Vocal Jazz Groups DVDs

One of the great things about being able to take home a video recording is that the performers are immortalized in what may well be their heyday, performing material that they may not be doing anymore; it may even be a page of history of a group that's not performing together anymore. We at Primarily A Cappella carry documentaries, DVDs from award-winning, industry-leading groups and even feature films, so if you're a vocal jazz fan, go wild - this is where you can see shows & stories that most fans just dream of.

The Real Group: Live at Stockholm Concert Hall

Prime Time Blues
Are You Coming To Me?
Alla Talar Med Varandra (Small Talk)
Monicas Vals (Waltz For Debby)
Granada
It Don’t Mean A Thing
Mister Father
A Perfect Life
Words
Gøta
The Grass Grows Greener
Misty
I Tried
Cage Of Promises
Ett Liv För Mig (A Life For Me)
Count Basie Medley
Varför Får Man Inte Bara Vara Som Man Är? (How Come It Is So Hard To Be The Way You Are?)
Den Makalösa Manicken
Underbart Är Kort

Based in Sweden and rarely coming to the US it has been tough for fans to see this fabulous quintet but now, for much cheaper than a airline ticket, one can have the next best thing by watch this live concert on your TV. And the even better news is that this group is just as wonderful in performance as they are on their recordings and with high production values in both video and audio this is like having perhaps the world's very best a cappella group performing in your very own living room. Vocal harmony heaven on earth!!

7492 DVD $29.95

Four Freshmen: Easy Street

Day By Day
You're So Far Above Me
Love Is Just Around the Corner
You Stepped Out of a Dream
Charmaine
Got a Date with an Angel
Easy Street
After You've Gone
Somebody Loves Me
It's a Blue World
He Who Loves and Runs Away
Crazy Bones
The Day Isn't Long Enough
How Do You Like Your Eggs in the Morning?
Someone Like You
We'll Be Together Again
This Can't Be Love
Graduation Day
Frosty the Snowman
Love Turns Winter to Spring
There'll Never Be Another You

"Easy Street" is a rare treat, an opportunity to see the Four Freshmen (Bob Flanigan, Ken Albers and the Barbour brothers, Don and Ross) in their prime, in a live (black and white) performance on the Ray Anthony show in 1956! Featured are 21 of the 4F's favorite pop hits: "Day By Day," "You're So Far Above Me," "Charmaine," "Got A Date With an Angel," The Day Isn't Long Enough," "How Do You Like Your Eggs in the Morning," "Someone Like You," "Graduation Day," "There'll Never Be Another You," the title tune, and our personal favorite, "It's a Blue World." The four play their own instruments, or act in little skits, singing "You Stepped Out of a Dream" to a librarian who tries to keep her composure, for instance. It's a corny 1956 variety show, the Four Freshmen are singing with their bright, fresh sound and ringing harmonies, and we've got a front-row seat!"

4589 DVD $28.98

Manhattan Transfer: Vocalese

Four Brothers
Rambo
Meet Benny Baily
Airegin, To You
Sing Joy Spring
That's Killer Joe
The Duke of Dubuque
Gloria
Heart's Desire
Birdland
On the Boulevard
Shaker Song
Java Jive
Blue Champagne
How High the Moon
Boy From New York City
Ray's Rockhouse
Move 

You are encouraged to accept this invitation to the DVD party of the Manhattan Transfer's "Vocalese Live" featuring Cheryl Bentyne, Tim Hauser, Alan Paul, and Janis Siegel and recorded live at Nakano Sun Plaza Hall, Tokyo. All you have to do to RSVP is get yourself a copy of this live event featuring one of the best contemporary Vocal Jazz groups of our time. The companian to the same titled CD features: Four Brothers, Rambo, Meet Benny Bailey, Airegin, To You, Sing Joy Spring, Move, That's Killer Joe, The Duke Of Dubuque, Gloria, Heart's Desire, Birdland, On The Boulevard, Shaker Song, Java Jive, Blue Champagne, How High The Moon, Boy From New York City, and Ray's Rockhouse, in full digital color and is 80 minutes long. DVD not only boasts incredible video quality, the sound is just as pleasing.

4319 DVD $24.98

The Manhattan Transfer: The Christmas Concert

Happy Holiday
Let it Snow
Christmas Love Song
Santa Claus is Coming To Town
White Christmas
Sleigh Ride
It Came Across A Midnight Clear
Caroling, Caroling
Good King Wencesslas
Christmas Is Coming
Snow Fall
Merry Christmas Baby
Santa Baby
The Christmas Song
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
Operator
Happy Holiday (Reprise)
Goodnight

What’s better than hearing Manhattan Transfer sing our favorite holiday tunes? Seeing them sing those holiday tunes, LIVE!  Thanks to the awesome sound and picture quality of this DVD, you can watch the internationally acclaimed quartet spread Christmas cheer in your very own living room. It's like having your very own personal concert. All 11 tracks from their earlier CD release, 'The Christmas Album' are presented as well as four solo songs (one for each member of the group).  Also included, in the bonus features, is an rare interview with the group, sharing their individual backgrounds, their secret to success, and insight on how they learn their music as a group. This DVD is sure to become a Holiday Treasure and is not to be missed!

4634 DVD $24.98

Bobby McFerrin: Spontaneous Inventions

Scrapple From The Apple/Honeysuckle Rose
Bwee-Dop
Cara Mia
Fascinatin' Rhythm
Itsy Bitsy Spider
Thinkin About Your Body
Drive
Opportunity
I Got the Feelin'
Walkin
Blackbird
Manana Iguana
Don't Woory, Be Happy (music video)
Good lovin (music video)

This performance was filmed for HBO live at the Aquarius Theatre in Hollywood in 1986, the year McFerrin won a Grammy - when he was at his first peak as a one man jazz band. It is absolutely marvelous to watch the energy and humor of this musical genius interact with an audience. On the CD you can hear "Thinkin' About Your Body" but you don't see the interlude where McFerrin suddenly starts improvising on someone's leather jacket. Watching him create "Bwee-Dop"using audience participation is very different from just hearing it (which is why it didn't make the CD), and there's no substitute for watching him egg on the crowd to do the hand signals in "Itsy Bitsy Spider," On "Fascinating Rhythm," his expressions are priceless as he emulates a 1940s jazz band. And his duet with/accompaniment to soprano saxaphonist Wayne Shorter is all the more astounding as you see the two of them lock eyes and minds. Of the 12 songs here, only four are on the CD. We highly recommend this DVD!

4603 CD $19.98

Bobby McFerrin and Chick Corea: Rendezvoux in New York

Improv 1
The Frog
'Round Midnight
Autumn Leaves
Cocierto De Aranjuez / Spain
Smile

Two music legends provide an evening of sheer delight as they blend their astonishing talent, passion and creativity. Chick Corea, one of today's most significant and versatile performers, has never lost his sense of exploration about music. Teamed with virtuoso vocalist Bobby McFerrin, whom Corea describes as a "totally unique artist" and "a genius of spontaneous improvisation," the pair's free-spirited performance soars wit exuberance. Captured in High-Definition Video and CD-quality sound, this rare duet concert at New York City's fame Blue Note Jazz Club was one of the highlights of a Grammy winning reunion celebration chronicling Corea's Amazing four-decade career.

7485 DVD $19.95

Bobby McFerrin: Try This At Home

Mysteries
Harmonizin‚
Try this at home
In the morning
Staccato groove
Opera style
The shirt-scratching song
Head in my bed blues
Folk rap
Walkin‚ on the beat
Out we go
Ducks
The name song
Calyso sing
More singin'

Recorded in front of a live intimate audience at Minneapolis' Walker Arts Center in September 1999, "Try This At Home" features the 10-time grammy Award winner Bobby McFerrin in a version of his renowned solo vocal concert.  Entirely improvised, the performance displays Bobby's astonishing vocal virtuosity and musicianship, and his gift for audience interaction.  With a comedian's sense of timing, an unrestrained zany streak, and an infectious love of every genre of music, Bobby's solo show is not a 'performance' but a communal sharing and celebration of music.

4608 DVD $15.98

Mills Brothers: Mills Brothers Story

This is the first comprehensive documentary about one of the most beloved vocal groups in popular music, "The Mills Brothers Story" is also a sprawling family saga that spans over a whopping 50 years in show business. This Storyville Films production tells of their early innovations when they would imitate the sounds of musical instruments vocally, through tragic setbacks, to their triumphant successes as both performing artists and recording stars. With film clips dating back to 1932 through their second to last performance in 1982 this film is well researched and will not only be a nostalgic journey for those who grew up with their music, but also an informative and entertaining introduction for those unfamiliar with their incredible legacy.

4596 DVD $14.98

Mills Brothers & Delta Rhythm Boys: Sing Brother Sing

Do Nothin' Till You Here From Me
Undecided
St. Louis Blues
Jersey Bounce
Dry Bones
Jack You're Playing The Game
Just A-Sittin' And A-Rockin'
Snoqualomie Jo Jo
Take The "A" Train
Opus One
Lazy River
Till Then
Cielito Lindo
You Always Hurt The One You Love
Paper Doll
Old Rocking Chair
Caravan
Swing Brother

In the 1930s and 40s, what had been as a gospel and vaudeville vocal style was adopted to popular songs, and the rich tradition of four-part harmony reached its peak—and The Mills Brothers and the Delta Rhythm Boys were the premier groups that captured America's attention. "Sing Brother Sing" includes 18 rare, early appearances by these two supergroups, including the Ohio-born Mills Brothers' 1932 hit "St. Louis Blues," their 1943 hit "Paper Doll" which became one of the biggest hits of the decade, and their 1944 #1 hit "You Always Hurt The One You Love." The DRB's 1941 hits "Dry Bones" and "Take The A Train" are very fine. Other winners are "Jack You're Playing The Game," a small movie in itself, "Opus One," featuring the Mills Bros. with Nat King Cole," "Lazy River," "Till Then," "Caravan" (check out the early vocal percussion and vocal horns) and "Swing Brother"—but there's really not a weak cut. Besides enjoying the butter-smooth harmonies, it's fascinating to watch the dancing and acting in the little skits that illustrate the songs. What is clear throughout is the sheer vocal power and hip sophistication of these pioneer groups, whose musical stylings laid the groundwork for every Pop and Soul group to follow. These gems may be thought of as early MTV videos, documenting two groups that are a source for much of the great music that has touched our lives.

4597 DVD $16.98

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