Wednesday, December 13, 2023

VA - Jazz on Film, Crime Jazz! [2014] (8 X CDs)

CRIME JAZZ

VA - Jazz on Film, Crime Jazz! [2014] (8 X CDs)

This 8-CD boxed set features Sixteen outstanding re-mastered scores from late fifties and early sixties detective TV shows; Two of which were never released on CD to my knowledge. Included are 77 Sunset Strip, Hawaiian Eye, M Squad, Staccato, Mickey Spillanes Mike Hammer, Music From Mike Hammer, Checkmate, Shotgun Slade, Peter Gunn, More Music From Peter Gunn, Mr Lucky, Mr Lucky (Goes Latin), The Naked City, The Untouchables, Bourbon Street Beat and Richard Diamond. All collected in their entirety for the first time, with some of them making their CD debuts! Composed by legends like Nelson Riddle, Henry Mancini, Stanley Wilson and Warren Barker, these scores will send you on a thrilling musical journey! 

This purchase is worth it not just for the immaculate sound production, but it contains one of the most "complete" booklets to go along with the music. All these Detective shows were classics, and this 8-box set takes you back to that Era when we tuned in not just for the starring detectives, but to dig the music that was always up front or in the background. Somebody really gave a damn about this boxset.

The music just flows along in its own world of "cool", and pretty quickly you find yourself immersed in that era of no-nonsense private eyes or cops.  The best of this music is atmospheric. You can almost smell the perfume of a woman as she brushes close to you, the stale smell of a cigarette smoldering in an ashtray, the clink of ice cubes in a glass sitting on a wet bar top, the sights, sounds, smells--the feel of late night big city streets--the distant howl of a police siren, the click of a woman's high heels as she walks away, or the click of a gun being cocked. And, just maybe, that unmistakable sound of a switchblade knife opening. But there's also the more sophisticated sound of a champagne cork popping, the swish of a swizzle stick in a dry Martini, a woman's laughter, or the smooth, low roar of a low-slung import car's motor as it drives off with that babe you were checking out in the lounge earlier. But everyone will form their own scenes in their mind's-eye listening to this great music. (B)

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Track lists

CD1

01 Warren Barker - 77 Sunset Strip 2:12

02 Warren Barker - Late At Bailey's Pad 2:56

03 Warren Barker - I Get A Kick Out Of You 2:48

04 Warren Barker - Cleo's Theme 3:42

05 Warren Barker - Caper At The Coffee House 2:11

06 Warren Barker - You Took Advantage Of Me 2:56

07 Warren Barker - 77 Sunset Strip Cha Cha 2:07

08 Warren Barker - Kookie's Caper 2:07

09 Warren Barker - The Stu Bailey Blues 2:46

10 Warren Barker - Lover Come Back To Me 1:55

11 Warren Barker - Blue Night On The Strip 2:42

12 Warren Barker - If I Could Be With You 2:01

13 Warren Barker - Swingin' On The Strip 1 1:51

14 Warren Barker - Hawaiian Eye 1 0:47

15 Warren Barker - Deep Night 3:17

16 Warren Barker - Let's Do It 3:07

17 Warren Barker - Steele On The Prowl 1:49

18 Warren Barker - Soft Green Seas 3:16

19 Warren Barker - Rhumba Rhapsody 2:37

20 Warren Barker - Cabbie Kim 2:20

21 Warren Barker - What Is This Thing Called Love 2:51

22 Warren Barker - You're Getting To Be A Habit With Me 2:42

23 Warren Barker - Cricket's Corner 3:17

24 Warren Barker - When My Dream Boat Comes Home 2:04

25 Warren Barker - Lopaka's Beat 2:05

26 Warren Barker - Hawaiian Eye 2 3:00


CD2

01 Stanley Wilson & His Orchestra - M Squad Theme 2:35

02 Stanley Wilson & His Orchestra - The Chase 2:35

03 Stanley Wilson & His Orchestra - The Search 3:24

04 Stanley Wilson & His Orchestra - Phantom Raiders 2:48

05 Stanley Wilson & His Orchestra - The Lonely Beat 3:40

06 Stanley Wilson & His Orchestra - The Juke Box 2:30

07 Stanley Wilson & His Orchestra - The Mugger 2:05

08 Stanley Wilson & His Orchestra - The Discovery 2:26

09 Stanley Wilson & His Orchestra - The Late Spot 2:59

10 Stanley Wilson & His Orchestra - The Cha-Cha Club 2:58

11 Stanley Wilson & His Orchestra - A Lady Sings The Blues 2:29

12 Stanley Wilson & His Orchestra - The End 2:16

13 Elmer Bernstein - Staccato`s Theme 2:55

14 Elmer Bernstein - Thinking Of Baby 3:00

15 Elmer Bernstein - Poi And Juice 2:07

16 Elmer Bernstein - Night Mood 3:05

17 Elmer Bernstein - Deadly Game 2:58

18 Elmer Bernstein - The Jazz At Waldo`s 2:36

19 Elmer Bernstein - Greenwich Village Rumble 2:06

20 Elmer Bernstein - Like Having Fun 2:19

21 Elmer Bernstein - One Before Closing 2:54

22 Elmer Bernstein - Walking A Lonely Street 3:19

23 Elmer Bernstein - Macdougal Street Special 2:33

24 Elmer Bernstein - Pursuit 2:34


CD3

01 Stan Purdy & His Orchestra - Tonight My Love 13:06

02 Stan Purdy & His Orchestra - Velda 3:15

03 Stan Purdy & His Orchestra - Oh Mike! 2:57

04 Stan Purdy & His Orchestra - The Woman 3:06

05 Stan Purdy & His Orchestra - The Mike Hammer Theme 2:50

06 Skip Martin & His Orchestra - Riff Blues 2:30

07 Skip Martin & His Orchestra - Corn Pone Woman 2:27

08 Skip Martin & His Orchestra - Coffee House 2:22

09 Skip Martin & His Orchestra - Bad Guys 3:43

10 Skip Martin & His Orchestra - Black Night 3:23

11 Skip Martin & His Orchestra - Back Home 2:55

12 Skip Martin & His Orchestra - Night Crowd 2:28

13 Skip Martin & His Orchestra - Summer Mood 3:51

14 Skip Martin & His Orchestra - Like Mike 1:51

15 Skip Martin & His Orchestra - Morning After 1:58

16 Skip Martin & His Orchestra - Lennox Avenue Strut 3:29

17 Skip Martin & His Orchestra - Hammer Blow 2:49


CD4

01 Johnny Williams - Theme From Checkmate 2:14

02 Johnny Williams - The Isolated Pawn 3:22

03 Johnny Williams - Cyanide Touch 2:34

04 Johnny Williams - Far Outside Place 3:24

05 Johnny Williams - Hassle In The Castle 2:29

06 Johnny Williams - En Passant 2:35

07 Johnny Williams - The Black Knight 2:18

08 Johnny Williams - Fireside Eye 3:09

09 Johnny Williams - The Bishop's Retreat 3:09

10 Johnny Williams - Queen's Sacrifice 3:16

11 Johnny Williams - Shy Youth 2:37

12 Johnny Williams - The King Swings 2:39

13 Stanley Wilson & His Orchestra - Danger Trail 3:05

14 Stanley Wilson & His Orchestra - Shotgun Slade 2:16

15 Stanley Wilson & His Orchestra - Open Skies 2:30

16 Stanley Wilson & His Orchestra - Ride Alone 2:28

17 Stanley Wilson & His Orchestra - Saddle Swing 3:11

18 Stanley Wilson & His Orchestra - Gently 3:12

19 Stanley Wilson & His Orchestra - Joe Clark 2:50

20 Stanley Wilson & His Orchestra - Night Stalking 3:53

21 Stanley Wilson & His Orchestra - Weary 3:55

22 Stanley Wilson & His Orchestra - Rolling Home 3:02

23 Stanley Wilson & His Orchestra - Them Swingin' Doors 2:50


CD5

01 Henry Mancini - Peter Gunn 2:06

02 Henry Mancini - Sorta Blue 2:56

03 Henry Mancini - The Brothers Go To Mothers 2:55

04 Henry Mancini - Dreamsville 3:53

05 Henry Mancini - Session At Pete's Pad 3:58

06 Henry Mancini - Soft Sounds 3:33

07 Henry Mancini - Fallout! 3:13

08 Henry Mancini - The Floater 3:16

09 Henry Mancini - Slow And Easy 3:04

10 Henry Mancini - A Profound Gass 3:19

11 Henry Mancini - Brief And Breezy 3:31

12 Henry Mancini - Not From Dixie 4:09

13 Henry Mancini - Walkin Bass 3:40

14 Henry Mancini - Timothy 2:35

15 Henry Mancini - Joanna 2:44

16 Henry Mancini - My Manne Shelly 2:38

17 Henry Mancini - Goofin' At The Coffee House 4:13

18 Henry Mancini - Odd Ball 3:26

19 Henry Mancini - Blue Steel 3:42

20 Henry Mancini - The Little Man Theme 3:15

21 Henry Mancini - Spook! 2:59

22 Henry Mancini - A Quiet Gass 3:05

23 Henry Mancini - Lightly 3:26

24 Henry Mancini - Blues For Mother's 3:20


CD6

01 Henry Mancini - Mr Lucky 2:15

02 Henry Mancini - My Friend Andamo 3:33

03 Henry Mancini - Softly 2:46

04 Henry Mancini - March Of The Cue Balls 3:17

05 Henry Mancini - Lightly Latin 2:57

06 Henry Mancini - Tipsy 2:33

07 Henry Mancini - Floating Pad 2:55

08 Henry Mancini - One Eyed Cat 3:17

09 Henry Mancini - Night Flower 2:26

10 Henry Mancini - Chime Time 3:18

11 Henry Mancini - Blue Satin 2:37

12 Henry Mancini - That's It & That's All 2:56

13 Henry Mancini - Mr Lucky (Goes Latin) 2:14

14 Henry Mancini - Lujon 2:38

15 Henry Mancini - Tinpanola 2:07

16 Henry Mancini - Rain Drops In Rio 2:45

17 Henry Mancini - Siesta 2:50

18 Henry Mancini - The Dancing Cat 2:59

19 Henry Mancini - Cow Bells & Coffee Beans 3:03

20 Henry Mancini - The Sound Of Silver 2:34

21 Henry Mancini - Tango Americano 2:43

22 Henry Mancini - No-Cal Sugar Loaf 2:06

23 Henry Mancini - Blue Mantilla 2:31

24 Henry Mancini - Speedy Gonzales 1:46


CD7

01 George Duning - This Is The Naked City 2:14

02 George Duning - City Within A City 3:17

03 George Duning - I've Seen All Sides, Somehwere Wisconsin 3:35

04 George Duning - He Plays It Cool 3:42

05 George Duning - Five Minutes After Forever - Part One 2:47

06 George Duning - Small Town Boy, Mighty Pretty Territory There 4:32

07 George Duning - From The Top Of The Tower 2:44

08 George Duning - Girl Makes Good, Live Dangerously 3:18

09 George Duning - Jazz Chase 2:30

10 George Duning - Five Minutes After Forever - Part Two 2:26

11 George Duning - Solid Food, Solitude And You 3:08

12 George Duning - This Is The Naked City 1:57

13 Nelson Riddle - The Untouchables - Theme 2:16

14 Nelson Riddle - Tender-Ness 2:15

15 Nelson Riddle - Dauntless-Ness 1:49

16 Nelson Riddle - Ebony And Ivory 2:04

17 Nelson Riddle - The Loop 2:14

18 Nelson Riddle - Speakeasy Blues 3:57

19 Nelson Riddle - Reckless-Ness 1:50

20 Nelson Riddle - Wistful-Ness 2:35

21 Nelson Riddle - Linda 2:34

22 Nelson Riddle - Eliot-Ness 1:57

23 Nelson Riddle - Dejected-Ness 2:51

24 Nelson Riddle - 30-30 2:14

25 Nelson Riddle - Suspenseful-Ness 2:18


CD8

01 Don Ralke - Boubon Street Beat 2:24

02 Don Ralke - The Absinthe House 2:35

03 Don Ralke - Blues In The Night 3:25

04 Don Ralke - Rex's Theme 2:37

05 Don Ralke - Sole To Sole 3:01

06 Don Ralke - Bourbon Street Blues 3:59

07 Don Ralke - The Baron 2:20

08 Don Ralke - I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues 2:33

09 Don Ralke - The Lady Killer 2:02

10 Don Ralke - I Cover The Waterfront 2:55

11 Don Ralke - The Birth Of The Blues 2:55

12 Don Ralke - Bourbon Street March 2:08

13 Pete Rugolo - Richard Diamond Theme 1:52

14 Pete Rugolo - The Sleeve Job 2:17

15 Pete Rugolo - Ye Old Curiosity Shape 3:32

16 Pete Rugolo - Fancy Meeting Karen 3:32

17 Pete Rugolo - All Star 2:41

18 Pete Rugolo - Diamond On The Move 2:40

19 Pete Rugolo - Who's Sam 2:36

20 Pete Rugolo - I'm Always Chasing Butterflies 2:22

21 Pete Rugolo - Does Mama Know Your Out 2:16

22 Pete Rugolo - The Teaser 1 1:37

23 Pete Rugolo - Teen Age Rock 2:11

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4 comments:

  1. Wow - thanks for this BB and of course for everything you've posted lately that I haven't had a chance to comment on.

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  2. Great point. Very filmic, visual music. Thanks, Butter.

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