Phillip Galloway

Throughout the '60s the Impressions helped provide a soundtrack for the civil rights movement with such classic songs as 'People Get Ready', 'Meeting Over Yonder', 'Choice of Colors' and 'We're a Winner.' Later as a solo artist Curtis further defined an era with his '70s masterpiece, Superfly. This two-hour documentary tells their incredible story through interviews with Impressions Fred Cash and Sam Gooden, Curtis' wife Altheida Mayfield, producer/arranger...

Folk singer Pete Seeger is featured on his 10-month world tour after having been blacklisted and barred from American television. Includes bonus footage comprising interviews and performances from various Australian television appearances, Seeger singing and discussing the songs of Lead Belly, and a short film about Australian folk singer Duke Tritton.

"Features a blistering one-hour concert from 1964 showcasing one of the very hottest line-ups of the 'Swinging Herd,' including trumpeter Bill Chase, trombonist Phil Wilson and the amazing saxophonist Sal Nistico on the front line, as well as drummer Jake Hanna, bassist Chuck Andrus and pianist-arranger Nat Pierce in the rhythm section. Woody and his band roar throughout the entire show which includes standards such as 'Lonesome Old Town' and 'After...

"Jimmy shows why he is still the uncontested king of the jazz organ. Highlights include blues jams 'Got my mojo working' and 'Sonnymoon for two, ' the classic ballads 'Alfie' and 'Satin doll, ' as well as a blinding 23-minute version of his showcase number 'The sermon.' "--Container.

"The John Coltrane Quartet with McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison and Elvin Jones was formed in 1960 and was at the peak of its powers for these concerts from the Antibes Jazz Festival on July 26 & 27, 1965. What made this appearance so important was the first and only public performance of his masterpiece A Love Supreme ... Unfortunately, the footage for the rest of the [A love supreme] suite has not survived."--Container.

"O'Day's horn-based approach to singing is in full effect throughout both [concerts from 1963 and 1970], including stand-out renditions in each show of audience favorites 'Tea for two' and 'Sweet Georgia Brown, ' both reprised from her triumphant appearance at the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival. This DVD is a fitting testimony to one of jazz music's true originals"--Container.

One of the most highly respected alto saxophonists in the history of jazz performs live in Switzerland and Germany.

"Both concerts feature stellar European and American side-musicians including Harry 'Sweets' Edison on trumpet and drummer 'Papa' Jo Jones - both jazz legends in their own right. The 1962 show is a newly-discovered one-hour concert from the Adolphe Sax Festival in Belgium, which has never been seen. Coleman Hawkins, 'The father of jazz saxophone,' demonstrates in these two concerts why he is still considered one of the most important innovators in...