Great Performances: Jammin' The Blues / The Sound Of Miles Davis / Hot House / Jazz At The Philharmonic

LESTER YOUNG / CHARLIE PARKER / MILES DAVIS

20th Century Jazz Masters Series

Both Pal & NTSC systems on the same DVD - Universal Zone

This exceptionally DVD offers the most marvelous collection of jazz movie/footage masterpieces (and includes all the existing footage of Charlie Parker):

• "The Sound of Miles Davis", a exemplary television program featuring the Miles Davis Quintet with John Coltrane, Wynton Kelly, Paul Chambers and Jimmy Cobb, with the Gil Evans Orchestra!
• "Jammin' the Blues", a classic studio short film documenting a jam session with some of the finest instrumentalists in jazz: Lester Young, Harry Edison, Illinois Jacquet, Sid Catlett, Barney Kessel, Jo Jones and others... - The greatest and purest Jazz film ever made. An essential document for every Jazz fan !
• "Hot House", the only Charlie Parker television appearance on the Stage Entrance show with Dizzy Gillespie and others (from a Downbeat Award ceremony).
• "Jazz at The Philharmonic", a great studio short film offering five treasury clips featuring Coleman Hawkins, Charlie Parker, Lester Young, Harry Edison, Hank Jones, Ray Brown, Buddy Rich, Flip Phillips, Ella Fitzgerald, and others.

"Jammin' the Blues" and "The Sound of Miles Davis" appear here for the first time on DVD format!