Quincy Jones: The 75th Birthday
Celebration - Live At Montreux 2008
(Eagle Blu-ray)
Picture:
B Sound: B Extras: B- Concert: B
Quincy
Jones is so successful that the tributes just keep on coming. A little while ago, we covered the DVD release
of Quincy Jones: 50 Years Of Music -
Quincy Jones & Friends Live At Montreux 1996, which you can read more
about here:
http://www.fulvuedrive-in.com/review/6619/Quincy+Jones:+50+Years+Of+Music
Now comes
Quincy Jones: The 75th
Birthday Celebration - Live At Montreux 2008 with another all-star tribute
to the writer/producer/musician and it is longer and more expansive than the
previous release, this time on Blu-ray.
The music this time includes:
1)
The Good, The Bad & The Ugly
2)
Let The Good Times Roll
3)
Makin’ Whoopee
4)
Moody’s Mood
5)
The Television Song
6)
Honeysuckle Rose
7)
Shiny Stockings
8)
I’m Gonna Move to The Outskirts Of
Town/In The Heat of The Night
9)
If I Ever Loose This Heaven
10) Midnight Sun
11) One Mint Julep
12) Goin’ To Chicago Blues
13) My Ship/Summertime
14) Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
15) Almost Like Being In Love
16) Miss Celie’s Blues (Sister)
17) What’s Going On
18) Eyes Of Love/Bluesette
19) Walking In Space
20) Strawberry Letter 23
21) How Do You Keep The Music
Playing
22) The Dude
23) Billie Jean
24) Wall Of Sound
25) Mama Aifambeni
26) State Of Independence
27) Everything Must Go
28) Cool Joe, Mean Joe (Killer Joe)
29) Ai No Corrida
30) Stuff Like That
The star
line-up includes Patti Austin, Petula Clark, Billy Cobham, Herbie Hancock, AL
Jarreau, Chaka Khan and Angelique Kidjo, Nils Landgren, Nana Mouskouri, Freda
Payne, Lee Ritenour, Patrice Rushen, Larry Williams and many more. If anything, it is like the last show with
more money, energy, music and everything else, making it a fine follow-up and
then some. It is about the man and his
music and it works.
The 1080i
1.78 X 1 digital High Definition image may have some motion blur here and
there, but is very impressive considering it is not progressive scan. Color and depth are also impressive, making
this a real pleasure to sit through. The
DTS-HD Master Audio (MA) lossless 5.1 is the best mix here or the three offered,
but the Dolby Digital 5.1 and PCM 2.0 Stereo mixes are not bad, reflecting how
well-recorded this is. It is just not
spectacular, but it is consistent. Extras
include a nice color booklet inside the Blu-ray case and a fun featurette: Thank Q. - A Montreux Tribute To Quincy Jones.
- Nicholas Sheffo
