Product Description

**Exclusive Bonus Disc** Sonny Rollins: This collection includes two Sonny Rollins 1959 European concerts in which he is accompanied by recently re-discovered bassist Henry Grimes. Rahsaan Roland Kirk: performs Oliver Nelson's Stolen Moments backed by a cream-of-the-crop European rhythm section consisting of drummer Daniel Humair, pianist George Gruntz, and bassist Guy Pedersen.
A super-modest Sonny Rollins is interviewed in Stockholm 1959 before he performs Ellington's It Don't Mean A Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing at a blistering tempo with bebop-era standout Joe Harris on drums and Henry Grimes on bass.
Nina Simone: This collection includes a no-holds-barred Nina Simone live performance of Mississippi Goddamn followed by an interview with the Swedish program host. Features a 12 page booklet with liner notes by Ashley Khan, John Kruth and Rob Bowman.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #14489 in DVD
• Brand: Jazz
• Released on: 2008-09-30
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 8
• Formats: Box set, Black & White, Dolby
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 8
• Running time: 629 minutes

Downbeat, Michael Jackson, June 2009
What a delight to witness heroes of yesteryear in their digitally transmogrified, post-celluloidal flesh. These DVDs allow one to examine close up Rahsaan Roland Kirk orchestrating the polyphony of his multiple horns, Nina Simone brow beating hapless audiences with her ferocity of intent and the discipline of Lionel Hampton's orchestra behind the show biz front. Stretchcing from 1958 (Hampton in Belgium) through to 1975 (Bill Evans in Denmark), Reelin' In The Years has exhumed magic monochrome moments from seven singular artists in its third Jazz Icon series. Plus the DVDs offer the music of such superb sidemen as the late Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen (who appears with Sonny Rollins, Kirk and Evans), tenor saxophonist Andy McGhee (with Hampton), Clark Terry (with Oscar Peterson) and Yusef Lateef (with Cannonball Adderley).

Tucson Citizen, Chuck Graham, November 6, 2008
Now the third box set of aural gold is coming our way, looking crisp and sounding just as good as its two archival predecessors. . . Everyone will have a favorite moment of some kind. This boxed set is full of them.

Newsweek Magazine
The sound quality is first rate, and the performances are extraordinary.

Customer Reviews

Get it
As I said on another review of a Jazz Icons disc, buy
this set. This is such a great value. If you are a jazz
fan, and don't own any of the Jazz Icon series, I urge
you to purchase all of these box sets. This is a huge
deal. These sessions range from grainy black and white
to rich color, but all of the performances are so great
one can overlook this, if you love this music as much
as I do. You get a bonus disc with this set, even if
say Roland Kirk isn't your cup of tea, the price makes
it free, but he was an astounding talent, so give it
a try.

Jazz Icons, series 3
In the limited, esoteric world of video footage of jazz performances, the Jazz Icons series stands alone. Other companies churn out performances, often of questionable video quality, and almost always with minimal liner notes. The Jazz Icons series unearth beautiful performances of musicians at their peak creativity. They then match these wonderful performances with thorough liner notes about the musician and the performances.

I hope that this endeavor continues until all of the unseen performances from Europe are released. There are many musicians that have not been covered by these releases, such as Miles Davis, Bud Powell, Ben Webster, Errol Garner, Stan Getz, Ornette Coleman that would be very interesting subjects of future Jazz Icons series. Our job is to spread the word, and keep purchasing these, to encourage future releases.

Another Great Collection By Jazz Icons
Having Just Received This Third Edition of The Jazz Icon Series for my Birthday I Must Tell You , The First Two Collections Are Great, This One Is Over The Top Fantastic!!!. Bill Evans, Sonny Rollins, Cannonball , WOW!! Great Examples of How Big the Jazz Tent Is, Come On In ! The Jazz Is Hot. Take Some Time, Open a Bottle of Wine, Relax and ENJOY !!!