Review of Melba Moore: A Night In St Lucia

Introduction

As a reviewer for this website, I get a very mixed selection of discs sent to me to review. The last batch included three music discs, two of which were rock-band re-union concerts and the third was this disc, Melba Moore: A Night in St Lucia.

Jazz singing born-again Christians aren`t my idea of an entertaining evening`s viewing, but I put my pre-conceptions to one side and hit the play button...

Video

The video comes in full-frame and is of reasonable quality, although a little over saturated with colour, primarily due to the rear blue lighting on the stage. There is no grain or dirt, and the image is stable, although the lighting makes the picture look a little out of focus.

The visuals aren`t especially exciting, concentrating on Melba Moore on stage, occasionally looking at the musicians and the crowd.

Audio

The soundtrack comes in a choice of Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1 and Dolby Digital 2.0. Whilst each of the three soundtracks adequately reproduces the music, with the DTS track the warmest, followed by the Dolby Digital 5.1 and Dolby Digital 2.0, I didn`t invest heavily in a DTS-ES 6.1 system to listen to Jazz, and no amount of speakers makes it sound anything other than dreadful.

Features

The disc contains an interview with Melba Moore taking about her life, her family and being born again, which runs for ten minutes.

Conclusion

Overall, Melba Moore: A Night In St Lucia is well presented both in terms of video and sound, so fans of jazz will be happy.

I on the other hand detest jazz more than almost all other forms of music, so even five minutes made me want to vomit. Combine this with my dislike of born-again Christians, particularly those who tell you about it, and you`ll not be surprised to learn than I`ll not be putting this disc in my player ever again.