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UA LA 271 G

I Want To Live! (digipack Edition)

Gerry Mulligan & Art Farmer

This release contains the complete combo session plus the complete original soundtrack by Johnny Mandel made in 1958 for the film "I Want To Live". The music features Gerry Mulligan along with other stars like Art Farmer, Bud Shank & Frank Rosolino, as well as Mandel´s orchestra including such figures as Rosolino himself, Jack Sheldon & Joe Maini.

As a bonus, there are three songs from the soundtrack of a later movie titled “The Subterraneans” (1959), based on a Jack Kerouac novel. Two of these numbers feature Mulligan and a final song featuring a combo with Jack Sheldon.


Tracklisting:

01. BLACK NIGHTGOWN (3:33)
02. THEME FROM “I WANT TO LIVE!” (6:53)
03. NIGHT WATCH (3:54)
04. FRISCO CLUB (4:42)
05. BARBARA’S THEME (4:38)
06. LIFE’S A FUNNY THING (5:12)
07. BREAD AND WINE (4:11) (*) Bonus Track
08. THINGS ARE LOOKING DOWN (5:37) (*) Bonus Track
09. RAISING CAEN (3:04) (*) Bonus Track
10. MAIN TITLE (1:21)
11. POKER GAME (1:35)
12. SAN DIEGO PARTY (4:08)
13. HENRY LEAVES (1:38)
14. STAKEOUT (4:01)
15. BARBARA SURRENDERS (2:05)
16. TRIO CONVICTED (1:11)
17. TRIP TO CORONA (1:28)
18. PEG’S VISIT (2:35)
19. GAS CHAMBER UNVEILING (1:03)
20. NIGHTMARE SEQUENCE (1:07)
21. PREPARATIONS FOR EXECUTION (2:49)
22. LETTER WRITING SEQUENCE (1:25)
23. THE LAST MILE (1:47)
24. DEATH SCENE (1:04)
25. END TITLE (0:53)

Total time: 72:10 min.

All tracks composed by Johnny Mandel except 7-9, composed by André Previn.


Tracks #1-6 from "I Want To Live!"
The Jazz Combo (United Artist UAL 4006):
Gerry Mulligan, (bs), Art Farmer (tp), Bud Shank (as), Frank Rosolino (tb), Pete Jolly (p), Red Mitchell (b) and Shelly Manne (d). Johnny Mandel (arr). Recorded in Los Angeles, on May 24, 1958.

Tracks #10-25 from "I Want To Live!"
The Film Soundtrack (United Artists LA 271 G):
Johnny Mandel & His Orchestra, featuring Jack Sheldon, Al Porcino, Ed Leddy (tp), Frank Rosolino, Milt Bernhart (tb), Vince Derosa (frh), Joe Maini (as, b-cl), Bill Holman (ts, bs, cl), Pete Jolly, Russ Freeman (p), Red Mitchell (b), Shelly Manne, Mel Lewis (d), Mike Pacheco (bgo, cga), Larry Bunker (vib), Johnny Mandel (arr, cond). Recorded in Los Angeles, August 12 & 22, 1958.

The bonus tracks #7-9, taken from the "The Subterraneans" film soundtrack, featuring Gerry Mulligan (bs), Art Farmer (tp), Bob Enevoldsen (v-tb), Art Pepper (as), Russ Freeman (p), Buddy Clark (b) and Dave Bailey (d). Recorded in Los Angeles, Summer 1959.


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Notes:

"Paralleling Henry Mancini's own late-'50s, West Coast jazz noir backdrop to the detective TV series Peter Gunn, Johnny Mandel's "I Want to Live!" soundtrack works both as high-end mood music and swinging jazz. And while straight jazz workouts like "San Diego Party" are fine, the most intriguing cuts are those that seamlessly combine jazz, Latin percussion, and strains of Max Steiner's dramatically moody soundtracks; Mandel creates an especially provocative and calamitous mix of it on tracks like "Stakeout." And as far as murky ambience goes, he delivers some of the best (next to Mancini) with numbers like the subtly sinister "Preparations for Executions." Mandel further demonstrates his ease with a variety of forms on marriages of high and low art like the avant-garde classical and Las Vegas grind/lounge mix "Trio Convicted," the spookily claustrophobic "Gas Chamber Unveiling," and the into-the-light-of-day "Letter Writing Sequence." To help navigate the vast terrain, Mandel enlists a cadre of top West Coast players like trumpeter Jack Sheldon, trombonist Frank Rosolino, reed player Bill Holman, bassist Red Mitchell, and drummer Shelly Manne. And topping off Mandel's original score, it is Gerry Mulligan and Art Farmer's combo interpretations of a handful of Mandel's original themes from the movie (Mulligan and company appear in the movie's bar scenes). One of the best jazz-inspired soundtracks around."

Stephen Cook -All Music Guide


"Baritonist Gerry Mulligan and a group of West Coast all-stars were heard throughout the soundtrack of the Susan Hayward movie "I Want to Live!". Although not a soundtrack, this LP features six themes from the movie (all composed by Johnny Mandel) performed by the same musicians, who this time around get an opportunity to really stretch out. Since the band is comprised of Mulligan, trumpeter Art Farmer, altoist Bud Shank, trombonist Frank Rossolino, pianist Pete Jolly, bassist Red Mitchell and drummer Shelly Manne, virtually all of the music is quite interesting with plenty of fine solos and hard-swinging."

Scott Yanow -All Music Guide

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