| Jazz Goes to the Movies | ||||
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| Released | 1962 | |||
| Recorded | January 12 & 25 and February 12, 1962 | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 35:27 | |||
| Label | Impulse! | |||
| Manny Albam chronology | ||||
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Jazz Goes to the Movies is an album by American jazz arranger and conductor Manny Albam recorded in 1962 for the Impulse! label.[1]
Reception
The Allmusic review by Ken Dryden awarded the album 4 stars stating "fans of old movie music arranged by a talent like Albam are advised to keep an eye out for it".[2]
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [2] |
Track listing
- "Exodus" (Ernest Gold) – 5:10
- "High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me)" (Dimitri Tiomkin, Ned Washington) – 2:44
- "Paris Blues" (Duke Ellington) – 2:42
- "La Dolce Vita" (Nino Rota) – 2:40
- "Majority of One" (Max Steiner) – 2:05
- "Green Leaves of Summer" (Tiomkin, Paul Francis Webster) – 5:56
- "Guns of Navarone" (Tiomkin) – 3:26
- "El Cid" (Miklós Rózsa) – 2:25
- "Slowly" (Kermit Goell, David Raksin) – 4:53
- Recorded in New York City on January 12, 1962 (track 8), January 26, 1962 (tracks 1, 3, 5 & 6) and February 12, 1962 (tracks 2, 4, 7 & 9)
Personnel
- Manny Albam – arranger, conductor
- John Bello (tracks 1, 3, 5 & 6), Johnny Coles (tracks 1, 3, 5, 6 & 8), Al DeRisi (tracks 1, 3, 5, 6 & 8), Bernie Glow (track 8), Joe Mewman (tracks 1, 3, 5 & 6), Nick Travis (tracks 2, 4 & 7-9) – trumpet
- Clark Terry – trumpet, flugelhorn (tracks 2, 4, 7 & 9)
- Wayne Andre (tracks 1, 3, 5 & 6), Willie Dennis (tracks 1, 3, 5, 6 & 8), Bill Elton (track 8), Urbie Green (track 8), Alan Raph (tracks 1, 3, 5, 6 & 8) – trombone
- Bob Brookmeyer – valve trombone (tracks 1-7 & 9)
- Julius Watkins – french horn (tracks 2, 4, 7 & 9)
- Harvey Phillips – tuba (tracks 2, 4, 7 & 9)
- Gene Quill (tracks 1, 3, 5 & 6), Phil Woods (tracks 1, 3, 5, 6 & 8) – alto saxophone
- Oliver Nelson (tracks 1-9), Frank Socolow (tracks 1, 3, 5 & 6) – tenor saxophone
- Gene Allen – baritone saxophone (tracks 1-7 & 9)
- George Devens – vibes (track 8)
- Eddie Costa – piano, vibes (tracks 1-7 & 9)
- Jim Hall (tracks 1, 3, 5, 6 & 8), Jimmy Raney (tracks 2, 4, 7 & 9) – guitar
- Bill Crow (tracks 1-7 & 9), George Duvivier (track 8) – bass
- Gus Johnson – drums (tracks 1-9)
References
- ↑ Impulse! Records discography accessed March 17, 2011
- 1 2 Dryden, K. Allmusic Review accessed March 17, 2011
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