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So this Montreux 71 footage has always been some of the very poorest Tony Williams footage to exist and circulate. It is a GREAT show, so as a fan I have suffered through the bad video quality many times. Well, in the last few months a substantial video upgrade (still with poor audio) appeared and later a soundboard audio source appeared; both on DIME. I have taken the two and put them together. The audio is so good it makes the video seem better. I shared it on DIME and youtube:



or at DIME
http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-deta ... ?id=417299
Duration: 0:38:37
Data Size: 1.54 GB
Bit Rate: 5.69 Mbps

Video Tracks:
224 MPEG-2, 720 × 480, 4:3, 29.97 fps, 2.00 Mbps, progressive

Audio Tracks:
160 PCM stereo, 48 kHz, 1.54 Mbps

Tony Williams Lifetime at the Montreux Jazz Festival, June 13, 1971

I took Daveg9876's torrent containing the best circulating copy that I have ever seen (and I have seen a lot of copies of this show) of Tony Williams Lifetime, Montreux 71 and added ricola's upgraded FM audio source and married the two. The result was better than I expected. The audio is so good, it actually makes the video quality seem better! That said, the video is still poor by todays standards, but this improvement is far and away the best version of this show you can find . . . until we get a rebroadcast. If you have an upgrade for this video - what are you waiting for?

Big thanks to Daveg and Ricola.
Their torrents are here:
daveg9876:
http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-deta ... ?id=196873
ricola:
http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-deta ... ?id=411508

Emergency
The Urchins Of Shermese
Sime Hip Drum Shit
Circa 45
Big Nick

Arthur Juini Booth - bass
Ted Dunbar - guitar
Warren Smith - percussion
Charles Don Alias - percussion
Larry Young aka Khalid Yassin - organ
Tony Williams - drumps!

I also put together a DVD of Tony performances from the MT Fuji Jazz festival also at DIME:
http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-deta ... ?id=416852



Duration: 2:57:19
Data Size: 4.31 GB
Bit Rate: 3.48 Mbps

Video Tracks:
224 MPEG-2, 720 × 480, 4:3, 29.97 fps, 7.50 Mbps, lower field first

Audio Tracks:
128 AC3 2/0, 48 kHz, 192 kbps

Here is a collection of Tony Williams performances from the Mt. Fuji Jazz Festival from 1986 - 1991. This an attempt to put many disparate performances in one convenient place. There are a few older VHS sourced elements which are obvious, but even at it's worst (Maiden Voyage 86), the video quality is very watchable. Lots of Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, Wallace Roney and Bobby Hutcherson. Joe Henderson and Freddie Hubbard are here in 1986. The DVD is rounded out by several Tony Williams Quintet performances, each with different personnel. Top menu with navigation to each year. Each song and drum solos are chaptered.

Mt. FUJI JAZZ FESTIVAL

August 29, 1986
Herbie Hancock
Tony Williams
Ron Carter

My Funny Valentine
Dolphin Dance
Little B's Poem*
Hat & Head*
Stolen Moments*
* w/ Bobby Hutcherson & James Newton

August 31, 1986
Herbie Hancock - Grand Piano
Freddie Hubbard - Trumpet
Joe Henderson - Saxophone
Ron Carter - Double Bass
Tony Williams - Drums

Eye Of The Hurricane
Drum Solo
Maiden Voyage

August, 1987
Tony Williams Quintet (TWQ)
Wallace Roney (tp)
Billy Pierce (ts, ss)
Mulgrew Miller (p)
Charnett Moffett (b)
Tony Williams (d)

Clear Ways

August 28, 1987
Herbie Hancock
Ron Carter
Bobby Hutcherson
Tony Williams

It's Only A Paper Moon
Maiden Voyage

August 27, 1988
TWQ
Wallace Roney, tp
Billy Pierce, ts
Mulgrew Miller, p
Bob Hurst, b
Tony Williams, ds

Geo Rose
Civilization

August 25, 1989
TWQ
Wallace Roney, tp
Billy Pierce, ts
Mulgrew Miller, p
Ira Coleman, b

Juicy Fruit

August 29, 1989
Herbie Hancock
Ron Carter
Tony Williams

Speak Like a Child

August 27, 1989
Herbie Hancock
Tony Williams
Bobby Hutcherson
Ron Carter


Little B's Poem
Maiden Voyage*
* w/ Wallace Roney

August 25, 1991
TWQ
Wallace Roney, tp
Billy Pierce, ts
James Williams, p
Ira Coleman, b

Tony looks pretty pissed at that slipping hi-hat stand.

Yeah, but now you can see just HOW pissed. The '71 is a great performance. Thanks for the upgrade! And the compilation, too! Great stuff.

Thanks again Matt. One of my friends who I sent the link to was very happy.