Product Details

• Directors: Mark Smerling
• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Sony
• DVD Release Date: February 26, 2002
• Run Time: 120 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (74 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00005YUNL
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #55,828 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

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Media Type: DVD
Artist: FLECK,BELA & THE FLECKTONES
Title: LIVE AT THE QUICK
Street Release Date: 02/26/2002
Domestic
Genre: JAZZ

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

23 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars 5 - 1 = 5, January 1, 2004

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R. D. Clark (Wide awake on the edge of the world.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bela Fleck and the Flecktones - Live at the Quick (DVD)

I would deduct a star for the lackluster quality of the video production and editing, but this disc doesn't deserve less than 5 stars.

This band has gone so far beyond its component parts, its roots and influences, that they are shining a big bright spotlight into the future. It's a future where any genre, any sound, any ethnicity, any technology become simply part of an overarching musical language that the Flecktones have mastered and speak fluently.

This snapshot of the band is a complete and satisfying experience, musically transcendant and sonically gorgeous (excellent 5.1 surround), even though is barely scratches the surface of what these musicians have done and continue to do. Nobody who appreciates this band should be without this DVD.

It's too bad there weren't enough cameras. It's too bad the director never figured out how to point a camera at Future Man. It's too bad there are so many instances where the video crew couldn't seem to figure out who was soloing. It's too bad the disc has no option to skip the documentary segments between the songs. But these things simply make the video quality average for this sort of production. Fortunately, Bela was the music producer for the project, so it sounds perfect, and all of the performances are complete.

I have a hard time imagining any music lover who wouldn't be stunned and amazed by this DVD.

RichC

21 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars All Hail Bela Fleck!!!, March 1, 2002

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John S. Harris "The Voice of Reason" (Memphis, TN) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bela Fleck and the Flecktones - Live at the Quick (DVD)

This is an early Christmas gift for music lovers!! This DVD concert was as great as I'd hoped it would be! Fleck and the 'tones are joined by some fantastic musicians who joined them in recording "Outbound", the most recent BF&TF CD. This DVD leaves no doubt that they are some of the most talented and versatile musicians alive today. Most of the material in this concert is from "Outbound", but that is a good thing! Would've been nice to get a performance of "Stompin' Ground", a perennial concert favorite, but that's why I have the "Live Art" double CD. Introduce yourself and your friends to the magic that is Bela Fleck and The Flecktones. Regular music fans don't even DESERVE music and playing this good!

13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Unbelievable., March 11, 2003

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Andrew Valko (Bethlehem, PA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bela Fleck and the Flecktones - Live at the Quick (DVD)

I had never been exposed to Bela Fleck and the Flecktones before one of my friends sat me down and made me watch and listen to this amazing DVD. Now, I'm a die-hard fan with more than a few of their live performances under my belt. If you're a fan of jazz, bluegrass, or incredible musicianship, this DVD is for you.

Bela Fleck is one of the most effortless banjo players I have ever seen. He is able to use those skills to fuse together an amalgamut of sounds into over an hour of interesting and unbelieveable music. Victor Wooten proves time and time again that he is the worlds' greatest electric bassist and if you don't believe me, just any one of his many solos on this DVD. Jeff Coffin... is just amazing. Have you ever seen a man wail on a clarinet? I haven't, and I never thought it was possible before Jeff came along.

The guest appearances are all outstanding as well - a basoon with some snazzy electric effects, a deepthroat singer, an oboe, and a man on the steel pans... All these sounds blend together into what is most definitely the most spectacular audiovisual experience I've had the pleasure of enjoying in years. By this DVD, you will not regret it.