![]() ![]() If you listen to rather that sit down and watch this DVD, you're missing out on some beautiful intimate moments between the musicians, and footage of their incredible dexterity, as everyone gets fair time from the cameramen, and the edits accurately follow the generous solos in every piece, including those by bassist Pedersen, and drummer Drew (the latter getting solo time in the medley “Skylark-My Foolish Heart,” and “Caravan”). It doesn't detract from the performances, but the limitations of mid-eighties tube cameras are evident in this otherwise well-mastered and crisp-sounding DVD. There's a loss of red and green at the top, resulting in a visible blue band at the screen's top layer, and occasionally one catches minor artifacting during lap dissolves of tight shots with active fingering from the musicians. The original PAL video master's been smoothened for this NTSC conversion, softening some of the grain, and stabilizing some of the colour phase issues, though some are still present. The 5.1 tracks don't suffer from any remixed overkill, and it's mostly a careful modification of frequencies to isolate the warm, analogue bass to the front surrounds, and emphasize ambient reverb and audience applause in the rear surrounds. Close-miked to capture every drum hit, bass strumming, and melodious piano work, the DVD presents the concert in its original 2.0, stereo and new Dolby and DTS 5.1 mixes. The actual performance staging is pretty clever, as the trio are doused with high contrast lighting which hides the roving cameras a few feet away, yet allows the surrounding audience to get a good view of the men as they jam through 10 pieces. Oscar Peterson's actually one of the few jazz performers well-represented on DVD, and this new disc presents Peterson with bassist Niels-Henning Oersted Petersen and drummer Martin Drew at a Jperformance at the Philharmonie in Berlin, Germany. Languages: Dolby Stereo 2.0, Dolby abd DTS 5.1
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