Up until about a month ago I had never heard of this guy and up until a few minutes ago I was mispronouncing his name. I enjoyed this even though it's not my bag as they say. There are lots of guest singers. You know it's Boston when in that kind of concert Steven Tyler gets a standing ovation for walking onto the stage. Yo-Yo Ma also got one for walking on. Odd but interesting choice of guests for a jazz based performer. My favorite was Lucia Micarelli. I like listening to her and I like watching her but Steven Tyler stole the show ... well, Steven Tyler with the Boston Pops and Botti's band backing him up. I don't think the picture quality was much past fair but the cinematography was pretty good until the very end. They decided to change the subject of the image every 5 seconds but it's only an irritant at the very end.
I thought the sound was great. As an anti jazzist I think this is a great rental. For a jazz fan this is a keeper. It's got to mean something when I want to start applauding the opening number. There's a sustained note that the audience breaks into spontaneous applause while Botti's still playing it.
The Behind the Scenes footage is interesting and includes an extra piece in it's entirety. This BR might not be for Jeff due to all the liberals.
j/k ... Jeff, you're gonna love this if you don't already own it.
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