Barney Kessel Rare Performances 1962-1991
by Barney Kessel
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Actor: Barney KesselDirector: Barney Kessel
Brand: MUSIC VIDEO DISTRIBUTORS
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 60 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-06-27
Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
Model: VEST13013DVD
Studio: Vestapol
Product features:
- BARNEY KESSEL - RARE PERFORMANCES (DVD MOVIE)
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DVD Review: 5 stars for Barney and 3 for the DVD
Summary: 3 Stars
Let's say it right out: Video material with this wonderful musician is scarce, for some strange reason Barney Kessel seem to be a bit underrated, which isn't fair at all to a guitarist who helped shape the jazz-guitar in so many ways.
Kessel belongs to the `old school' coming out of the era with Charlie Christian, and was among the first to acknowledge and play the electric guitar (Christian was the first). But Kessel surely evolved over the years and because of his open mind, he wasn't afraid to involve himself in projects of all kinds (he even plays on Beach Boys renown album - Pet Sounds). And where maybe some people dislike that, I personally find it refreshing. You couldn't call him avant-garde or just simply swing, but maybe some place in between - though more swing.
Barney was not the polished kind of player and he surely wasn't afraid of taking chances, which sometimes makes he's playing a bit on the edge, but that just makes it so more exiting in my opinion. Two of my favourite albums with him are "Poll Winners Three" (1959 - with Ray Brown and Shelly Mann) and Soaring (1977 - concord Records). But I think that most of his albums are more than worth listening to... really this man was always 100% dedicated and he had a very personal style. His imaginative melodic phrases, swinging drive, fabulous chord playing and great sound made him stand out. And I think that maybe he was actually the first guitar player that really used the "sweeping technique".
Well, about this DVD. First and most important: 5 stars for Barney. These recordings are actually all great and so are the quality both of the pictures and sound, which of course change along the way, as we starts out before they invented colours in pictures and into the eighties I think... And here is my complain: there is no information on this DVD. Nothing about who he is playing with, nothing about the year or location - nothing, NOTHING! No narration, no info whatsoever! There is a little interview with Barney in the beginning, which is good, and in the end you see him making a little speech in connection with a prize he receives, but that's it.
BUT taking in consideration how little video there is available with Barney Kessel this DVD is a MUST!!! Because the music speak for itself and there is many wonderful moments in this DVD and to be honest, we are better of with a DVD where the music plays uninterrupted, rather than one with talk all over it, but it would had been so nice with a little information about the background for these recordings, with so many change of personal along the way.
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