Various
The Best of Jazz on TDK
2007

GARY BURTON · BILLY COBHAM
CHICK COREA · PACO DE LUCIA
GIL EVANS · STAN GETZ
LIONEL HAMPTON · HERBIE HANCOCK
OSCAR PETERSON · JOE ZAWINUL


Chick Corea & Gary Burton Bagatelle #2 (Béla Barók/Chick Corea)
Münchner Klaviersommer, 1997
Chick Corea piano · Gary Burton vibraphone
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Paco de Lucia & Group Alcazar de Sevilla
Germeringer Jazztage, 1996
Paco de Lucia guitar · Ramon de Algeciras guitar · Pepe de Lucia vocals
Jorge Pardo flute/saxophone · Juan Manuel Canizares guitar
Carles Benavent bass · Rubem Dantas percussion · Joaquín Grilo dancer
DV-JPDLG

Oscar Peterson’s Easter Suite for Jazz Trio Are You Really King Of The Jews?
South Bank Show, London, 1984
Oscar Peterson piano · Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen bass · Martin Drew drums
DV-JOPET

Gary Burton & Makoto Ozone Bento Box
Münchner Klaviersommer, 1995
Gary Burton vibraphone · Makoto Onone piano
DV-JGBMO

Joe Zawinul & The Zawinul Syndicate Little Rootie Tootie (Thelonious Monk)
Münchner Klaviersommer, 1989
Joe Zawinul keyboards · Gerald Veasley bass · Scott Henderson guitar · Cornell Rochester drums
Leata Galloway vocals · Carl Anderson vocals · Bill Summers percussion
DV-JJZS
Stan Getz – The Final Concert Recording Seven Steps To Heaven
Philharmonie, Munich, 1990
Stan Getz tenor saxophone · Kenna Baron piano · Eddie del Barrio, Frank Zottoli synthesizers
Alex Blake bass · Terry Lyne Carrington drums
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Eliane Elias Trio Desafinado
Münchner Klaviersommer, 1991
Elian Elias piano · Jay Randall Anderson bass · Adam Nussbaum drums
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Lionel Hampton & His Golden Men of Jazz Cool Vibes (Clark Terry)
Philharmonie, Munich, 1993
Lionel Hampton vibraphone / drums / vocals · Clark Terry trumpet · Al Grey trombone
Harry “Sweets” Edison trumpet · Benny Golson saxophone · Junior Mance piano
Jimmy Woode bass · Panama Francis drums
DV-JLHGMJ

World of Rhythm: Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, Billy Cobham Eye Of The Hurricane
Palazzo dei Congressi, Lugano, 1983
Herbie Hancock piano · Ron Carter bass
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Gil Evans & Orchestra Gone, Gone, Gone
Palazzo dei Congressi, Lugano, 1983
Gil Evans piano / arrangements · Herb Geller alto saxophone
Michael Brecker, Thomas Grünwald tenor saxophones · Howard Johnson baritone saxophone
Randy Brecker, Lew Soloff, Benny Bailey trumpets
Ack van Rooyen, Tom Malone, Jiggs Whigham, Hermann Breuer, Rudi Fuessers trombones
John Clark French horn · Mike Mainieri vibraphone · Dean Brown guitar
Gil Goldstein keyboards · Tim Landers bass · Billy Cobham drums
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Billy Cobham’s Glass Menagerie Vanessa
Riazzino, Switzerland, 1981
Billy Cobham drums · Michal Urbaniak violin / saxophone (lyricon)
Mike Stern guitar · Gil Goldstein piano · Tim Landers bass
DVWW-JBCGM

Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers Along Came Betty
Umbria Jazz Festival, 1976
Art Blakey drums · David Schnitter tenor saxophone
Bill Hardman trumpet · Mickey Tucker piano · Cameron Brown bass
DVWW-JAOR

Chick Corea, Stanley Clarke, Joe Henderson, Lenny White
A Very Special Concer L’s Bop
Wolf & Rissmiller’s Country Club, Reseda, California,1982
Chick Corea piano · Stanley Clarke bass
Joe Henderson saxophone · Lenny White drums
DV-JAVSC

ESP 2 – A Tribute to Miles No News Is Good News
Jazzopen Stuttgart, July 1994
Randy Hall guitar / vocals · Robert Irving III keyboards / piano
Adam Holzman keyboards · David McMurray saxophone / vocals
Mino Cinelu percussion / vocals · Victor Bailey bass · Ricky Wellman drums
DVWW-JESP2

Dave Holland Quintet Homecoming (Dave Holland)
Zelt-Musik-Festival, Freiburg, 31 May 1986
Dave Holland bass · Steve Coleman saxophone · Kenny Wheeler trumpet
Robin Eubanks trombone · Marvin Smith drums
DVWW-JDHQ

Trio Rypdal, Vitous, Gurtu Mountain In The Clouds (Miroslav Vitous)
Jazzopen Stuttgart, 1994
Terje Rypdal guitar · Miroslav Vitous bass · Trilok Gurtu percussion
DVWW-JTRVG

The Band from Utopia - A Tribute to the Music of Frank Zappa
Lucille Has Messed My Mind Up (Frank Zappa)
Jazzopen Stuttgart, 1994
Ike Willis guitar / vocals · Bruce Fowler baritone saxophone
Bobby Martin tenor saxophone / keyboards / vocals
Tommy Mars piano / keyboards / vocals
Tom Fowler violin / bass · Arthur Barrow bass / guitar / vocals
Ed Mann vibraphone / percussion · Jay Dittamo drums · Chad Wackerman drums / percussion
DVWW-JTBFU

The Modern Jazz Quartet – 35th Anniversary Tour Summertime (George Gershwin et al.)
Zelt-Musik-Festival, Freiburg, 1987
John Lewis piano · Milt Jackson vibraphone · Percy Heath bass · Connie Kay drums
DVWW-JMJQ35

Gonzalo Rubalcaba Trio Donna Lee
Münchner Klaviersommer 1994
Gonzalo Rubalcaba piano · Ron Carter bass · Julio Barreto drums
DVWW-JGRU

The Super Guitar Trio & Friends PSP (Larry Coryell)
Nightstage in Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1990
Al Di Meola · Larry Coryell · Biréli Lagrène guitars
Chris Carrington guitar · Arto Tuncboyaci, Gumbi Ortiz percussion
DVWW-JSGTF

The Modern Jazz Quartet – 40th Anniversary Tour Sketch (John Lewis)
Jazzgipfel, Stuttgart, 1992
John Lewis piano · Milt Jackson vibraphone · Percy Heath bass · Mickey Roker drums
Kammerorchester arcata stuttgart
(Mickey Roker for temporarily replacing Connie Kay, who was ill at the time of the performance)
DVWW-JMJQ40




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In recent years TDK has released an increasing number of jazz DVDs and the catalogue is now extensive. The label offers a broad range of high-class jazz music spanning from Big Band sounds to the Avantgarde, from Bebop to Cool Jazz. This sample DVD showcases extracts of recent releases and highlights from the current catalogue. Excerpts from the best of Jazz studio and concert recordings on TDK DVDs allow Jazz fans to view the catalogue at a glance. The accompanying catalogue lists the available titles alphabetically and includes a pack-shot and performer details, recording dates and places, the barcode and technical details such as audio and video formats and duration.

TDK’s Jazz catalogue includes legendary Jazz live-recordings made by jazz masters like Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, Billy Cobham, Lionel Hampton, Archie Shepp, Stan Getz, Oscar Peterson, Stéphane Grappeli, Cedar Walton, Gary Burton, Chick Corea, Stanley Clarke, Gil Evans, Eliane Elias, Horace Silver, Ahmad Jamal, Paco de Lucia, Bobby McFerrin, McCoy Tyner and Joe Zawinul.
Some of the best-known European Jazz festivals including the Munich Piano Summer, the Umbria Jazz Festival, the Estival in Lugano, the Jazzopen Stuttgart and the Zelt-Musik-Festival Freiburg have been documented over the years on TDK Jazz DVDs

In 2005/2006 the label TDK made its first U.S. releases of a series of recordings, which were initially only available in Europe - thus making live recordings of the Dave Holland Quintet, Billy Cobham's Glass Menagerie, Gil Evans and His Orchestra, the Modern Jazz Quartet’s 35th and 40th Anniversary Concerts, Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, the Trio Rypdal, Gurtu, Vituous, The Band from Utopia, World of Rhythm and ESP2 available to the motherland of Jazz.

With the series “Jazz Icons”, released in 2006, TDK roused the interest of Jazz lovers worldwide. The 9 DVD series features full-length concerts and studio performances by the jazz legends, Thelonious Monk, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Dizzy Gillespie, Quincy Jones, Count Basie, Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers, Buddy Rich or Chet Baker. This material was all filmed in Europe between 1957 and 1978, none of the concerts had ever been released for home viewing before and, in some cases, the material was never even broadcast.