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| Duke Ellington | | Director:
| Quantum Leap | | Format:
| Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC | | Language:
| English | | Number of Discs:
| 1 | | Studio:
| Quantum Leap | | Run Time:
| 90 minutes | | DVD Release Date:
| November 19, 2002 | | Average Customer Rating:
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6 of 7 found the following review helpful:
 Bad Memories of Duke!Oct 09, 2003
By David Spurgeon
For an Ellington fan, this DVD is a great disappointment. Both video and audio quality are absymal. The disc is supposed to be recorded in both Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround and 2-track stereo, but I have heard better sound on 78 rpms from the 1930s. Here it is distorted and muddy. The video is grainy. Even the performance of this magnificent band sounds uninspired. The only really worthwhile section is the Duke playing extended solo piano in the Mexican Suite, which is rarely heard. Many fine stereo vinyl recordings are available from 1968, when this film was shot, so why is its sound quality so poor? Fans of the Duke -- and the world of jazz in general -- deserve much better.
3 of 3 found the following review helpful:
Great Music, Adequate QualityApr 08, 2005
By G. Ratcheson
Just got the dvd today. After reading the 1 star review below, I decided to compare this dvd to the original Atlantic Records VHS release which I also own.
Video: DVD is clearer, but the color balance is more accurate on the VHS. The DVD overemphasizes the red.
Audio: VHS is louder & with much less tape hiss. The dvd raised the highs (a good thing), but drastically increased the tape hiss (a bad thing) & mastered the audio at way too low of a level (a REALLY bad thing!).
Music & interviews: It's Duke, what more can I say!
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
 All the Sounds & Sights of Duke Ellingotn & Crew are Great!Aug 31, 2005
By Fred W Hood
"barbara377"
From the ancient, awesome 1968 sounds of The Duke and Crew of Ellingtonians, I was immersed in deep-seated dreamy reveries. Right off, Satin Doll, Creole Love Call, Happy-Go-Lucky Local, The Mooche, Mexican Suite, starring "The Piano Man," Duke Ellington, It Don't Mean A Thing if it Ain't Got that Swing! And Next, I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good And Black and Tan Fantasy.
Near the ending of the Duke's Mexican Tour comes, Mood Indigo, and Sophisticated Lady... finally starred His Top Alto Sax man, Johnny Hodges! I really was blown away hearing Cootie Williams, Lawrence Brown, Jeff Castleman, only long-hair, white Bassist, followed by Paul Gonsalves, Tenor Sax, their Pertly Swinging Singer, Trish Turner! Again it means Hoorahs from my all/time favorite, "The Piano Player." The Keyes fellow, who sandwiched these excerpts together from Mexican ++ other Tours deserves double Hoorah for pertinent Interviews with three side-men!
Inspite-of review canning their poor quality of sounds, being A Devil's Advocate, today's stereo sounds of 1968 Music Video even in 1980...Their Quality of Photography was well worth 90 Minutes to be repeated & repeated & repeated! From Retired Trombonist and Retired Chaplain, ++ Jazz Lover, Fred W Hood
A Retrospective Glimpse of the end of an era.Nov 17, 2001
By Michael R. Lachance
This is a 1970's production which highlights several night's performances of Duke and the Orchestra on their 1968 Mexican Tour, during which they performed (for the first time) the "Mexican Suite", (later to be completed and recorded as the "Latin American Suite"... widely accepted as the best secular work of Ellington's final creative stage prior to his passing in 1974) This film was produced around 1975 or '76 and contains some heart felt studio interviews with then surviving band members Cat Anderson (tp) and Russell Procope (cl). Although the production tends to drag somewhat in places, it is nonetheless a very insightful look back at the genius of Ellington, and the passion with which his band members cared for him as their leader. This may not be the finest documentary, but it is well worth owning for its rare late-career concert footage and the insights and reflections of his players.
The Ellington Band: the final yearsJul 31, 1999
This nostalgic Video focuses primarily on footage of the Ellington Band's Mexico City Concerts from 1968 and interviews with 3 Ellingtonians. The video quality (especially the concert footage) is of marginal quality. Nonetheless, this stands as a document of a late Ellington concert and adds insight from those close to Ellington after his passing.
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