Jeff Osbornerey-The Jazz Channel Presents (2000) |
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General | Extras | ||
Category | Music |
Biographies-Cast Discography Featurette-Meet The Artist |
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Year Of Production | 2000 | ||
Running Time | 83:32 | ||
RSDL / Flipper | RSDL (57:35) | Cast & Crew | |
Start Up | Menu | ||
Region Coding | 2,4 | Directed By | Waymer Johnson |
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Warner Vision |
Starring | Jeffrey Osborne |
Case | Amaray-Transparent | ||
RPI | $39.95 | Music | Jeffrey Osborne |
Video | Audio | ||
Pan & Scan/Full Frame | Full Frame |
English Dolby Digital 5.1 (448Kb/s) English Dolby Digital 2.0 (256Kb/s) English dts 5.1 |
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Widescreen Aspect Ratio | None | ||
16x9 Enhancement | No | ||
Video Format | 576i (PAL) | ||
Original Aspect Ratio | 1.33:1 | Miscellaneous | |
Jacket Pictures | No | ||
Subtitles |
Spanish Danish Finnish Dutch German French Italian Swedish Norwegian Portuguese |
Smoking | No |
Annoying Product Placement | No | ||
Action In or After Credits | Yes, titles over last song |
Despite what the title may suggest, this is not really a jazz concert - instead, it is heart thumpin' funky music with groovy synth sounds, screaming electric guitars, deep rhythmic electric bass, silky sweet female backup singers and a solid drum track that brings back memories of the good ol' late 70s and early 80s. To illustrate what I mean, let me just quote from the first song on this concert (We Party Hearty):
When we party, we party high.I am not ashamed to admit that I enjoyed every minute of it.
When we boogie, we boogie woogie.
Jeffrey Osborne (born in Providence, Rhode Island in 1948, the youngest of 12 siblings) began his professional singing career in 1969 with a popular funk and soul group called Love Men Ltd, which eventually became LTD. Jeffrey then went on to pursue a solo career that resulted in five gold and platinum albums as well as Top 40 hits such as "Don't You Get So Mad," "Stay With Me Tonight" and "Love Power," which he performed with Dionne Warwick.
In this concert, Jeffrey is backed by a five piece band and two backup singers.
My favourite song in this concert is the beautiful romantic ballad On the Wings of Love, which starts off with Jeffrey accompanied by only the acoustic guitar, and as the song progresses the rest of the band joins in one at a time. It's a beautifully touching performance, although I did think the ending (with Jeffrey doing some microphone tricks with the reverb turned up to the max) was a bit over-the-top.
Jeffrey has an electric stage presence and I love the way he engages with the audience and makes them a part of the show, from the chorus of "oohs" in Stay With Me Tonight to the sing-a-long session in That's For Sure and finally getting selected members of the audience to help him sing the Woo Woo Song. The audience look like they really really enjoyed the concert. So did I. I got so wrapped up I started singing along with the rest of the audience! (Aren't you glad you weren't in my living room then!)
The end titles are superimposed towards the end of You Should Be Mine (The Woo Woo Song). Although I would ordinarily object to this, in this case it's acceptable as he's clearly wrapping up the end of the Woo Woo Song.
1. We Party Hearty 2. Second Time Around 3. On The Wings Of Love 4. Stay With Me Tonight 5. Da Butt 6. Kreepin' 7. Holding On (When Love Is Gone) | 8. Concentrate On You 9. Don't You Get So Mad 10. I Really Don't Need No Light 11. That's For Sure 12. (Every Time I Turn Around) Back... 13. Love Ballad 14. You Should Be Mine (The Woo Woo... |
In general, the transfer seems reasonably clean, with good sharpness, detail and colour saturation. There are slight signs of chroma smearing in 20:39. Shadow detail is probably about typical for a video source.
In terms of MPEG artefacts, I can detect occasional aliasing and slight ringing, but nothing that would cause annoyance..
Surprisingly, this DVD actually comes with several subtitle tracks. I was hoping that one of the subtitle tracks would be in English and that the song lyrics would be transcribed onto the track. But alas, no such luck! The subtitle tracks here contain translations of Jeffrey's stage banter into various foreign languages but do not include translations of the lyrics to the songs. Just for fun, I turned on the Italian subtitle track for a brief period. The translation was pretty comprehensive and accurate - they even translated brief interjections in the middle of songs. In the last track, they even got the audience names right (let me remember, there was Chiki, Lois, A.J., Steve, ...)
This disc is labelled DVD9 indicating that it is a single sided dual layer disc (RSDL). The layer change occurs at 57:35 minutes into the concert. It did disrupt the concert, but at least it was between songs (near the transition between Chapters 9 and 10). Given that there were no real periods of silence during the concert, I can't really think of a more optimal spot for the layer change.
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The DTS track is actually more like a 4.0 track since the centre channel was not engaged during the entire concert. The soundstage is very front-focused, with the rear surround speakers mainly carrying ambience information. The original audio source must have been in stereo and then remixed into 5.1, but the remix was done well - the "oohs" from the audience in Stay With Me Tonight came appropriately from the rear speakers as opposed to the music coming from the front.
I loved the DTS track - it sounded very "live" and made me feel like I was physically present at the concert. Every subtle detail in the mix seems to have been captured, right down to the slight FM-like "buzz" I can hear in the background in some tracks. When Jeff switches from the stage microphone to a wireless one for the audience participation section of the Woo Woo Song, I can detect a slight change in the timbre due to the different microphone characteristics.
In comparison, the Dolby Digital track also sounds excellent, but does not have the "live" feel. I felt like I was listening to a recording rather than being there. I listened briefly to the Dolby Digital 2.0 track; it is similar to the Dolby Digital track except it has a collapsed soundstage and has been mastered at a much lower level.
I did not detect any audio glitches or synchronization issues.
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DVD | Pioneer DV-626D, using Component output |
Display | Sony VPL-VW10HT LCD Projector, ScreenTechnics 16x9 matte white screen (203cm). Calibrated with Video Essentials/Ultimate DVD Platinum. This display device is 16x9 capable. |
Audio Decoder | Built in to amplifier/receiver. Calibrated with Video Essentials/Ultimate DVD Platinum. |
Amplification | Denon AVR-3300 |
Speakers | Front left/right: B&W DM603; centre: B&W CC6S2, rear left/right: B&W DM601 |