Stuff: Live At Montreux 1976
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Actor: Cornell Dupree, Eric Gale, Gordon Edwards, Richard Tee, Steve GaddBrand: RED Distribution
DVD: Region Code 0
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 62 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-07-15
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Eagle Rock Ent
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Movie Review: At last ! The Holy Grail for Stuff fans !
Summary: 5 Stars
Theres not much I can add to Anthony Accordino's ( " my learned colleague" ) excellent review / overview of group "Stuff " above but I will try to add a few personal comments in order to perhaps capture the curiosity of any passing music fans who may not be familiar with their unique approach to music.
For a point of reference I would say , what Booker T and the MGs were to the 60's ( that is backing the star vocalists of the time Otis Redding / Wilson Picket / Aretha Franklin as well as making instrumental albums under their own name ) Stuff were to the 70s and early 80s.The similarity between the two groups doesn't end there.
At the time of their release , for want of a category of their own, Stuff records were usually filed under "Jazz " or "Jazz Fusion" in stores partly because they were such proficient players when actually their music is the opposite of what was known as "Fusion. " Instead of that genre's blinding ,frantic displays of high speed soloing dexterity the members of Stuff ( though perfectly capable of such pyrotechnics if they chose -eg Steve Gadd's drumming on records by Chick Corea and Stanley Clarke ) had a mutual philosophy of sublimating their individual virtuosity in the creation of "the groove. " Like Booker T & the MGs they said " why play 100s of notes just because you can ? When 7 of the RIGHT notes at the right time will make an even greater emotional effect. " They chanelled their energies into a collective appearance of simplicity which is deceptive in its layers revealed only on repeated listenings. Each time it reveals more and more. They are indeed the " masters of the understatement" and in music , as in other arts, in fact most things in life , the perfectly pitched understatement is almost invariably more effective than the greatest bombast.
For me, it is the ultimate " desert island " music. That is , the often asked question " what is the one piece of music you would choose to have with you if you were stranded on a desert island ? " I would choose anything by Stuff as their music contains so many subtle surprises I am still discovering them after 30 years of listening.
Yet in the live situation Stuff reveal the power contained within their seemingly laid- back appearance. Which is why approximately half their recorded output were albums recorded live in NYC , Japan and now, Montreux . Now you can see the paradoxes that made Stuff unique. Slick yet loose , at once laid back AND fiery , disciplined yet lots of room for improvisation , down home countrified blues -gospel and NYC sophistication in the same tune-( within the same BARS of music yet ! )
So it is with great excitement we discover the the Montreux people have decided to release this document of these players at their prime.
The picture quality is very , very good allowing for the fact that the original source is video. A great job in that the co.'s budget included an excellent post-production digital tidy-up / enhancement which belies that medium's ( video ) visual limitations.
Especially in respect to the sound quality ( perhaps because original analogue sound lends itself better than pure digital to reproduction down the years ) the sound quality is stunning . Particularly in the interplay between the two guitars .
Any musician or anyone who has ears to appreciate perhaps the finest ensemble playing ever committed to tape , be grateful this artifact exists and at such a ridiculously cheap price. Do as I did and order the CD (for playing in the car ) and DVD for home . The best $25 investment you could possibly make.
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