NABATOV, SIMON - PLAYS HERBIE NICHOLS (DVD - USED m-/m-)

"The film... masterfully shifts the focus from the artist's physical and technical expressions to the insides of the instrument, finely emphasizing the character of Nabatov's logically zealous renditions while giving us a chance of watching the soul of a sensitive musician exposed. This gentleman has made the search for the perfect equilibrium between thrill and sophistication a raison d'être. This full hour of awesome playing combines the best of two worlds, the notion of virtuosity - an unpronounceable word in these days of inaudible scrape-and-hiss and artificial posturing - associated to the performer's ever-cogent infatuation for the material." (Massimo Ricci, Touching Extremes)