I'm not a salesman for PBS but if you miss an episode or two or three, the
whole series can be purchased either on VHS or DVD. It's really tough, to
catch a series like this in order and in it's entirety after it airs. For
me, it will be eye and ear candy and perpetually on the screen for my infant
son Thelonious. Considering how much money I spend on imported music, the
series is a steal at about $180 for a 10-DVD set. The VHS is considerably
less expensive.
Off/on topic, I was skeptical about DVDs and going 100% DVD but there seems
to be a concerted effort to put lots of music related documentaries and/or
concerts onto DVD and not VHS. For example, there's a DVD for Stevie
Wonder's Songs of The Key Of Life with working-in-the-studio footage. Same
with Jimi Hendrix. Also there's a DVD available of Air's concert and "behind
the scenes"/on the road footage. Of the DVDs I own so far, Sun Ra, Pink
Floyd's The Wall, Stevie, Jimi, Stevie Ray Vaughn...anymore recommendations
out there?
In a message dated 01/08/2001 2:09:42 AM Eastern Standard Time,
stevencatanzaro@sprintmail.com writes:
> Just a reminder to get your VCR's ready, 'cuz "Jazz" is gonna be everywhere
> for the next 3 weeks. The Ken Burns PBS documentary airs Monday, Jan 8, and
> runs 3 days a week, 16 hours total.
>
> It doesn't get into anything as cool as "On The Corner" or the kind of
> stuff we talk about on the list, but it should be pretty informative and
> get everyone up to speed on your Duke, Bird, Monk, Mingus, et.al, history.
>
> Check your local listings.
>
> (PS, I note that our local paper devoted more print space to jazz, the
> music, and Jazz, the tv show, this weekend that at any time I can remember.)
>
> Jazz is dead! Long live jazz!
>
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What secret is there in music which attracts all those who listen to it? It
is the rhythm which is created. It is the tone of that music which tunes the
soul, and raises it above the depression and despair of everyday life in this
world. If one knew what rhythm is needed for a particular individual in his
trouble and despair, what tone is needed, and to what tone that person's soul
should be raised, then one could heal a
person with music.
From the "Mysticism of Sound and Music" -- Hazrat Inayat Khan (died in 1927)
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