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The Japanese pianist Aki Takase is a veritable typhoon of power and clarity. Her playing shows what can happen when the European rules of melody, harmony and rhythm come face to face with a distinctly Asian way of thinking!
Length
30 mins
Prog. No.
0540
Music by Guiseppe Verdi and Johann Sebastian Bach sweeps the viewer along as the camera paints impressionistic images. A fondness for detail brings the subject matter vibrantly to life and conveys the message without a single word. 3 episodes from 9…
Length
32 mins
Prog. No.
0213
Celebrating New Year's Eve in a legendary duo performance on saxophone and drums, 'Lounge Lizard' John Lurie, actor, performer and musician, talks about love and life and gives a gentle insight into modern time's hipster attitudes.
Length
31 mins
Prog. No.
0145
Charlie Parker and Leonard Bernstein, Steve Reich and Philip Glass all praised the blind vagabond Moondog as one of the great musical visionaries of our century.
Length
30 mins
Prog. No.
1136
This performance brings together two famous musicians' approaches to traditional jazz, folk and classical music.
Length
32 mins
Prog. No.
0108
Eberhard Weber, world-renowned and incomparable with his swingingly romantic bass, invites two of his "brothers in music" to a joint concert. The result is a virtuoso concert full of power, concentration and inner harmony.
Length
30 mins
Prog. No.
5269
Junko Onishi is one of the most exciting new discoveries of 'Blue Note'. Her imaginative interpretations of music from Duke Ellington to Sonny Rollins, together with her own compositions, have shown her to be a virtuoso pianist and composer of…
Length
30 mins
Prog. No.
0576
Length
30 mins
Prog. No.
5500
In 1987's Open Air Festival "Jazz in Antibes", the Irakere All Stars play "El Duque" - a hommage to Duke Ellington - and "Samba for drums".
Length
30 mins
Prog. No.
1630
Legendary pianist Lang Lang performs Beethoven, Chopin, Prokofiev and Albéniz in his very unique way. In personal interview situations he explains his individual access to the different pieces. Original and extraordinary - these words describe both…
Length
33 mins
Prog. No.
5818