"Director: Mike Dibb"

• Edward Said | DVD | (20/06/2005) from £7.18   |  Saving you £12.81 (64.10%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Internationally acclaimed for his writings on literature politics and culture and filmed a year before his death Edward Said speaks with unparalled intimacy about his work his illness his own life and education as well as his enduring preoccupations.

• Astor Piazzolla - In Portrait | DVD | (02/05/2005) from £17.35   |  Saving you £2.64 (15.22%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Exploring Piazzolla's vibrant musical influence around the world this DVD charts the events of his turbulent complicated personal and professional life through candid and revealing interviews with Piazzolla himself his family friends and the great Argentinian musicians who performed with him.This extended DVD version of Mike Dibb's new film Tango Maestro includes:Rare and exhilarating archive sequences spanning 30 years of filmed performances by Piazzolla's own groupsContributions from other virtuoso performers drawn to his music including Daniel Barenboim - a fellow student of Nadia Boulanger cellist Yo-Yo Ma jazz vibraphonist Gary Burton the Kronos Quartet the Paris-based Gotan Project the Tango Pasion dance company British pianist Joanna MacGregor Scottish accordeonist James Crabb and Astor's close friend Richard Galliano the French accordeonist and bandoneon player.Sequences from award-winning director Fernando Solanas' movies El Exilio de Gardel and Sur for which Piazzolla wrote the music.Also on this DVD is Piazzolla's last recorded studio performance Tango Nuevo with six complete Piazzolla classics such as Milonga de Angel Zero Hour and Adios Nonino illuminated by interviews with the maestro.

• Keith Jarrett - The Art Of Improvisation | DVD | (30/05/2005) from £9.75   |  Saving you £15.24 (156.31%)   |  RRP £24.99

  In this in-depth portrait of one of the world's superstars of jazz pianist Keith Jarrett talks about the range of his music the importance of improvisation the great artists he has worked with and about the highs and lows of his life. Further insights are provided by fellow musicians family members and other musical associates. Incorporating recordings and rare archive footage of concerts dating back to the 1960s and including such greats as Miles Davis and Charles Lloyd this first-ever major documentary has been made with the full cooperation of Keith Jarrett himself.