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Released
  
1962

Jazz Goes to the Movies (1962)
  
Brass on Fire (1966)

Release date
  
1962

Genre
  
Jazz

Length
  
35:27

Artist
  
Manny Albam

Label
  
Impulse! Records

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Recorded
  
January 12 & 25 and February 12, 1962

I Had the Craziest Dream (1961)
  
Jazz Goes to the Movies (1962)

Similar
  
Manny Albam albums, Jazz albums

Manny alban jazz goes to the movies 1962 album


Jazz Goes to the Movies is an album by American jazz arranger and conductor Manny Albam recorded in 1962 for the Impulse! label.

Contents

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".

Track listing

  1. "Exodus" (Ernest Gold) – 5:10
  2. "High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me)" (Dimitri Tiomkin, Ned Washington) – 2:44
  3. "Paris Blues" (Duke Ellington) – 2:42
  4. "La Dolce Vita" (Nino Rota) – 2:40
  5. "Majority of One" (Max Steiner) – 2:05
  6. "Green Leaves of Summer" (Tiomkin, Paul Francis Webster) – 5:56
  7. "Guns of Navarone" (Tiomkin) – 3:26
  8. "El Cid" (Miklós Rózsa) – 2:25
  9. "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)
  • Songs

    1Exodus5:10
    2High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me)2:44
    3Paris Blues2:42

    References

    Jazz Goes to the Movies Wikipedia