Jazz Goes to the Movies

Jazz Goes to the Movies is an album by American jazz arranger and conductor Manny Albam recorded in 1962 for the Impulse! label.[1]

Jazz Goes to the Movies
Studio album by
Released1962
RecordedJanuary 12 & 25 and February 12, 1962
GenreJazz
Length35:27
LabelImpulse!
Manny Albam chronology
I Had the Craziest Dream
(1961)
Jazz Goes to the Movies
(1962)
Brass on Fire
(1966)

Reception

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The Allmusic review by Ken Dryden awarded the album 4 stars stating "fans of old movie music arranged by a talent like Albam are advised to keep an eye out for it".[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic     [2]

Track listing

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  1. "Exodus" (Ernest Gold) – 5:10
  2. "High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me)" (Dimitri Tiomkin, Ned Washington) – 2:44
  3. "Paris Blues" (Duke Ellington) – 2:42
  4. "La Dolce Vita" (Nino Rota) – 2:40
  5. "Majority of One" (Max Steiner) – 2:05
  6. "Green Leaves of Summer" (Tiomkin, Paul Francis Webster) – 5:56
  7. "Guns of Navarone" (Tiomkin) – 3:26
  8. "El Cid" (Miklós Rózsa) – 2:25
  9. "Slowly" (Kermit Goell, David Raksin) – 4:53
  • Recorded in New York City on January 12, 1962 (track 8), January 26, 1962 (tracks 1, 3, 5 & 6) and February 12, 1962 (tracks 2, 4, 7 & 9)

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ Impulse! Records discography accessed March 17, 2011
  2. ^ a b Dryden, K. Allmusic Review accessed March 17, 2011