Product Details

• Actors: Modern Drummers Festival 2000
• Format: Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 5.1)
• Region: All Regions
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Hal Leonard
• DVD Release Date: June 1, 2001
• Run Time: 170 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000055WDG
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #268,911 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Featuring Don Brewer, Vinnie Colaiuta, Horacio El Negro Hernandez with Marc Qui+ones, Akira Jimbo, Hilary Jones, Paul Leim, Dave Lombardo & Billy Ward Includes all of the material on both video releases from the 2000 Modern Drummer Festival - 170 minutes

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23 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome performances by outstanding musicians..., November 22, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Modern Drummer Festival 2000 DVD (DVD)

This title is the first Dvd for the musician market, and it sets a really high standard. The performances included are simply breathtaking. The level of playing reaches its peak with the monster drummer Horacio Hernandez with saxo player Michael Brecker and mark quiñones, and also with the great vinnie colaiuta and his band. Plus,with the DVD* you can switch camera angles while watching those performances!. Japanese phenom Akira Jimbo and Billy Ward are incredible as well. There are some nice interviews and behind-the-stage footage. As the bottom line: I would highly recomend this DVD to any musician or music lovers, not only drummers.

*With this DVD edition you get superior sound and picture(than VHS) and other cool features too.

8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A few Highlights- Mostly Low-points :(, March 28, 2003

By A Customer

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This review is from: Modern Drummer Festival 2000 DVD (DVD)

This is sometimes thrilling but mostly disappointing DVD collection highlighting the 2000 Festival. The sound is good, if uneven drummer to drummer (tom sounds vary greatly in quality/level).

The best performances (those you'd return to watch repeatedly) are put in by (1.) Hilary Jones- who displays phenomenal independence & the deepest of pockets flowing through (the best written) set of African (6/8!) grooves & a funk/fusion play-along piece; and (2.) Horacio Hernandez- playing inhumanly complex & independent Afro-Cuban grooves with a Latin-Jazz group (Marc Quinones/ percussion, Michael Brecker/tenor sax, Hilario Duran/piano, and John Patitucci/bass.)- check out his earlier (1996?) MD festival performance (wow!)!

Vinnie's performance with Karizma is OK- but disappointing. It has feel (of course) but little musical interest (suffers from "musical maturity"- more Keltner than early Vinnie/Weckl). Aside from the (neat to see live) "I'm Tweaked," Vinnie's set is relatively mundane blues & rock (c'mon Vinnie.... PLAY damn you, PLAAAAAAAYY!). Akira Jimbo is (as always) technically amazing (simultaneously playing drum grooves & triggering keyboard sounds)- but alas, is (as always) remarkably devoid of feeling. Lombardo's performance is sophomoric, Brewer's is sad (his self-description as a garage band drummer is fitting), Leim is simply adequate, Ward was a little disappointing for all the hype (more clinic instruction than performance).

The performances of Street Betas, & those of the 2 MD Best Undiscovered winners (Tony Medeiros & Mike D'Angelo) are interesting once (as a curiosity) but do not warrant another viewing. The behind the scenes footage gets repetitive/redundant, & navigation is a little annoying (can only track to the beginning of each performance (not to individual songs!).

Too bad you cannot purchase individual DVD's by performer to avoid the filler. SPECIAL FEATURES: Drum Cam- has potential- but is only on 2 performances (not ones I'd have chosen) and could be improved. Play along to 2 songs w/ transcriptions downloadable from the Hudson music website is cool.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not as good as other MD Fest...., November 13, 2004

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This review is from: Modern Drummer Festival 2000 DVD (DVD)

first thing is, this DVD is based on the VHS version of the same festival, so the sound/visual quality is just fine,

and about the performance, i don't think that's as good as other MD Fest, drummers on the show are all great drummers, i know, Vinnie, Horacio, Paul, they are all great on their own, and Dave is so good with Slayer, but when he come to soloing, that's a different story, and for Don, well.... he's a legend, but how he is related to a "best-drummers-on-the-planet" show, i can't understand, and i'l like to see Akira playing with Casiopeia other than his electronic toys, he's play so much better in a band......