It's bitter cold night in December, but neo-fusion master John Abercrombie and his band are settled in for a blowing session at the jazz institution in Greenwich Village. So you missed the show? Director Bruce Buschel's images-and-music postcard is the next best thing to being there.
"live at the Village Vanguard" represents the cream of the crop of jazz-on-video offerings.
What does this have other videos lack? Dynamic presence, for starters. The camera work carries the viewer inside the working of a fascinating quartet and helps explain the mechanics and passion of Abercrombie on guitar, Michel Brecker on tenor sax, Marc Johnson on bass and Peter Erskine at the drums.
---Philip Booth, Video Magazine
John Abercrombie - Guitar
Michael Brecker - Tenor Saxophone
Marc Johnson - Bass
Peter Erskine - Drums |
