Calle 54
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Movie Review: calle 54
Summary: 5 Stars
Item was in perfect condition and perfectly packaged. It was considerably late in arriving.Movie Review: Video is Christal Clear. Music's unbelievable. BUY THIS.
Summary: 5 Stars
My title says it all. ANYONE that loves latin jazz MUST have this DVD. That's it.Movie Review: Nada como esto
Summary: 5 Stars
Esta es la mejore recopilación de Jazz Latino he comprado 3 copias.Movie Review: Awesome - Simply awesome!
Summary: 4 Stars
Wow. I heard about this when it was released for a short time in New York City, but never got a chance to see it. Now, I'm not the type that normally goes for "Artsy/Documentary films", but Tito Puente was in it, so when it was released on Pay-per-view shortly after my son was born, I figured I'd watch it while feeding my 4 day old son at Oh-dark-thirty in the morning. ;)Wow. I was glued to the screen. I considered myself a fan of Latin Jazz and latin music in general, but I've never been treated to a dazzling display of talent such as the one that I saw and heard before my eyes. From the wonderful (And my all-time favorite song) Latin Jazz song 'From Within' performed by Michel Camilo, to the tour-de-force by Bebo Valdés, everything was awesome.
Of course, there are problems that I noticed right off the bat. It seems as if the songs were recorded seperately from the actual performances, so you see the artists perform a few things that you don't hear reflected in the sound (Look at Hilton Ruiz using his elbow on the piano that isn't heard in the music during Tito Puente's 'New Arrival' for example), which takes off a star from my rating.
As long as you come in as a music lover, you'll treasure this. If you're looking for a performance DVD, go elsewhere. Plain and simple. =)
Movie Review: Visually interesting, amazing subject matter
Summary: 4 Stars
I play latin jazz drums and percussion. I bought this movie because I love this kind of music, and there is a lack of truly great latin jazz performances on video. The idea of this film is simple -- short profiles of a dozen or so of the most influential musicians in afro-cuban jazz. There are some great musical moments here, but the emphasis is on visuals rather than sound. For this reason, the most memorable moments are visual, e.g. Chucho Valdes walking down the streets of Havana greeting old friends, his enormous frame dwarfing everyone else. Another cool scene is conga master Carlos "Patato" Valdez jamming with three other conga players and three bata drummers in what appears to be a large warehouse.
This is a good DVD to own if you like this style of music, simply because well-shot latin jazz is hard to find. 4.5 stars because I would have preferred more music and fewer artsy shots and interviews.