Henry Mancini

The Mancini Touch

Blue Moon Jazz

Personnel:
Henry Mancini (arr, dir), Dick Nash, Karl de Karske (tb), Ronny Lang (bs, as, fl), Ted Nash (as), Vince DeRosa (Frh), Johnny Williams (p), Vic Feldman (vib, marimba), Bob Bain (g), Red Mitchell (b), Shelly Manne (d)

Reference: BMCD 1628

Bar code: 8427328016285

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The Mancini Touch, like swing, is something hard to define but easy to recognize. Put the two together and you get a swinging touch like nothing youve ever heard. You can hear it... and its worth listening to. You can feel it... and its worth dancing to. Its The Mancini Touch.

Tracklist

Sample this album

01.

Bijou 3:12

02.

Mostly for Lovers 3:05

03.

Like Young 3:17

04.

My One and Only Love 3:18

A Cool Shade of Blue 3:49

Total time: 39:30 min.

01. Bijou (Ralph Burns) 2:54
02. Mostly for Lovers (Henry Mancini) 2:34
03. Like Young (André Previn) 2:42
04. My One and Only Love (Mellin-Woods) 2:45
05. Politely (Henry Mancini) 3:12
06. Trav'lin Light (Mercer-Mundy-Young) 2:48
07. Let's Walk (Henry Mancini) 3:27
08. Snowfall (Claude Thornhill) 2:22
09. A Cool Shade of Blue (Henry Mancini) 3:22
10. Robbin's Nest (Thompson-Jacquet) 3:38
11. Free and Easy (Henry Mancini) 3:52
12. That's All (Dick Haymes) 4:26

Album details

Originally released as RCA Victor LSP 2101

Collective personnel includes:
Dick Nash, Karl de Karske (tb), Harry Klee, Vince DeRosa (frh), John Graas (flh), Ronny Lang (bs, as, fl), Ted Nash (ts), Johnny Williams (p), Victor Feldman (vib, marimba), Bob Bain (g), Red Mitchell (b), Shelly Manne (d). Henry Mancini (arranger & conductor).
Recorded at RCA Victors Music Center of the World, Hollywood, California, on August 10, 11 and 14, 1959

Recording engineer: Al Schmitt
Original liner notes: Hal Levy
Produced by Dick Pierce
This CD release produced by Jordi Pujol

Stereo · 24-Bit Digitally Remastered
Blue Moon Producciones Discograficas S.L.

Press reviews

"This '59 RCA Living Stereo re-issue ranks among the very finest of Mancini's title albums. Not to be confused with "Touch of Evil", "Mancini Touch" offers sweet catchy Jazz polished with strings. Like Artie Shaw and Charlie Parker before him, Mancini engineers just the right amount of said strings for sweetness and avoiding the sacharine. Beautifully recorded, this CD offers a number of covers including Ralph Burns' "Bijou" (covered also by Woody Herman) and Claude Thornhill's "Snowfall". A must for any Mancini Fan."

-Amazon.com

"An entry in RCA's Living Stereo series, The Mancini Touch is said to be Henry Mancini's attempt to combine "modern jazz ideas" with big-band swing. The result is a carefully arranged album [...] Mancini wrote "Free and Easy" for the Sal Mineo film "Rock, Pretty Baby," which speaks to his popular focus in spite of the jazz trappings. Some numbers are moody and not at all dance-oriented, such as "Snowfall," a meditation on acoustic guitar and vibes that grows into a subtle swell of soft strings and horns. "Bijou" is a whimsical piece that anticipates the sound of "Baby Elephant Walk" and "The Pink Panther Theme."

Greg Adams -All Music Guide