SWINGING BACH (NTSC)

Swinging Bach
Bobby McFerrin & Guests

Bobby McFerrin, Gil Shaham & Adele Anthony
Jacques Loussier Trio, King’s Singers
Jiri Stivin & Collegium Quodlibet, German Brass
Quintessence Saxophone Quintet,
Turtle Island String Quartet,
Gewandhausorchester Leipzig

Recorded live at the Market Square, Leipzig, 28 July 2000

Picture Format : NTSC · 16:9 anamorphic
Sound Formats: PCM Stereo · Dolby Digital 5.1
Region Code: 0
Subtitles: English, German, French, Spanish
Booklet Notes: English, German, French
Running Time: 124 mins

Cat. No: 2050406

• Bach meets Jazz! On the 250th anniversary of the Bach’s death, international musicians from the world of jazz and classical music assembled in the Marktplatz (“market place”) in Leipzig to celebrate the great master

• The names of the performers who appear could hardly be surpassed. World-famous musicians from both genres, including Bobby McFerrin, the Jacques Loussier Trio, the King’s Singers, Gil Shaham & Adele Anthony, the Turtle Island String Quartet and the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig joined forces on this memorable day in the town Bach worked and died

• The masterworks presented here at extravagant arrangements of the composer’s hits.

• This concert is dedicated to the proposition that the music of Bach “is still vital, is still contemporary, and is still very much universal.” It proves its point resoundingly in one of the most enjoyable crossover programs ever recorded