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| 1. Main Title And Anatomy Of A Murder | |||
| 2. Flirtibird | |||
| 3. Way Early Subtone | |||
| 4. Hero To Zero | |||
| 5. Low Key Lightly | |||
| 6. Happy Anatomy | |||
| 7. Midnight Indigo | |||
| 8. Almost Cried | |||
| 9. Sunswept Sunday | |||
| 10. Grace Valse | |||
| 11. Happy Anatomy | |||
| 12. Haupe | |||
| 13. Upper And Outest | |||
| 14. Anatomy Of A Murder | |||
| 15. Merrily Rolling Along | |||
| 16. Beer Garden | |||
| 17. Happy Anatomy | |||
| 18. Polly | |||
| 19. Polly | |||
| 20. Happy Anatomy | |||
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This was Duke's first full-length movie soundtrack commission, Otto Preminger's 1959 dark courtroom drama providing ample scope for sweeping dramatic contrast. Here, the original 35-minute LP is augmented by over 40 minutes of rare, hitherto unreleased bits and pieces, ranging from mono and stereo single versions of the main title theme to a DJ-only Ellington interview mock-up, from an incongruous Dixieland sextet to a gargling strangulation scene. The main body contains a surfeit of hard-boiled horn-bruising, sleazy, sexual small talk transformed into precision scoring, repeatedly stopping short for a beguiling interlude or two, none more impressive than "Low Key Lightly", with its aching Ray Nance violin solo, a completely naked sound. Duke frequently switches palettes to striking effect, the celeste chimes of "Midnight Indigo" shimmering against Harry Carney's froggy bass clarinet, "Sunswept Sunday" offering a churchy, pastoral wander, "Grace Valse" spinning gracefully, eyes closed. The whole shebang ends with Cat Anderson's stunning high-note spits on "Upper And Outest", attaining a spine-tingling level rarely heard, even on the trumpet. As a further goad, the crammed booklet boasts some anally-obsessive session details, an engaging appreciation from Wynton Marsalis and a structural analysis from Phil Schaap. --Martin Longley
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This is a very nice Ellington jazz album; those who sometimes say that he was not such a good film score composer as Henry Mancini may be right (they quote Mancini's work for Welles' "Touch of Evil" as an example of better crime-film jazzy score). But, it's hard for me to imagine that the mentioned Mancini score would be as convincing jazz album when regarded independently, separately from the film!
Naturally, if you're a Preminger's "Anatomy of a Murder" fan, this album will be an additional attraction, but you can listen to it (and, in my opinion at least) fully enjoy it even if you've never heard of (let alone seen) the film. And the bonus tracks give you an excellent glimpse into the anatomy of Ellington's work and you even get to hear the master's dukal voice in excerpts from some sort of an radio interview, pertaining this film score (and work with Preminger, an anecdote with Lee Remick, etc.).
Not the best Ellington album I've heard so far, this is still a very nice contribution to my growing collection of jazz CDs (and of Ellington CDs)...
Naturally, if you're a Preminger's "Anatomy of a Murder" fan, this album will be an additional attraction, but you can listen to it (and, in my opinion at least) fully enjoy it even if you've never heard of (let alone seen) the film. And the bonus tracks give you an excellent glimpse into the anatomy of Ellington's work and you even get to hear the master's dukal voice in excerpts from some sort of an radio interview, pertaining this film score (and work with Preminger, an anecdote with Lee Remick, etc.).
Not the best Ellington album I've heard so far, this is still a very nice contribution to my growing collection of jazz CDs (and of Ellington CDs)...
10 of 12 people found the following review helpful
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Format:Audio CD
This is Duke's soundtrack to a 1959 Otto Preminger film. The sound is pure Ellington at its best. The tracks on the original release are integrated by many additions (such as alternate takes, rehearsals and whatnot). The additions, however, are not always musically outstanding, only just over half of the time. That's why I gave this CD only 4 out of 5 stars, which for a CD of this length is a high score. You'll get about 70 minutes of music, with 50 minutes who belong in the best orchestral jazz ever heard.
Here are a few details about the music. The soloists are--you bet--top notch, but space for improvised solos (as opposed to written ones) is less than we are accustomed to. I guess Duke approached the soundtrack work with a mentality somewhat different from his ordinary.
The themes are good as ever, from the Main Title to the romantic "Midnight Indigo", passing through the small reduced-personnel gem "Sunswept Sunday", solemn in the A section and light in the clarinet (written) solo B section. This track has probably been edited-reassembled in the mixing room (there are two apparently identical repetitions of the A-B structure, and the junction is musically awkward to my ear), but so what? The liner notes say that in the movie you could only listen to a few seconds of this piece. Also "Almost Cried" is an instant classic. I bet your favorites might vary from mine, because the quality is high throughout.
Summing up, this record is a must for Duke's lovers and a good listen for anyone who likes good jazz.
By pj green
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This sound score is from the movie, and really brings back the chain of events from the movie, it is an excellent album.
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just go out and buy this album
it is one of the best bits of ellington that i have listened to
it is one of the best bits of ellington that i have listened to
Format:Audio CD
This is a very nice Ellington jazz album; those who sometimes say that he was not such a good film score composer as Henry Mancini may be right (they quote Mancini's work for Welles' "Touch of Evil" as an example of better crime-film jazzy score). But, it's hard for me to imagine that the mentioned Mancini score would be as convincing jazz album when regarded independently, separately from the film!
Naturally, if you're a Preminger's "Anatomy of a Murder" fan, this album will be an additional attraction, but you can listen to it (and, in my opinion at least) fully enjoy it even if you've never heard of (let alone seen) the film. And the bonus tracks give you an excellent glimpse into the anatomy of Ellington's work and you even get to hear the master's dukal voice in excerpts from some sort of an radio interview, pertaining this film score (and work with Preminger, an anecdote with Lee Remick, etc.).
Not the best Ellington album I've heard so far, this is still a very nice contribution to my growing collection of jazz CDs (and of Ellington CDs)...
Naturally, if you're a Preminger's "Anatomy of a Murder" fan, this album will be an additional attraction, but you can listen to it (and, in my opinion at least) fully enjoy it even if you've never heard of (let alone seen) the film. And the bonus tracks give you an excellent glimpse into the anatomy of Ellington's work and you even get to hear the master's dukal voice in excerpts from some sort of an radio interview, pertaining this film score (and work with Preminger, an anecdote with Lee Remick, etc.).
Not the best Ellington album I've heard so far, this is still a very nice contribution to my growing collection of jazz CDs (and of Ellington CDs)...
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