Quincy Jones: 50 Years Of Music - Quincy Jones
& Friends Live At Montreux 1996
(Eagle DVD)
Picture:
C+ Sound: C Extras: C Concert: B-
Quincy
Jones has been in the business for over 60 years now. Starting as a musician, he moved into conduction,
writing, producing and also become one of the most successful of all composers
for film and television music. No one
show could possibly cover his entire career, but back in 1996, he was at
Montreux celebrating half a century and now, that show is on DVD from Eagle
DVD.
Quincy Jones: 50 Years Of Music -
Quincy Jones & Friends Live At Montreux 1996 mostly offers any older Jazz and
Blues tunes, instead of his works and more popular pieces. These selections include:
1)
Kingfish
2)
Stockholm Sweetnin’
3)
Perdido
4)
The Midnight Sun Will Never Set
5)
Tickle Toe
6)
Moanin’
7)
Shiny Stockings
8)
Air Mail Special
9)
In The Heat of The Night
10) Everything Must Change
11) Grace Notes
12) Walking In Space
13) After You’ve Gone
14) Miss Celie’s Blues
15) Dirty Dozen
16) Setembre (Brazilian Wedding
Song)
17) Angel Eyes
18) Do Nothin’ Till You Hear From
Me
19) Brown Ballad
20) Let The Good Times Roll
For the
most part, this show has some good times, but there were also times when I
thought it was a little lopsided, perhaps because Jones wanted to be nostalgic
for other music. I wanted more of his
own. It was a plus to have Patrice
Rushen, Patti Austin, David Sanborn, Mick Hucknall, Chaka Khan and other key
musicians and vocalists along to make this work out so nicely. Good, but not as exciting as expected.
The anamorphically
enhanced 1.78 X 1 image seems to come from an old analog (PAL or NTSC) source,
so detail and depth are an issue, as well as a few shots in the framing. The DTS 5.1 should be the best mix here, but
all the soundtrack options, including Dolby Digital 5.1 and Dolby 2.0 options
are harsh and strained throughout in a sad technical development. Was this from the transfer or from the mixing
when taped? The only extra is a featurette
dubbed Quincy Jones Masterclass.
- Nicholas Sheffo
