TV Guide: John Coltrane

Video: The Dream Syndicate: Weathered and Torn

Amazon Video on Demand — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

The lights would come down, the crowd's voices would hush and the band would appear on stage. Just their appearance fueled the anticipation. Steve, Hitchcock-like, worked the suspense, starting out with a quiet song, his fingers barely grazing the strings, his voice foreboding whisper. Slowly building it, note upon note until suddenly, like long-awaited thunder the guitars exploded, the drums crashed and the bass throbbed. Steve's voice got higher, thinner and scarcer, his words spelling darkness and danger, his hands trembling, his head shaking the word "no" at which point you, the spectator, forgot you were part of a crowd, forgot there was any space separating you from the music, forgot there was a world that existed outside of songs like "John Coltrane Stereo Blues," "Now I Ride Alone," and "The Side I'll Never Show." Because during these moments nothing else did exist- the Dream Syndicate obliterated it all.

Video: The Dream Syndicate: Weathered and Torn

Amazon Video on Demand — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Video: The Adventure (1956-1960)

Amazon Video on Demand — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0500

For jazz, the late 1950s is a period of transition when old stars like Billie Holiday and Lester Young will burn out while young talents arise to take the music in new directions. New virtuosos push the limits of bebop: saxophone colossus Sonny Rollins; jazz diva Sarah Vaughan; and the drummer Art Blakey. But the leading light of the era is Miles Davis whose lush recordings expand the jazz audience; and a cultural icon whose tough-guy charisma comes to define what's hip. As the turbulent Sixties arrive, two saxophonists take jazz into uncharted terrain. John Coltrane explodes the pop tune My Favorite Things, while Ornette Coleman challenges all conventions with a sound he calls "free jazz."

Video: Krull

Starz — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Synopsis: A young hero must find a magical amulet to save the kingdom in this sci-fi adventure. An early role for Liam Neeson, directed by Peter Yates ("Bullitt").

Video: Buddy

Starz — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Synopsis: Based on a true story: A socialite and her staff maintain a menagerie of chimps, horses, dogs and more in her Brooklyn mansion - including a gorilla, saved as a baby and raised as a son!

Video: Henry V

Starz — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Synopsis: Oscar-winning, gritty adaptation of Shakespeare's story about the burdens of leadership, spiced with violent battle scenes and comic romantic wordplay. Directed by Kenneth Branagh, with Paul Scofield, Emma Thompson, Ian Holm.

Video: Turtle Island Quartet, "Model Trane"

Pandora — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0500

A modal tribute to the great, late John Coltrane by a string quartet.

Video: Turtle Island Quartet, "Moment's Notice"

Pandora — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0500

A Grammy-winning string arrangement of one of John Coltrane's legendary hard bop creation.

Video: Miles Davis - The Cool Sound of Jazz

Amazon Video on Demand — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0500

Exemplary television program with the Miles Davis Quintet featuring John Coltrane, Wynton Kelly, Paul Chambers and Jimmy Cobb, and including the Gil Evans Orchestra. The Sound of Miles Davis (New York, April 2, 1959): Miles Davis (tp); John Coltrane (ts); Wynton Kelly (p); Paul Chambers (b); Jimmy Cobb (d); Ernie Royal (tp); Clyde Reasinger (tp); Louis Mucci (tp); Johnny Coles (tp); Emmett Berry (tp); Frank Rehak (tbn); Jimmy Cleveland (tbn); Bill Elton (tbn); Rod Levitt (tbn); Julius Watkins (french horn); Bob Northern (french horn); Bill Barber (tuba); Danny Bank (bass clarinet); Romeo Penque (woodwinds); Eddie Caine (woodwinds). So What, The Duke, Blues for Pablo, New Rhumba

Video: Miles Davis - The Cool Sound of Jazz

Amazon Video on Demand — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0500

Exemplary television program with the Miles Davis Quintet featuring John Coltrane, Wynton Kelly, Paul Chambers and Jimmy Cobb, and including the Gil Evans Orchestra. The Sound of Miles Davis (New York, April 2, 1959): Miles Davis (tp); John Coltrane (ts); Wynton Kelly (p); Paul Chambers (b); Jimmy Cobb (d); Ernie Royal (tp); Clyde Reasinger (tp); Louis Mucci Johnny Coles (tp); Emmett Berry (tp); Frank Rehak (tbn); Jimmy Cleveland (tbn); Bill Elton (tbn); Rod Levitt (tbn); Julius Watkins (french horn); Bob Northern (french horn); Bill Barber (tuba); Danny Bank (bass clarinet); Romeo Penque (woodwinds); Eddie Caine (woodwinds). So What, The Duke, Blues for Pablo, New Rhumba

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Video: Chick Corea: Three Quartets Band

Amazon Video on Demand — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500

Chick's lyrical side blossomed during his two years with Stan Getz, whose tenor saxophone sound conjured yearning and romance. It sounds like Chick drew on his Getz experience and on the soul-aflame tonal personality of John Coltrane in writing the opening passage of Quartet No. 2, Part 1 for an ensemble he calls his dream group. Convened for a recording in 1981, the idea was to mimic a classical string quartet in terms of the structure of the compositions, but to use jazz instrumentation. These songs were never played again until this performance. Saxophonist Michael Brecker creates a flow and dramatic arc that is reminiscent of Coltrane at his finest. Bassist Eddie Gomez was working with the innovative pianist Bill Evans when Chick met him in 1965. On his solo, he sounds like an opera singer. Listen to how deftly he breaks up the time during Chick's statement while Steve Gadd one of the great drum innovators of our time holds everything together with rock-solid time and resourceful f

Video: Chick Corea: Three Quartets Band

Amazon Video on Demand — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500

Video: 'Dukes of Hazzard' - Q&A

AOL Moviefone — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0500

The General Lee is back and so are the Duke boys in this big-screen adaptation of the hit TV series, brought to you by Jay Chandrasekhar of the Broken Lizard comedy troupe. Set in the "present day," the story follows Bo (Seann William Scott) and Luke (Johnny Knoxville) as they cruise around Hazzard County and wreck havoc in their classic 1969 Dodge Charger. Together with their scantily clad cousin Daisy (Jessica Simpson) and moonshining Uncle Jesse (Willie Nelson), the two good old boys battle the corrupt county commissioner Boss Hog (Burt Reynolds) when he and local Sheriff Roscoe P. Coltrane (M.C. Gainey) threaten to take away the family farm. John O'Brien has the lone writer's credit on the film, though additional uncredited rewrites were handled by the Broken Lizard gang. - Jeremy Wheeler, All Movie Guide

Video: 'Dukes of Hazzard' - Daisy Duke - DVD Clip No. 1

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Video: Dukes of Hazzard First Look

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Video: 'The Dukes of Hazzard' - Trailer

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