You are viewing a clip of a historic performance recorded on Febuary 2nd 2002 by Jonas Jensen Studios Inc. dba Progressive HD Mobile. (Today Jonas Jensen Studios, Inc dba Fremont Studios / CineLive 35 )
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Pendergrass received several nominations for the American Music Awards between 1979 and 1981 for Favorite Soul/R&B Male Artist, Favorite Soul/R&B Album, and Favorite Disco Artist. He won the AMA for Favorite Soul/R&B Male Artist in 1979, tied with singer Lou Rawls. Pendergrass was posthumously inducted into the National Rhythm & Blues Hall of Fame class of 2021. In 2023, Rolling Stone ranked Pendergrass at No. 42 on their list of the 200 Greatest Singers of All Time.The Television industry's first 720 Progressive HD mobile camera unit was used to capture this show.

Theodore DeReese Pendergrass (March 26, 1950 – January 13, 2010) was an American soul and R&B singer-songwriter. He was born in Kingstree, South Carolina. Pendergrass lived most of his life in the Philadelphia area, and initially rose to musical fame as the lead singer of Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes. After leaving the group in 1976, Pendergrass launched a successful solo career under the Philadelphia International label, releasing five consecutive platinum albums (a record at the time for an African-American R&B artist). Pendergrass's career was suspended after a March 1982 car crash left him paralyzed from the waist down. Pendergrass continued his successful solo career until announcing his retirement in 2007. He died from respiratory failure in January 2010

The live video industry's first 720 Progressive HD mobile camera unit, managed and operated by Jonas Jensen Studios Inc., dba (2000 - 2005) Progressive HD Mobile)), today dba Fremont Studios, captured this performance.

At the time these HD Cameras were the first 6 High Definition 720 Progressive Scan cameras being used in the world. The mobile unit was originally built by Panasonic for ABC Television's live broadcast season of Monday Night Football and the Superbowl of 2000. Then afterwords sold and repurposed for entertainment acquisition. The cameras were originally Panasonic's hand built 720 progressive scan prototype's during ABC football then changed (1 year later) to Ikegami's newest production line, 720 progressive scan, HDK-790 studio head's and HDK-79 hand held models. (1080P was still in future development) The lenses are all Fujifilm/Fujinon's HD zoom lenses. The production unit in 1999 was valued at over $8,000,000 and constructed in record time.

Highlighted Progressive HD Shows 2000 - 2005
NSYNC - New Orleans, Superdome
Heart "Live in Seattle" Paramount Theatre
Red Bull Fluetag - New York, LA, San Francisco and Miami
Teddy Pendergrass - LA Wiltern Theatre
Blind Boy's of Alabama - New York Beacon Theatre
2003 Super Bowl, San Diego
Linkin Park - Smoke Out Festival, NOS Event Center, San Bernardino
Cypress Hill - Smokeout Festival, NOS Event Center
Busta Rhymes - Celebrity Theatre, Phoenix AZ
Little Feat - The Pageant Theatre, St. Louis
Farm Aid - White River Amphitheater, Auburn WA (Seattle)
76th Annual Academy Awards, Kodak Theatre, Hollywood, Ca

Jonas Jensen Studios dba Fremont Studios, has been in the live video and film production business for over forty years, specializing in multi-camera facilities, studios and lighting with it's home base in Seattle Washington.

Fremont Studios today continues to pioneer the industry by providing mobile multi-camera 4K cine camera and sound recording facilities for entertainment and corporate production throughout the country.

http://www.fremontstudios.com
http://www.fremontstudioslive.com