DVD Review: B.B. King Live at Montreux 1993 (Eagle Eye Media)

B.B. King was 68 when this wonderful show was recorded at the Montreux Jazz Festival. That sounds like a lot, but considering he’s still performing at 84—albeit now sitting down in a chair onstage—he was still relatively young and spry. Fronting a tight octet—the B.B. King Orchestra; it boasts three horn players and the requisite guitar, bass, drums, keys and percussionists—King prowls the stage resplendent in a tux that looks like it’s turquoise silk with silver and gold floral brocade, firing off sharp volleys from his trademark black Gibson, throwing every ounce of his large frame into both his playing and his singing. At nearly 100 minutes, too, there’s plenty of B.B. to enjoy. As usual with these Montreux discs (especially the later ones), sound and visuals are just about perfect....