Legends: Live at Montreux 1997 [Blu-ray]

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Actor: Various Artists
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Color, Compilation, Enhanced, Live
Picture Format: 1.78:1
Running Time: 107 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-09-30
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Eagle Rock Ent

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Movie Review: Band great, But why reviewers did not talk more of deficient audio
Summary: 2 Stars

The disc of this show with this band and performance is decent enough to keep, BUT.

This is a Blu-ray disc, the audio MUST be flawless, and is not.

This Blu-ray disc has abundant problems of audio. Video seems fine. The harshiness of the audio recorded from the sax and the electric guitar are overpowering an otherwise balanced piano and bass. The accoustic guitar of Clapton was almost silent in one of the songs, and he was playing most of the song while the camera was filming the silent strings, absolutely ridiculous that a final production was made of these discs without any audio engineer fixing it before the final or dropping the song from the content.

Unfortunately this is a loosely done audio mix show but it is not worth the effort to try to return it, the content is valuable enough to keep it as a good memory.

However, I will think twice about buying anything else from the Recording Label and/or from Live at Montreux series. The reason I say that is because I bought another Life at Montreaux "Ray Charles" Blu-ray disc that shows even worst audio problems to the point of having to trash it.

To keep my comment in perspective, my home theater has about $100K of hi-end audio and video electronics, my system is of excellent quality, and I work with the audio/video industry, but I am not reviewing these products representing the companies I am associated with, they are for personal use, I am just making others aware before they order.

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Summary of Legends: Live at Montreux 1997 [Blu-ray]

Legends is one of the most musically accomplished super groups of all time. With Eric Clapton on guitar, Joe Sample of The Crusaders on keyboards, virtuoso saxophone player David Sanborn and super session players Steve Gadd on drums and Marcus Miller on bass, both of whom have done time in Clapton's band, the group's pedigree is extraordinary. Marcus Miller put the Legends band together for a European tour in 1997. They never made an album and this concert at Montreux is the only record of their stunning collaboration. The music is an intoxicating blend of jazz, blues and rock, which gives each of the players a chance to shine but also emphasizes the wonderful chemistry they create as a group.

TRACK LISTING 1) Full House 2) Groovin' 3) Ruthie 4) Snakes 5) Going Down Slow 6) The Peeper 7) In Case You Hadn't Noticed 8) Third Degree 9) First Song / Tango Blues 10) Put It Where You Want It 11) Shreveport Stomp 12) In A Sentimental Mood / Layla 13) Every Day I Have The Blues

The opportunity to hear Eric Clapton stretch out in an unusual (for him) setting and in the company of musicians the likes of which he rarely plays with is the principal attraction of Legends - Live at Montreux, recorded in 1997 during the Swiss city's annual jazz festival. Clapton is joined by some superb musicians here (pianist Joe Sample, saxophonist David Sanborn, bassist Marcus Miller, and drummer Steve Gadd); but he is clearly the guy the crowd came to see, and as always, he delivers a passel of passionate, stinging solos. But although some of the repertoire has clearly been tailored for him (there are several straight blues numbers, along with the inevitable "Layla"), he's a bit out of his element. Not that this is by any means a jazz concert; notwithstanding the jazz chops of the other players, the bulk of the nearly two-hour set consists of funky, R&B-based grooves, requiring Clapton to play some intricate rhythm figures and ensemble lines, all of which he does well (he's especially effective on "Put It Where You Want It," a Sample tune from his days with the Crusaders). But where a guitarist like, say, Kenny Burrell could imbue this kind of material with interesting chord substitutions and jazz scales, Clapton sticks with the straight-ahead rock style that made him famous, and sometimes it simply doesn't fit. That won't make much difference to folks who just want to hear the man play. The more nettlesome issue is the fact that despite a couple of certified classics (Duke Ellington's "In a Sentimental Mood" and Jelly Roll Morton's "Shreveport Stomp," neither of which includes the guitarist), overall this music consists of too many riffs and not enough melodies, too many repetitive jams and not enough tunes. In short, Legends - Live at Montreux's biggest problem is its tendency to be boring. --Sam Graham

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Legends: Live at Montreux 1997 [Blu-ray]

Legends: Live at Montreux 1997 [Blu-ray]

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Movie Reviews of Legends: Live at Montreux 1997 [Blu-ray]

Movie Review: Band great, But why reviewers did not talk more of deficient audioSummary: 2 Stars

Summary of Legends: Live at Montreux 1997 [Blu-ray]

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Movie Review: Band great, But why reviewers did not talk more of deficient audio
Summary: 2 Stars