20-page booklet with informative liner notes, photographs, and full details of the personnel on each track, recording studios, and dates.
Henry Mancini created one of the most distinctive sounds in American film and television music, combining a strong jazz foundation with inventive orchestration, memorable melodies and an unmistakable sense of swing. This collection explores the jazz side of Mancini during the extraordinarily creative years from 1958 to 1962, drawing from Peter Gunn, Mr. Lucky, High Time, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Hatari!, Experiment in Terror and the albums The Blues and the Beat and Combo!. Performed by some of Hollywood’s finest jazz musicians, these recordings capture the freshness, sophistication and instrumental color of the unmistakable Mancini sound.
Tracklist
01. The Beat 3:09
02. Fluters’ Ball 3:21
03. Night Side 3:25
04. Kelly's Tune 3:18
05. My Manne Shelly 2:40
06. So Neat 3:14
07. Crocodile, Go Home! 2:55
08. A Mild Blast 3:11
09. Harv's Blues 3:14
10. The Dean Speaks 2:39
11. The Big Blowout 2:30
12. Slow and Easy 3:07
13. New Blood 2:50
14. The Soft Touch 2:44
15. Goofin' at the Coffee House 4:15
16. Swing Lightly 4:19
17. That's It and That's All 2:55
18. Blue Steel 3:45
19. Frish Frosh 2:56
20. Walkin' Bass 4:27
21. Dreamsville 3:57
22. Big Band Bwana 3:03
23. Everybody Blow! 3:21
24. Tiger! 2:15
25. Peter Gunn 2:07
Album details
All music composed & conducted by Henry Mancini
Original sources:
Tracks #12, 21 & 25, from "Peter Gunn" (RCA Victor LSP-1956)
Tracks #5, 15, 18 & 20, from "More Music From Peter Gunn (RCA Victor LSP-2040)
Track #17, from "Mr. Lucky" (RCA Victor LSP2198)
Tracks #1, from "The Blues and the Beat" (RCA Victor LSP-2147)
Tracks #6, 8, 9, 10, 13, 19 & 24, from "High Time" (RCAVictor LSP-2314)
Track #11, from "Breakfast at Tiffany's" (RCA Victor LSP-2362)
Tracks #3, 7, 14 & 22, from "Hatari!" (RCA Victor LSP-2559)
Tracks #2 & 4, from "Experiment in Terror" (RCA Victor LSP-2442)
Collective personnel includes:
Ray Linn, Pete Candoli, Conrad Gozzo, Frank Beach, Uan Rasey, Joe Triscari, Graham Young, Don Fagerquist (tp), Vince DeRosa, John Graas, John Cave, Dick Perissi (Frh), Dick Nash, Milt Bernhart, Jimmy Priddy, Herbie Harper, Joe Howard (tb), Karl De Karske, George Roberts (b-tb), Ted Nash, Ronny Lang (as), Art Pepper (cl), Plas Johnson, Gene Cipriano (ts), Paul Horn (as, fl), Johnny Williams, Jimmy Rowles (p), Victor Feldman (vib), Bob Bain, Barney Kessel, Al Hendrickson (g), Rolly Bundock, Joe Mondragon, Red Mitchell (b), Jack Sperling, Shelly Manne, Alvin Stoller, Red Mitchell (d), Milt Holland, Frank Flynn, Louis Singer, Larry Bunker (perc).
Sessions recorded at RCA Victor's Studios, Hollywood, 1958-1962
See CD booklet for complete personnel and recording details.
Original recordings produced by Simon Rady & Dick Peirce
Sound engineer: Al Schmitt
Liner notes by Jordi Pujol
This CD compilation produced by Jordi Pujol
This sound recording © & Ⓟ 2026 by Fresh Sound Records
Stereo · 24-Bit Digitally Remastered
Blue Moon Producciones Discograficas S.L.
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