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Date:         Fri, 10 Apr 1992 12:05:00 CDT
From:         TBUCK@KNOX.BITNET
Subject:      Miles: Paris '91 (video)

Yesterday I got the following "grey-market video" in the mail...

50 minutes of Paris '91 / 60 minutes of Leverkusen '90

the Paris '91 set....

1. Human Nature
2. All Blues
   with Chick Corea - Electric Piano
        Steve Grossman - Tenor Sax
        Bill Evans - Soprano Sax
3. In A Silent Way
   with Joe Zawinul - Synth
        Wayne Shorter - Soprano Sax
4. Dig Watermelon Man
   with Herbie Hancock - Synth-axe
5. Jean-Pierre
   with Chick Corea - Electric Piano
        John McLaughlin - Electric Guitar

They didn't list Miles' basic band (which plays on every tune) other than
Kenny Garret on Alto Sax. Dave Holland also plays bass on several tunes. I
didn't see Marcus Miller anywhere - what's he up to these days? I haven't
looked at the Leverkusen portion of the tape except to fast-forward-skim
through it. The only tune I recognized was "Hannibal" from Amandala, which
IMHO is a great tune. No important guest-stars that I could see either. Both
shows were pro-shot and taken from jazz TV shows in Germany. (The Paris show
too - the intro is in German.) The video and audio quality is as good as a
2nd generation tape of a regular NSCT broadcast - in other words "superb".
I'll report on the Leverkusen portion of the tape when I get a chance.

Now, on to the "even better" news. The guy that I ordered this tape from also
sent me a "catalog" of all the other "grey-market" tapes that he has for sale.
I won't even begin to list all the Genesis, Gabriel, Marillion, Yes, ELP, Rush,
Floyd, Tull, Bowie or Moody Blues that this guy has for sale - other than to
say that he has between 10 and 25 different 2 hour tapes of each of the above
mentioned artists. I will, however, list the jazz/fusion stuff that caught my
eye. Each of the following is a 100-120 minute video tape. Most are pro-shot
footage taken from TV broadcasts from around the world.

John Abercrombie - Italy Musicphilla '84
Ornette Colman Trio w/ Moffett - France '66/Mingus Documentary '68
Ornette Coleman/Jack Dejonette - Montreal '88 - Metheny sits in on both sets.
Chick Corea - Baltimore Artscape '90 - electric band live
Chick Corea - Maintenance Shop '85/Inside Out - live at Iowa State U.
Miles Davis - Miles Ahead (documentary)/Tokyo '81
Miles Davis - Paris '91/Leverkusen '90 - This is the one I bought. Great!!!
Miles Davis - German TV '66 and '68 - w/ Herbie,Chick,Wilms,DeJnt,Holnd,Shorter
Miles Davis - Berlin '73/Montreal '85
Miles Davis - Warsaw '83 - live, with John Scofield
Miles Davis - Munich '87 - 155 min long!!!
Al Dimeola - Brazil '86/Montreal '88
Herbie Hancock & VSOP Band - Chicago '83 / Wynton Marsalis - Catching a Snake
   - Hancock live w/ Wynton and Branford Marsalis, Ron Carter, Tony Williams.
Allan Holdsworth - Tokyo '84/German TV '86 - 145 min
Keith Jarrett - Hamburg '72/Cologne '74
J.M.Jarre - Lyon '86/Destination Dockland '88
J.M.Jarre - China '81/Houston '86
J.M.Jarre - German TV '81/Paris '90
Stanley Jordan - Montreal '90/Promos/Arsenio Hall/David Letterman/Amnesty Int.
Mahavishnu Orchestra - Lugano Festival '86 / John Scofield - live '??
Mahavishnu Orchestra - German TV '72/Montreux '74/French TV '82
Wynton Marsalis - Jazz Christmas '89
John McLaughlin - Shakti Documentary '77/E. Berlin '87 with Paco DeLucia
John McLaughlin - Hamburg '90/Bourges '87
John McLaughlin - Frech TV '86/One Truth Band/Night Flight '79
John McLaughlin - German TV '87 - 105 min - all live in concert
McLaughlin/Dimeola/Delucia - San Francisco '80 - 145 min - live, all acoustic!
Guitar Legends - Seville '91 - McLaughlin, Coryell, DeLucia, Clarke, Duke.
Oregon - Freiburg '87 / Towner & Abercrombie - Montreux '82
Pat Metheny - German TV '80
Pat Metheny - W. Palm Beach '90 - trio with Dave Holland and Roy Haines.
Pat Metheny - Mellon JazzFest '90 - w/ H. Hancock, Holland, and Jack DeJohnette
Pat Metheny - Stuttgart '90 - live w/ Hancock, DeJohnette, Holland.
Return To Forever - PBS Soundstage '74/BBC '76 - live with Hancock's '74 band.
Charlie Parker - Celebrating Bird/John Coltrane - The Coltrane Legacy - Docs.
Jaco Pastorius - Modern Electric Bass (instructional video, Jam w/ Scofield)
Jean Luc Ponty - New Haven '89
Jean Luc Ponty - Montreal - 82 / Jaco Pastorius Montreal '84
Weather Report - Rockpalast '78 / Pastorius - Live '77
Weather Report - Southbank '84/Japan '84 - includes pre-Weather Report Zawinal.
Weather Report - Cologne '83
Weather Report - Montreux '76/Shorter - Coltrane Tribute/Pastorius - Tokyo '84
Spyro Gyra - Chicago '80/France '82
Sun Ra - Joyful Noise '80/Berlin '83
UZEB - Casino De Paris '90 - French Fusion 3 piece - Guitar, Bass, Drums
Tony Williams - Carrboro Arts Center '91 - quintet

The address for this outfit is:

Jeff & Dena Morris
202-180 Loft Ln.
Raleigh, NC 27609 USA

Voice: (919) 676-9029 5pm-9pm Eastern Standard Time
Fax:   (919) 676-9029 (24 hours FOR FAX ONLY!!!)

They only sell NSCT tapes (no PAL or SECAM) and all tapes are $20 each which
includes shipping and handling. For tapes mailed outside the US, add $5 each.

I HAVE NO CONNECTIONS WITH THIS BUISNESS OTHER THAN THE FACT THAT I HAVE
PURCHASED ONE VIDEO TAPE FROM THEM AND AM QUITE PLEASED WITH THE RESULTS.

Send for a complete list of his offerings as a few are audience recordings shot
from camcorders, and others are of a lower video quality. He includes quality
ratings of each tape along with more descriptinve stuff than I was willing to
take the time to type in.

Happy Trails and Later Days....

                                                       Tom
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