Customer Reviews

Monterey Jazz Festival 1975

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This is a nice DVD, while one that was not up to snuff in my honest opinion. I am an old jazz man, and these little short snippets of performances were not all that good. I want to hear the performer get into the music. . .listening to a couple of notes - short segments of a song - and then rolling onto someone else was not that interesting and I found it quite annoying and unenjoyable. While I liked all the artists listed, not one of them got the chance to stretch out and really give me something worth listening too or watching. Also while the show is an old one (1975) I was really disappointed in the camera positions, editing (takes), etc. I wasn't that taken with the performances, but at least it's in my collection.

This video is in British PAL video format. Don't buy this unless you live in the UK. I bought this 3 times from Movie Mars and another 2 times straight from Amazon with it being listed by them as NTSC, but still arrived being a PAL format. There IS now a newer 2007 version tho that IS in American NTSC which has a different picture on the front cover, plus the back cover is shown with an American flag and NTSC,etc. On content my only dissapointment was that I wasn't familiar with the Blood Sweat & Tears tunes they did. Video could've been longer to show more of the artists, but I'll keep it anyway just the same.

Got this as a Christmas gift for my dad who loves jazz and he was thrilled with it, loved the variety of artists.