Legendary New Orleans Musicians 1989 DVDRip XviD-FiCO

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The Biography Channel - Beethoven: The Sound and The Fury

http://www.amazon.com/Legendary-Orleans-Musicians-Various-Artists /dp/B0002475OS/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1252878725&sr=1-1



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RELEASE DATE..> 2009.09.15 RiPPER.> FiCO CREW

STREET DATE...> 2005.06.14 ENCODER........> FiCO CREW

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Featuring Milt Hinton, Chester Zardis, Danny Barker and Alan Lomax



Very rarely are we fortunate enough to get an inside view into the earliest

days of the great jazz tradition. This outstanding 1989 documentary by

Preston McClanahan focuses on the life of bassist Chester Zardis

the 'last of the first' great African-American jazz pioneers, a master of

the bass, and an important jazz innovator



At a time when most legendary bebop figures had already passed away, Zardis

was still performing the same New Orleans Dixieland music that he had been

playing throughout his unparalleled 70-year career!



Filmed during the last year of his life - Zardis dies shortly after the

making of this documentary at 90 years old - the bassist is captured

performing in various settings, ranging from solo bass to duets with multi

instrumentalist Danny Barker to performances with trumpeters Kid Sheik

Colar and Wendell Brunious, trombonist Louis Nelson, and Clarinetist

Michael White



The film also boasts insightful commentary and a dazzling performance by

Milt Hinton, who gives us a special glimpse into the evolution of the bass

in jazz



The New Orleans ambience is delightful, with Mrs. Bertha Zardis cooking up

a batch of shrimp etoufee, gospel music in the local church, and scenes of

Zardis reminiscing about the old days with a group of neighborhood children



Danny Barker provides poignant testimony on the trials and tribulations of

life as a black musician trying to make it in New Orleans, while two of the

foremost authorities - musicologists Bill Russell and Alan Loman - give a

detailed analysis on the development of this magical and unique musical

tradition