Max Roach - Live at Blues Alley (2011)
DVD-5 | Runtime: 60 min. | 2,94 Gb | Copy: Untouched
Video: NTSC, 720 x 480 (1.333) at 29.970 fps | Audio: English, AC-3 2 channels at 192 Kbps, 48.0 KHz
Genre: Jazz | Label: MVD Visual | Covers: Not included
| “ | This 1981 live show at Washington DC's famous Blues Alley features drummer extraordinaire Max Roach and his band. Filmed lovingly by filmmaker Gary Keys, this intimate portrait of Roach is stunning in its simplicity. The music and interplay between the musicians is the main focus, almost like the camera is eavesdropping on a private jam session. The band sounds full and fierce, the film crisp and personal, every note a celebration.
This musical release directed by Gary Keys takes an intimate look at blues drummer Max Roach, capturing a live performance by the artist, recorded at the Blues Alley in Washington D.C. in 1981, and examining the musician himself.
In a profession star-crossed by early deaths - especially the bebop division - Max Roach was long a shining survivor, one of the last giants from the birth of bebop. He and Kenny Clarke instigated a revolution in jazz drumming that persisted for decades; instead of the swing approach of spelling out the pulse with the bass drum, Roach shifted the emphasis to the ride cymbal. The result was a lighter, far more flexible texture, giving drummers more freedom to explore the possibilities of their drum kits and drop random "bombs" on the snare drum, while allowing bop virtuosos on the front lines to play at faster speeds. To this base, Roach added sterling qualities of his own - a ferocious drive, the ability to play a solo with a definite storyline, mixing up pitches and timbres, the deft use of silence, the dexterity to use the brushes as brilliantly as the sticks. He would use cymbals as gongs and play mesmerizing solos on the tom-toms, creating atmosphere as well as keeping the groove pushing forward. | ” |
Setlist:
1. Big Sid [23:36]
2. Effie [10:49]
3. Back to Basics [6:40]
4. Mr. Hi Hat [3:30]
5. Nommo [14:25]
Besides the three other excelent performers; a wonderful filming no doubt.
Calvin Hill is the one on bass.
The film shows a different theme list:
1 Big Sid / 2 It's time / 3 Six bits blues / 4 Five for Paul / 5 Effie / 6 Back to basics / 7 Nommo / 8 Mr High Hat
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