Month: February 2013

Paul McCartney: Live Kisses

This charming documentary dvd only confirms my suspicion that Sir Paul McCartney would’ve been completely content to live his life as an obscure cabaret singer/songwriter and play for sparse crowds into the wee hours on a weekly basis, except for…

Food: Mercurial Balm

The main plate of Food consists of Thomas Stronen/dr-elec and Ian Ballamy/sax-elec along with appetizers and side plates of Christian Fennesz/g-elec, Eivind Aarset/g-elec, Prakash sontakke/g-voc and Nils Petter Molvaer/tp. With all of the electronics, I’m sure you already get the…

Savion Glover: Fours

Subtitled “A Dance Jam with McCoy Tyner, Eddie Palmieri, Roy Haynes & Jack DeJohnette Live at the Blue Note” this dvd in one sense captures the earliest essence of jazz, that of a tap dancer accompanying a musician and becoming…