Back in 2004, director Taylor Hackford and actor Jamie Foxx did a pretty good job of dramatically bringing the life of pioneering musician Ray Charles to life in the biopic, Ray. Good as it was, though, the movie failed to capture the raw excitement of Charles in concert. This excellent concert DVD gives audiences a chance to see what it was really like when Charles and his band took to the stage. Filmed in 1961 at the Antibes Jazz Festival, Charles’ first time playing live in Europe, the DVD gives you a close up view of the band as they play a set of Ray Charles classics, along with some special surprises that show how diverse their repertoire really was. The constant cutting away from the band to show the audience gets a bit wearisome after a while, mainly because you want the camera to stay on the band as they play.
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