Product Details

• Actors: Les Paul, Keith Richards, Steve Miller
• Directors: John Paulson
• Format: Anamorphic, Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: All Regions
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Questar
• DVD Release Date: August 24, 2010
• Run Time: 120 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B003SFKT8M
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #72,083 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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Studio: Questar Video Inc Release Date: 05/17/2011 Run time: 125 minutes

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28 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Lots of live performances and some real rare gems in the bonus section, August 5, 2010

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Steven I. Ramm "Steve Ramm "Anything Phon... (Phila, PA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Les Paul: Live in New York (DVD)

Les Paul was a true renaissance man - a musician, an inventor, and a funny "rascal" too - during his 94 years, he made hit records, invented the solid body electric guitar and multi-track recording and spent every Monday night for 20 years playing on stage in the fairly intimate Iridium Jazz Club on Broadway in New York City. His audience on a Monday night consisted of tourists, longtime Paul fans and often a celebrity musician or two, who would often "sit in" with the master.

For Paul's 90th birthday month in 2005, some big names were scheduled to appear with Paul and the 54-minute show that forms the core of this DVD captures some of those moments. After a basic intro to Paul, the performances commence. Many of those in the first part of the show are interrupted with comments about him, which were recorded later, but soon the numbers are presented uninterrupted. Australian guitar wiz Tommy Emmanuel, Jose Feliciano, mandolinist David Grisman and Steve Miller are in the program. So are jazz violinist Christian Howes and tap dancer Andrew Nemr - who jam with Paul - but they are never identified until the final credits. I've had the pleasure of seeing Howes play with Paul when I had the opportunity to visit the Iridium, and I've seen the young Nemr do his fancy footwork as well. Keith Richards don's a Les Paul model guitar to trade licks too, but the performance was inserted from a 2002 Richards visit to the Iridium.

Though the package lists "Tributes and Live Performances" by Bonnie Raitt and Tony Bennett, you see them in the same room with Paul. They appear in 4-minute interviews as part of the additional hour of "bonuses". Emmanuel and guitarist Bucky Pizzarelli are there for similar interviews. The longest, and most interesting, comes from Steve Miller, who was practically raised in the Paul house in New Jersey from the time he was five years old. Miller has some great stories.

The other bonus on this wonderful DVD include a really grainy "Soundie" from the 40s of the Les Paul Trio and a complete five minute Les Paul and Mary Ford Listerine TV show from 1953 which is in beautiful condition. The true gem, at least for me, in the bonus section, is an 11-minute portion from the early 1950s TV show Omnibus with Alistair Cooke. Les and Mary demonstrate how multi-tracking works and its both educational as well as highly entertaining. We even get a recent six-minute interview with the sound engineer for the Listerine Show.

There are other video bios of Paul that have been released over the last 20 years ("Chasing Sound" is highly recommended). This DVD makes a great companion and has a lot more performance material, as well as Paul's sometimes-risque humor. The DVD was produced by the Les Paul Estate and is distributed by Questar.

Steve Ramm

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A night at the Iridium, captured on DVD!, December 1, 2010

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This review is from: Les Paul: Live in New York (DVD)

For anyone that ever had the privaledge of seeing Les Live at the Iridium, this is a great representation of that.

If you never had the chance to go, but always wanted to, this is as close and realistic as it gets.

Les was an amazing showman, The band just Smokes! and the humor between songs is awesome.

Great Disk. Highly recommended..

You cant beat it. I also recommend Les Paul: Chasing Sound, and Jeff Beck: Live at Ronnie Scotts.

Enjoy!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Guitarist,Guitarist,hear,love and learn., December 19, 2010

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Darryl Forshee (USA ROCHESTER NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Les Paul: Live in New York (DVD)

Well Music Lovers YOU GOT TO GET THIS VIDEO CD,FOR REAL.

It has mostly already been said Mr.Paul is by far one of the greatest. So do your self a favor and hear,love and learn about this wonderful gift to us. And all who he has inspired in many ways. This DVD speaks for it self,please hear it and you will feel Mr. Les Pauls gift of love to us. Please hear some of the younger talent he has inspired,like: Garth Pearson,Joe Robinson,Kieran Murphy. The 3 above are not on this. But Mr.Tommy Emmanuel is,and some of my other favorites. Thank you Darryl Forshee Hey guys dig AMAZON.COM FOR GOOD DEALS,for real.