Product Details

• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: All Regions
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Delmark
• DVD Release Date: July 11, 2006
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000FCUZ2G
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #185,370 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

When artists are able to simultaneously marry the concepts of simple and complex, intellectual and spiritual, ancient and future; those are some of the best moments of all. This new recording by the Deep Blue Organ Trio captures that spirit, in the moment, in front of an enthusiastic crowd at Chicago’s Green Mill, where the band has played weekly since April of 2003. Providing that connection to the soul and the spirit, of course, is the blues. This is sophisticated music with soul and thus a part of that great legacy that has given us everyone from Charlie Parker to John Coltrane to Ornette Coleman. We shouldn’t forget that those three innovators (and so many more) were masters of the blues language, and that feeling permeated even their most advanced musical adventures. A true musical collective Deep Blue has managed to take the best from all of those worlds (and more) and fuse them together in one cohesive and satisfying group sound.

Chris Foreman, Hammond B3 organ
Bobby Broom, guitar
Greg Rockingham, drums

Recorded at 24 bit/96kHz High Resolution Audio, live on May 2 & 3, 2005.
Complete notes enclosed by Joe Moore, KFSR, Fresno, CA.

1. Goin' To Town 7:39
2. The Way You Look Tonight 13:36
3. Once I Loved 12:04
4. No Hype Blues 8:44
5. Lou 5:37 *
6. Can't Hide Love 9:40
DVD bonus track

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good seesion by a fine organ band, January 9, 2007

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J. E. Fox "jazz fan" (New York, New York United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Deep Blue Organ Trio - Goin' to Town, Live at the Green Mill (DVD)

This is the recording of a good middle of the road organ band of the kind one could find in any major Northern or Mid Western city once upon a time. Now they are a rare bird indeed.
Chris Foreman plays like Jimmy Smith circa 1958 which is not a bad thing by any means. Long time listeners to Blue Note Records will find much they recognize. Bobby Broom plays well, and Greg Rockingnham is a good drummer (he does the announcements).
The tune selection is typical of what you could have heard at a performance way back when. The CD the trio put out is more interesting for tunes.
Sonics are excellent and the visual production leaves nothing to be desired. It is one of the better jazz DVD's around of contemporary musicians.
For comparison check out the Jazz Scene USA of Jimmy Smith circa 1962-the way it was.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Find !, November 3, 2006

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Terrence M. Davis "tmdavis21" (Salamanca, New York United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Deep Blue Organ Trio - Goin' to Town, Live at the Green Mill (DVD)

On some jazz you can hear the geezers passing gas when it's quiet. Not this one. Even rockers would love this DVD. He's like a Grant Green on steroids. Please don't let that scare you jazzer's. Real musicians in a real club (in Chicago) playing some killer music. Not just chops. Deep Blue Organ Trio-Live at the Green Mill. Organ, Drums and guitar. Bobby Broom plays a Hofner. One of them crazy German guitars. This cooks.

Kudos to the Kameramen. Just about the best camera work I've seen on a music DVD. Timing as good as the musicians. Just enough funny business to make it creative then right down to business. You guys did great.

5.0 out of 5 stars reflection on one of the greatest jazz experiences..., September 7, 2009

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Alex Vox (Winnetka, IL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Deep Blue Organ Trio - Goin' to Town, Live at the Green Mill (DVD)

I go to see them at least 5 times per year for years. They are authentic, ingenue, great outstanding musicians with soul to their music. "Deep Blue" is like a Sears Tower and Wrigley Building is one of Chicago's most important (and underpaid) landmarks at present. They are good reason by themselves to visit in Chicago and to stay here for the rest of your life.
The music they made, the endurance of acoustic suspension into it, is above believable. The way they communicate can't be described even in teraflops... If you in Chicago, get to Green Mill and experience it. There are very few places on this planet, were music is so tangible that you can touch it. They play every Tuesday.
As you probably know at this point I LOVE THEM.