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1962 studio album by Manny Albam
Jazz Goes to the Movies Released 1962 Recorded January 12 & 25 and February 12, 1962 Genre Jazz Length 35 :27 Label Impulse!
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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 [ edit ]
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]
Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Allmusic [2]
Track listing [ edit ]
"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 [ edit ]
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 Newman (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 [ edit ]