James Booker aficionado, Andre Rosso, has alerted me to his petition to have Booker's filmed 1978 Montreux Jazz Festival performance released on DVD for the world to see - at least those who can afford to buy it. Currently, there is no video of the New Orleans piano genius available commercially. If you would like to participate in this noble cause, so we can have at least some access to seeing Booker do his stuff, please sign the petition.
Note: The Montreux people released a CD of at least part of the performance, if not all of it, some years back; but it is out of print. Maybe Andre should ask them to re-issue that, too.
[See Comments, if you are interested in the concert audio. And thank the Mail Clerk.]
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well, the audio can be found...
ReplyDeletehttp://aquariumdrunk.blogspot.com/2005/10/james-booker-montreux-bootleg-1978.html
"Piano Players Never Play Together" is not on dvd either.
ReplyDeleteThat would be another petition I'd sign.
VERY good point, Marco. I don't know what the prospects are, since the director of "Piano Players Rarely Ever Play Together", Stevenson Palfi, committed suicide last year. One would hope the full length version would go to DVD as a tribute to him.
ReplyDeleteAny progress on getting the DVD released?
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