Product Details

• Actors: Art Farmer, Ron Carter, Cedar Walton, Billy Higgins
• Directors: Electa Brown
• Format: Color, Dolby, DVD, Full Screen, HiFi Sound, 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: V.I.E.W. Video
• DVD Release Date: February 8, 2003
• Run Time: 110 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000083XJ2
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #222,953 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Review

Recorded and photographed with skill and none of the visual gimmicks that often mar jazz videos the playing is superb. After years of working together, Walton, Higgins and Carter think and breathe as one, forming a dream rhythm section. Soloing is at a high level, and the camera angles let the viewer experience the nature of the work. --Doug Ramsey, JazzTimes Magazine

Product Description

Four of the world's most respected Jazz musicians come together for a scintillating night of music, live from New York in this spectacular concert DVD. Featuring Ron Carter (bass), Art Farmer (flugelhorn, trumpet), Billy Higgins (drums), and Cedar Walton (piano), the quartet's historic performances resulted in a classic night of memorable Jazz, marking the first time these legendary musicians played together on the same stage.

Digitally recorded and mastered, this special film, entitled Ron Carter & Art Farmer: Live at Sweet Basil (with Cedar Walton & Billy Higgins), also captures the quartet's rare rehearsal sessions where they created and perfected original works especially for this concert. Illuminating interviews with the musicians give us new insight into these men and their brilliant music.

Song Selections:
1. It's About Time (Theme)
2. Art's Song
3. Shortcomings
4. When Love Is New
5. A Theme In ¾
6. My Funny Valentine (composed by Rodgers and Hart)
7. Reprise (It's About Time)

OVER 60 MINUTES OF DVD BONUS FEATURES INCLUDING:
Ron Carter Biography
Art Farmer Biography
Cedar Walton Biography
Billy Higgins Biography
Photo Gallery
Bonus Music of Art Farmer and Billy Higgins
Bonus Video of Ron Carter
Trivia and Fun Facts Subtitles
Instant Access to Songs and Instrumental Solos
Dolby Digital Stereo Audio
Digitally Mastered Audio & Video

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Ron Carter, Art Farmer, Cedar Walton and Billy Higgins!!!!, July 16, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Live at Sweet Basil [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Recorded in 1990 at New York's Sweet Basil, four Jazz masters come together for a set of great jazz, performing originals written for the occasion and standards like "My Funny Valentine." Also included: rehearsal footage and illuminating interviews. Carter's bass, Farmer's trumpet and flugelhorn, Walton's piano and Higgins' drums have never sounded better!

#1330 (60 min, Hi-Fi Stereo)

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Superb music let down by horrendous production, May 16, 2003

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michael west (Cochabamba Bolivia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: RON CARTER & ART FARMER: Live at Sweet Basil (with Billy Higgins and Cedar Walton) (DVD)

Art Farmer is one of my personal gods, and when he's joined by the dream rhythm section of cedar walton, ron carter and billy higgins all on top form, the music doesn't disappoint. However my DVD skips all over the place, and has awful cuts. I wrote to the manufacturer, but no reply - so I guess they don't really care. A tragedy to treat timeless classic music in this manner.
Having said this, the music is essential so has to be heard (get the video perhaps?)

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Cedar and Art sound great (of course BH and RC too) but there are also ANNOYING YELLOW WORDS!!, October 17, 2005

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Keith Maxwell Button (Columbus, OH) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: RON CARTER & ART FARMER: Live at Sweet Basil (with Billy Higgins and Cedar Walton) (DVD)

The company that made this DVD decided to get creative with its format and ruined the show. First of all, instead of having each tune on a different track they put each head and solo on their own track. Different... but pointless. Especially because on my disc, track 17 (which is Billy Higgins solo on the third tune) does skip to track 18, but track 18 is actually a repeat of track 5 (which is the head out of the first tune). So the head out of the third tune is replaced with the head from the first tune. I sent it back and got another with the same glitch. There are seven tunes and 42 tracks. This makes your thumb do some hard work if you want to skip to another tune without going back to the main menu and choosing 'selection'. But the most annoying thing about this DVD is that throughout the performance yellow letters pop up in front of the musicians distracting us from the great solos. The yellow letters tell us facts about the musician who is soloing. For example, "Cedar Walton has played with numerous musicians and appeared on a recording with Kenny Dorham." Many of them are actually interesting but it's very distracting because when they pop up you automatically begin reading instead of listening. I won't say that this DVD will not be enjoyable to you but I know I was a lot more excited to get it than I am watching it now. Too many distractions. The camera shots are nice and tasteful with a good balance of close-ups and far shots. But those damn yellow words...