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VA • Thriller Jazz

 



It's compilations like this that make one wish she or he lived in some other country where Universal does business because the U.S. gets the last consideration when it comes to reissues. The Japanese and Europeans come first and second, then Brazil and Latin America, then the United States, and this Music Club issue of jazz versions of spy movie music and thriller TV themes is a prime example. Take a gander at the track list: from Basie doing the theme from M-Squad and Lalo Schifrin's original Dirty Harry theme to the James Taylor Quartet's acid jazz reading of the Starsky and Hutch theme, the strange, spacy reading of Isaac Hayes' "Theme from Shaft" by the Alfred Hauser Orchestra, and Sammy Davis, Jr. wailing on "Keep Your Eye on the Sparrow" for the Baretta TV show, this set is all killer, no filler and highly recommended. For the most part, these are indeed jazz versions of these tunes, but there are no extended improvisations or academic strategies employed to cool them off. If anything, the joy most of these performers take in interpreting this material loosens them up considerably.

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Recopilaciones como ésta hacen que uno desee vivir en otro país donde Universal hace negocios porque los EE.UU. tienen la última consideración cuando se trata de reediciones. Los japoneses y los europeos son los primeros y los segundos, luego Brasil y América Latina, luego los Estados Unidos, y este número de Music Club de versiones de jazz de música de películas de espías y temas de TV de suspense es un buen ejemplo. Echa un vistazo a la lista de canciones: desde Basie haciendo el tema de M-Squad y el tema original de Dirty Harry de Lalo Schifrin hasta la lectura de jazz ácido del Cuarteto de James Taylor sobre el tema de Starsky y Hutch, la extraña y espaciada lectura del "Tema de Shaft" de Isaac Hayes por la Orquesta de Alfred Hauser, y Sammy Davis, Jr. llorando en "Keep Your Eye on the Sparrow" para el programa de televisión Baretta, este set es todo asesino, sin relleno y altamente recomendado. En su mayoría, son versiones de jazz de estas canciones, pero no hay improvisaciones extendidas o estrategias académicas empleadas para enfriarlas. En todo caso, la alegría que la mayoría de estos intérpretes sienten al interpretar este material los relaja considerablemente. 






  

Tracklist:
1 - Erwin Halletz & His Orchestra - Dragnet
2 - Jimmy Smith - Mission Impossible
3 - Sarah Vaughan - Peter Gunn
4 - Chaquito & His Orchestra - I Spy
5 - Count Basie & His Orchestra - M-Squad
6 - Quincy Jones - Ironside
7 - Peter-Thomas-Sound-Orchestra - Caught At Midnight (Jerry Cotton Theme)
8 - Lalo Schifrin - Dirty Harry
9 - The Button Down Brass - French Connection
10 - John Gregory & His Orchestra - The Untouchables
11 - Roland Shaw & His Orchestra - The James Bond Theme
12 - Stan Getz - Charade
13 - Paul Desmond - Lady In Cement
14 - Roberto Delgado & His Orchestra - Hawaii Five-O
15 - James Taylor Quartet - Gotcha (Theme From Starsky & Hutch)
16 - Alfred Hause & His Orchestra - Theme From Shaft
17 - Rhythm Heritage - Theme From S.W.A.T.
18 - Sammy Davis Jr. - Keep Your Eye On The Sparrow (Baretta's Theme)

Label: Verve Records ‎– 06024 9837439, Universal Music Group ‎– 06024 9837439
Series: Jazzclub – , Jazzclub | Trends –
Released:  16 Sep 2006
Genre: Jazz, Stage & Screen
Style: Theme, Big Band, Cool Jazz

Notes:
Track 1 recorded 1966, Hamburg.
Track 2 recorded 14th May 1968, New Jersey.
Track 3 recorded December 1964, New York.
Track 4 recorded 1972, London.
Track 5 recorded October 1969, New York City.
Track 6 recorded 1971, New York City.
Track 7 recorded 1966, Berlin.
Track 8 recorded 1972, New York City.
Track 9 recorded 1974, London.
Track 10 recorded 1972, London.
Track 11 recorded 1965, London.
Track 12 recorded 21st October 1963, New York City.
Track 13 recorded 5th November 1968, New Jersey.
Track 14 recorded 1969, Hamburg.
Track 15 recorded 1988, London.
Track 16 recorded 1972, Hamburg.
Track 17 recorded 1976, Los Angeles.
Track 18 recorded 1976, Los Angeles.
 
 
 
 



 

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