Lou Rawls, John Lee Hooker, Etta James - JVC Jazz Festival '91 (1991 S-VHS Live Concert Video Tape)

This is "JVC Jazz Festival '91" from a promotional video tape for JVC's S-VHS video tape system.

S-VHS was the high-resolution enhancement to the VHS video tape system which was so popular in the 80's and 90's. The main benefit of the S-VHS system was improved horizontal resolution (400 lines vs. VHS's 250 or so lines), but it didn't improve VHS's abysmal color resolution and only slightly improved the noise floor of the picture. Since it's improvements were not quite revolutionary and the tapes were not backwards compatible with standard VHS, it generally failed to take hold in the marketplace and there were very few prerecorded S-VHS tapes released.

JVC Jazz Festival '91 is a recording of selected segments from the August 16th-18th, 1991 Newport, Rhode Island concert festival of the same name. Featuring a selection of huge names across many subgenres in jazz, this recording will almost please any jazz/jazz-fusion aficionado! In addition to the live performances, this tape also features a number of short interviews and background information on many of the artists.

Enjoy this classic concert!

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Chapters (by song):
00:00 - Opening (Michel Camilo - On the Other Hand)
00:42 - Lou Rawls - Tough Job
04:38 - Lou Rawls - Tobacco Road
08:07 - The Jazz Futures - Picadilly Square
18:39 - John Lee Hooker Feat. John Hammond - Bottle Up and Go
21:15 - John Lee Hooker - Boogie at Russian Hill
30:27 - Etta James - Leave Your Hat On
35:49 - Etta James - Runnin' and Hidin'
40:35 - Michel Camilo - Nostalgia
46:24 - Michel Camilo - On Fire
51:01 - Lou Rawls - Hoochie Coochie Man
50:04 - The Count Basie Orchestra - Whirlybird
56:05 - Closing Credits (The Jazz Futures - Sterling Syliva)

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This was played back using a JVC BR-D51U D-9 & S-VHS player.

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