The Jazz Channel Presents Kenny Rankin (BET on Jazz)
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Manufacturer: Image Entertainment
Starring: Kenny Rankin
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0014381987324
Format: Color
Label: Image Entertainment
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Image Entertainment
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2001-09-04
Running Time: 74
Studio: Image Entertainment
Theatrical Release Date: 2001-08-07
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Summary: Jazz Channel Presents Kenny Rankin
Comment: If you like Kenny Rankin, you'll love this performance. He is in fine form here, his amazing tenor as melodic as ever. His back up band is outstanding, but the great thing about Kenny is that he can put on just as good a show with just his guitar, or singing acapella, for that matter. The best thing about this DVD is the interview with Kenny, which gives a insight into his creativity and his personal battles, all of which have made him a great artist and a truly sensitive and good man.
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Summary: Chillin' With Kenny
Comment: This is about as mellow and pleasant as you'll find in a nightclub "act." Kenny has to be one of the more relaxed, down-home singers I've seen. He talks to you as if it's just you and he face to face, commenting briefly before each song. He not only has a pleasing manner but a very pleasing, soft voice.
The songs are all mellow, with just Kenny, his guitar and a bass player here, a pianist there or soft drumming. This is nice, light jazz when you want to chill.
It's nice....real nice.
Customer Rating:
Summary: A stellar performance by an amazing vocalist
Comment: Kenny Rankin is one of those truly identifible musicians. Two notes and you know who he is. A master of reinterpretation with a voice that is flexible with an extraordinary range. One of the most melliflous voices I've ever heard. He has this way of taking almost any song and making it a Kenny Rankin song. Over the years he's only gotten better.
This DVD shows him with an outstanding small group and string section. David Finck and Joe Beck are amazing on this recording on bass and guitar respectively.
Kenny is at home in both the jazz, pop or popular standard genres. He has a unique vision. He takes a song like "More Than You Know" and does it in a way in a whole new way accentuating notes and phrases with subtlety.
This performance is fresh, vital and he does this music in a state of bliss, or so it comes across. He also shows himself to be quite the guitar player. Very good technique.
You can't go wrong getting this. This DVD is what good concerts are about. A good solid group, extraordinary vocalist in an intimate setting with songs coming to life in that unique Kenny Rankin way.
I also enjoyed the interview portion of this DVD, it was very well done.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Kenny's SOOO wonderful!
Comment: Kenny's a favorite of mine and has been for years. I loved this dvd and felt he really showed himself...great music and really enjoyed seeing him perform. Try to catch him any chance we get. I regret that he is not as well known as some other musicians...love sharing his sound with others!
Customer Rating:
Summary: Kenny Rankin - BET Live Performance
Comment: I love Kenny Rankin's voice and the performance was excellent. My only negative was a personal one.... I prefer him with only the guitar and not with a full band and strings behind him. Also, it just wasn't long enough!!
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Jazz Channel Presents Kenny Rankin
Comment: If you like Kenny Rankin, you'll love this performance. He is in fine form here, his amazing tenor as melodic as ever. His back up band is outstanding, but the great thing about Kenny is that he can put on just as good a show with just his guitar, or singing acapella, for that matter. The best thing about this DVD is the interview with Kenny, which gives a insight into his creativity and his personal battles, all of which have made him a great artist and a truly sensitive and good man.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Chillin' With Kenny
Comment: This is about as mellow and pleasant as you'll find in a nightclub "act." Kenny has to be one of the more relaxed, down-home singers I've seen. He talks to you as if it's just you and he face to face, commenting briefly before each song. He not only has a pleasing manner but a very pleasing, soft voice.
The songs are all mellow, with just Kenny, his guitar and a bass player here, a pianist there or soft drumming. This is nice, light jazz when you want to chill.
It's nice....real nice.
Customer Rating:
Summary: A stellar performance by an amazing vocalist
Comment: Kenny Rankin is one of those truly identifible musicians. Two notes and you know who he is. A master of reinterpretation with a voice that is flexible with an extraordinary range. One of the most melliflous voices I've ever heard. He has this way of taking almost any song and making it a Kenny Rankin song. Over the years he's only gotten better.
This DVD shows him with an outstanding small group and string section. David Finck and Joe Beck are amazing on this recording on bass and guitar respectively.
Kenny is at home in both the jazz, pop or popular standard genres. He has a unique vision. He takes a song like "More Than You Know" and does it in a way in a whole new way accentuating notes and phrases with subtlety.
This performance is fresh, vital and he does this music in a state of bliss, or so it comes across. He also shows himself to be quite the guitar player. Very good technique.
You can't go wrong getting this. This DVD is what good concerts are about. A good solid group, extraordinary vocalist in an intimate setting with songs coming to life in that unique Kenny Rankin way.
I also enjoyed the interview portion of this DVD, it was very well done.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Kenny's SOOO wonderful!
Comment: Kenny's a favorite of mine and has been for years. I loved this dvd and felt he really showed himself...great music and really enjoyed seeing him perform. Try to catch him any chance we get. I regret that he is not as well known as some other musicians...love sharing his sound with others!
Customer Rating:
Summary: Kenny Rankin - BET Live Performance
Comment: I love Kenny Rankin's voice and the performance was excellent. My only negative was a personal one.... I prefer him with only the guitar and not with a full band and strings behind him. Also, it just wasn't long enough!!
Famed saxophonist Stan Getz once referred to Kenny Rankin as "the horn with a heart." Rankin's elegant tenor voice and gift for jazz, pop and Latin phrasing have made him a favorite of singers like Mel Torme, Al Jarreau, Tony Bennett and Carmen McRae. In this special concert recorded for the Jazz Channel in Washington, D.C., Rankin enthralls the discriminating audience with a performance of classic favorites. Songs:
You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To, Why Do Fools Fall in Love, When Sunny Gets Blue, Round Midnight, Love is Here to Stay, Sunday Kind of Love, Misty Roses, Blackbird, Birembau, More Than You Know, She's a Lady, In the Name of Love, Soft Guitar, Blame It on My Youth, Peaceful, Haven't We Met, While My Guitar Gently Weeps.
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