Then As Now, Count s The King [DVD] [2010]Count Basie Then As Now, Count s The King | DVD | (06/06/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

    Jazz great William Count Basie comes back to life in this rich documentary which traces the history of the pianist composer and bandleader over several decades. Filmmaker Gary Keys juxtaposes a roundtable discussion among old cats from the Count Basie Orchestra with recorded performances including a cameo appearance in Blazing Saddles. Archival clips and a gallery of portraits and snapshots show the ever-smiling face of a man as vivacious as the grooves he delivers and the players going at it all around him from Lester Young to Ella Fitzgerald.

  • Live at blues alley [DVD] [2011]Live at blues alley | DVD | (05/09/2011) from £21.58   |  Saving you £-5.59 (-35.00%)   |  RRP £15.99

    Released to coincide with the fourth anniversary of his death, this 1981 live show at Washington DC's famous Blues Alley features drummer extraordinaire Max Roach and his band. Filmed lovingly by filmmaker Gary Keys, this intimate portrait of Roach is stunning in its simplicity. The music and interplay between the musicians is the main focus, almost like the camera is eavesdropping on a private jam session. The band sounds full and fierce, the film crisp and personal, every note a celebration.

  • Duke Ellington - Reminiscing In Tempo [DVD] [2011]Duke Ellington - Reminiscing In Tempo | DVD | (09/05/2011) from £15.69   |  Saving you £0.30 (1.90%)   |  RRP £15.99

    This documentary made by the film-maker Gary Keys, is about the life and work of the late band leader and Jazz artist Duke Ellington. The programme takes a closer look at the Duke's piano skills and his involvement in his band, including unseen footage of his 1968 Mexican tour, which hasn't previously been made available to the public.

  • Duke Ellington - Memories Of Duke [1968]Duke Ellington - Memories Of Duke | DVD | (23/06/2003) from £29.14   |  Saving you £-11.15 (-62.00%)   |  RRP £17.99

    Trumpeter Cootie Williams and saxophonist Russell Procope remember Duke Ellington. Includes film clips from the last performance of the Ellington Orchestra in Mexico City in 1968. Tracks include: 'Take The A-Train' 'The Mooch' 'Do Nothing 'Till You Hear From Me' 'Mood Indigo' and 'Sophisticated Lady'.

  • Dizzy Gillespie - In Redono [DVD] [2011]Dizzy Gillespie - In Redono | DVD | (12/09/2011) from £21.58   |  Saving you £-5.59 (-35.00%)   |  RRP £15.99

    Live performance from legendary jazz musician Dizzy Gillespie at Redondo Beach in California. Filmed by Gary Keys for a TV special, the show finds Gillespie in good heart as he leads his backing band through a series of classic songs and entertains the crowd.DVD / Normal

  • Duke Ellington: Memories of DukeDuke Ellington: Memories of Duke | DVD | (19/11/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  • 42nd Street: River To River [DVD] [2011]42nd Street: River To River | DVD | (11/11/2016) from £11.01   |  Saving you £-0.02 (N/A%)   |  RRP £10.99

    42nd Street: River To River is an impressionistic, graphic history of one of the world's most infamous streets: Manhattan's 42nd Street. Likened to a DNA strip of New York City, the street has ranged from the glamorous to the derelict, housing everything from peep shows to such international institutions as the United Nations.The documentary is an exploration of the street's expansion from the farmland where Washington bivouacked his troops to the flashy, commercial center that it is today. With historical information, musical performances and personal narratives, the film traces the rise, subsequent dilapidation, and eventual resurgence of a street that has come to represent a place where, notoriously, anything may and has happened.

  • Massacre in Rome/Skeleton Coast/the Klansman/Return from River Kwai [DVD]Massacre in Rome/Skeleton Coast/the Klansman/Return from River Kwai | DVD | (02/06/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

    Massacre In Rome In the last days of the Nazi Occupation, a group of partisans plan an attack on a German police colunm.; Return From The River Kwai One of the last untold stories of World War 2 in the Far East. Starving British and Australian POWs make an attempt to escape Japanese brutality.; Skeleton Coast Colonel Smith's son,. a CIA agent, is captured by some mercenaries involved in an African civil war. Smith puts together a group of military press to save him. ;

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