Take a look at a year in the life of Juno-nominated trio Shaye. Imagine straddling the worlds of mom, wife or singleton while trying to make it in the music industry. These three ladies are doing just that. Watch their music career highs and lows in this four-part series, premiering Nov 4.
Check it out Sundays at 8pm ET/ 5 PT only on CMT. For show info, go to CMT.ca.
In 1944 Norman Granz and Gjon Mili collaborated on a film about jazz music called “Jammin’ The Blues”. Highly successful, it was nominated for the Oscar for Best Short Film and is described on the IMDB as “Maybe the greatest
film ever about jazz.” In 1950 they collaborated again on a film about jazz improvisation that was never completed.
This footage has now been combined with other film of jazz improvisation shot by Norman Granz at different times and locations to create this new film simply titled “Improvisation”.
Influential soul legend Isaac Hayes has been enjoying a career renaissance of late what with the reactivation of the Stax Records label in Memphis. It was there where he cut his greatest sides and also helped on some of the legendary hits of other artists since the 1960s. Author of the Grammy Award-winning theme to the Oscar Award winning Shaft…creator of one of the greatest soul albums in the history of rhythm’n’blues (1969’s Hot Buttered Soul)…voice of South Park’s Chef, Hayes has transcended his bountiful soul into becoming an American icon. The extended encore—when he is joined by Booker T and The MGs—is a veritable lesson in soul history as it encompasses many of the songs for other artists that Hayes had a hand in creating including Sam and Dave’s “Soul Man” and many others. The 133-minute DVD carries a $17.98 retail price.
On 30 October 2007, Eagle Rock Entertainment simultaneously released two incredible DVDs capturing the incomparable Queen in their pomp as the world’s biggest band at a sold out show in 1981 at Montreal’s 18,000-seater Forum. The single DVD is "Queen Rock Montreal" and there is a special edition double DVD “Queen Rock Montreal + Live Aid”. The HD-DVD and Blu-ray versions to follow on December 4 through Eagle.
Following their record-breaking South American tour, the Montreal shows on 24 and 25 November 1981 were to be the only concerts by Queen ever shot on film – indeed they were the first group to shoot an entire show in full cinema format 35mm. These releases offer the best ever sound and picture quality on a Queen concert release. Always a great live band, with two years non-stop touring behind them and Freddie Mercury in front of them, Queen excelled themselves with the cameras rolling. The footage has been digitally restored from the original film and the sound has been newly mixed and mastered for DTS Surround Sound and PCM Stereo from the original multi-track tapes.
“Hello Montreal...long time no see. You wanna get crazy?” asks Freddie as the band tear into their alternative ‘fast’ version of We Will Rock You, and from there on Queen show their hard rock roots, slowing down only for Love of My Life and the more mid-tempo Under Pressure, notably being performed live for the first time in this concert.
