In questo episodio: la seconda parte dello SPECIALE dedicato alla carriera del Maestro Henry Mancini (1924-1994), in occasione del suo Centenario. Ripercorriamo le tappe della sua carriera per il cinema e la TV con estratti – registrati con i migliori session players e la crema dei musicisti della West Coast – dalle sue colonne sonore, partendo da Moment to moment (1966) di Mervin LeRoy per arrivare a “Oklahoma Crude” (1973) di Stanley Kramer – passando per Arabesque (1966) e Two for the road (1967) di Stanley Donen, What did you do in the war, Daddy? (1966), Gunn..Number One (1967), The Party (1968) e Darling Lili (1969) di Blake Edwards, Wait until dark (1967) di Terence Young, Me, Natalie (1969) di Fred Coe, Gaily Gaily (1969) di Norman Jewison, The Molly Maguires (1970) di Martin Ritt, I Girasoli (Sunflower) (1970) di Vittorio De Sica, The Hawaiians (1970) di Tom Gries, The Night visitor (1971) di Laszlo Benedek, Sometimes a great notion (1971) di Paul Newman, il “rejected score” per Frenzy (1972) di Alfred Hitchcock e The thief who came to dinner (1973) di Bud Yorkin; jazz, latin grooves, orchestra d’archi e coro, sinonimi e sperimentazione per un musica straordinaria e senza tempo, incisa su LP / 45 giri RCA Victor, Columbia Records, United Artists Records, Paramount Records, AVCO Embassy, Citadel records, Decca Records, Warner Bros. Records, Capitol Records, e su CD Quartet Records, Intrada, Film Score Monthly, La La Land Records e Kritzerland.
Buon ascolto!
|| STAGIONE 10 || CinematiCA #339 | Tracklist |
* Henry Mancini (c, a, o, cond), Joseph Gershenson (music supervisor), Hollywood Symphony Orchestra – Main title (Mercer-Mancini) (Film Version) – da “Moment to moment” (Da un momento all’altro) (1966) di M. LeRoy e da (RCA/Victor– 47-8718 – US 7” 45RPM 1966) e (La-La Land Records – LLLCD 1628 – US CD 2023)
* Henry Mancini (c, a, o, cond), Douglas Gamley (o), studio session players, His Orchestra & Chorus – Main title (Mancini) (Movie Version) – da “Arabesque”(1966) di S. Donen e da (RCA Victor – LSP 3623 – US LP 1966)
* Henry Mancini (c, a, o, cond), studio session players, His Orchestra & Chorus – The Swing March (Mancini) – da “What did you do in the war, Daddy?” (Papà, ma cosa hai fatto in guerra?) (1966) di B. Edwards e da (RCA Victor – LSP 3648 – US LP 1966)
* Henry Mancini (c, a, o, cond), studio session players ft. Stephane Grappelli (violin), John Scott (ts, flute), His Orchestra & Chorus – Main titles / The Chaser (Mancini) (Movie Versions) – da “Two For The Road”(1967) di S. Donen e da (RCA Victor – LPM 3802 – US LP 1967) e (Kritzerland – KR 20031-9 – US CD 2017)
* Henry Mancini (c, a, o, cond), studio session players ft. B. Bain, D. & T. Nash, P. Johnson, L. Bunker, S. Manne, His Orchestra & Chorus – The ‘Monkey Farm’ (Mancini) – da “Gunn.. Number One!” (Peter Gunn, 24 ore per l’assassino) (1967) di B. Edwards e da (RCA Victor – LSP 3840 – US LP 1967)
* Henry Mancini (c, a, o, cond), Leo Shuken & Jack Hayes (o), His Orchestra & Chorus ft. Bob Bain, Laurindo Almeida (gtr), Pearl Kaufman & Ray Turner (pianos), Artie Kane (organ), Sue Raney (voc) – Main title (Theme for three) (Mancini) / Wait until dark (Mancini-Livingston-Evans) (Movie Versions) – da “Wait Until Dark” (Gli Occhi della Notte) (1967) di T. Young e da (Imperial – 66255 – US 7” 45RPM 1967) e (FSM (Film Score Monthly) – Silver Age Classics – FSM VOL. 10 N. 7 – US CD 2007)
* Henry Mancini (c, a, o, cond), studio session players ft. Bill Plummer (sitar), Milt Holland (tabla), His Orchestra & ‘The Party Poops’ Chorus – Main title (The Party Instrumental) / Party Poop (Mancini) – da “The Party” (Hollywood Party) (1968) di B. Edwards e da (RCA Victor – 47-9483 – US 7” 45RPM 1968) e (RCA Victor – LSP 3997 – US LP 1968)
* Henry Mancini (c, a, o, cond), studio session players ft. Carol Kaye (bass), His Orchestra & Chorus, The Die-Hard Trippers, Alan Braunstein (voc) – Free (Mancini) / Offramp to Nowhere (McKuen-Mancini) / Late (Mancini) – da “Me, Natalie”(1969) di F. Coe e da (Columbia – OS 3350 – US LP 1969)
* Henry Mancini (c, a, o, cond), studio session players, His Orchestra & Chorus ft. Jimmie Rodgers (voc) – Tomorrow is my friend (Main title) (M. & A. Bergman-Mancini) – da “Gaily Gaily” (Chicago, Chicago) (1969) di N. Jewison e da (United Artists Records – UAS 5202 – US LP 1969)
* Henry Mancini (c, a, o, cond), Leo Shuken & Jack Hayes (o), His Orchestra & Chorus) – Main title (Pennsylvania 1876) (Mancini) – da “The Molly Maguires” (I Cospiratori) (1970) di M. Ritt e da (Paramount Records – PAS 6000 – US LP 1970) e (Kritzerland – KR 20021-3 – US CD 2012)
* Henry Mancini (c, a, o, cond), Orchestra Unione Musicisti Roma – Love theme / Giovanna (Mancini) – da “I Girasoli” (Sunflower) (1970) di V. De Sica e da (Avco Embassy Records – AVE-O 11001 – US LP 1970) e (Quartet Records – SCE 057 – SPA 2xCD 2013)
* Henry Mancini (c, a, o, cond), studio session players, His Orchestra & Chorus – Main title (Mancini) (Movie Version) – da “The Hawaiians” (Il Re delle Isole) (1970) di T. Gries e da (United Artists records – UAS 5210 – US LP 1970) e (Intrada – Special Collection – ISC 124 – US 2xCD 2010)
* Henry Mancini (c, a, o, cond), Leo Shuken & Jack Hayes (o), His Orchestra & Chorus ft. Tommy Tedesco, Howard Roberts (gtr), Julie Andrews (voc) – Whistling away the dark (Mercer-Mancini) (Movie Version) – da “Darling Lili” (Operazione Crepes Suzette) (1970) di B. Edwards e da (RCA Victor – LSPX 1000 – US LP 1970)
* Henry Mancini (c, a, o, cond), studio session players, His Orchestra & Chorus – Suite (Mancini) (Movie Version) – da “The Night Visitor”(1971) di L. Benedek e da (Citadel records – CT 6015 – US LP 1977 / CD 1995) e (Quartet Records – QR187 – SPA CD 2015)
* Henry Mancini (c, a, o, cond), studio session players, His Orchestra & Chorus – The Mystery Movie Theme – da US NBC TV SHOW (1971-1977) e da “The Cop Show Themes” (RCA Victor – APL1 – 1896 – US LP 1976)
* Henry Mancini (c, a, o, cond), studio session players ft. C. Kaye (bass), Larry Mohoberac (organ), Charley Pride (voc) – All his children (M. & A. Bergman-Mancini) (Movie Version) – da “Sometimes a great notion” (Sfida senza paura) (1971) di P. Newman e da (Decca Records – DL 79185 – US LP 1971) e (Quartet Records – QR 287 – SPA CD 2017)
* Henry Mancini (c, a, o, cond), studio session players – Prologue (Rejected Main Title) (Mancini) – da “Frenzy ”(1972) di A. Hitchcock e da (Quartet Records – QR 505 – SPA CD 2022)
* Henry Mancini (c, a, o, cond), studio session players – Theme from ‘The Mancini Generation’ (Mancini) – da “The Mancini Generation ”(US TV Show 1972) e da (RCA Victor – LSP 4689 – US LP 1972)
* Henry Mancini (c, a, o, cond), studio session players ft. C. Kaye (bass), Larry Mohoberac (organ) – Theme from The Thief (Short) / First Job / Late (Mancini) (Movie Versions) – da “The Thief who came to dinner” (Il Ladro che venne a pranzo) (1973) di B. Yorkin e da (Warner Bros. Records – BS 2700 – US LP 1973) e (Film Score Monthly – Vol. 12 N. 10 – US CD 2009)
* Henry Mancini (c, a, o, cond), studio session players, His Orchestra & Chorus – Ludmilla’s Theme (Mancini) – da “Visions of Eight” (Ciò che l’occhio non vede) (1973) di VA e da (RCA – ABK1 0231 – US LP 1973)
* Henry Mancini (c, a, o, cond), His Orchestra & Chorus ft. Larry Carlton, Dennis Budimir (gtr), D. Nash (trombone), Tommy Morgan (harmonica), Anne Murray (voc) – Lightfinger (Mancini) / Send a little love my way (David-Mancini) (Movie Versions) – da “Oklahoma Crude” (I Duri di Oklahoma) (1973) di S. Kramer e da (RCA – APL1 0271 – US LP 1973) e (Capitol Records – 3648 – US 7” 45RPM 1973)
** In Loving Memory: Enrico Nicola Mancini, Henry or Hank (1924-1994) **
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