Rene's Apple (Free subscription) | 31/10/2009
Here's Henry Mancini and a band with all sorts of all-star soloists performing Hank's stomping "Peter Gunn" theme, on a show hosted by big jazz fan Steve Allen. Mancini, interestingly enough, puts the focus more on the solosists than his own brilliant writing. There's Plas Johnson and Jerome Richardson on tenor sax; Pete and Conte Candoli (you'll recognize Conte from...
Ernie (Not Bert) (Free subscription) | 29/11/2009
... Pops-Brazilian Sleigh Bells 6. Dinah Washington-I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm 7. Henry Mancini-Latin Snowfall 8. Yuji Takizawa & His Blue Bones Orchestra-White X-mas 9. Will Glahé-The Skater's Waltz 10. Esquivel-Sun Valley Ski Run 11. Billy Vaughn-The Chipmunk Song 12. Percy Faith-Little Bells And Big Bells (Glocke Und Glockchen) 13. Lawrence Welk-The Merry Christmas...
Boston Herald (Free subscription) | 28/11/2009
... of Me,” and “Soundtrack” features songs from popular films. Sources on this release range from Henry Mancini to the Counting Crows, with a little Dionne Warwick thrown in for good measure.“I get bored if I do the same thing all the time,” Eder said. “I’ll still sing those songs and will always sing them, but it was just getting a little stale. I wanted to stretch a whole other side...
JazzHQ (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
... - In The Christmas Mood (JVC Japan/Zoom ) Hank Jones - Live In Marciac 1993 (Kindred Rhythm ) Henry Mancini - Brass On Ivory (Wounded Bird ) Henry Mancini / Doc Severinsen - Brass On Ivory (Wounded Bird ) Housse De Racket - Forty Love (Geneon Japan/Zoom ) Humphrey Lyttelton - This Old Gang Of Ours (United States Of Distribution LTD. ) Jacques Schwarz-Bart - Abyss (Ume...
Shiraz Socialist (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
... to think he’d have done it anyway). Mercer’s most famous song is “ Moon River” , written (with Henry Mancini) for the film Breakfast at Tiffany’s. Personally, I have to say I don’t find it a very engaging tune or lyric. But I’m glad it brought Johnny some wealth and security at the end of his life. I much prefer Blues In The Night, his 1941 masterpiece, written with Harold Arlen....
A Boat Against the Current (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
... and admiration the most: “Skylark” and his Oscar-winning collaboration with Henry Mancini, “Days of Wine and Roses.” Both songs are suffused with a melancholy that those who knew well the aristocratic, affable Georgia native sensed lay not too far below his surface. What jumps out at you in these simple but mesmerizing lyrics are the pointed literary allusions...
Full Comment (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
... Warren and Richard Whiting, masters of the Hollywood musical; one by that johnny-come-lately, Henry Mancini; one translation from the French; and one tune composed by Mercer himself (the insouciant Something’s Gotta Give , his finest effort as a melodist). He wrote, in fact, with almost everybody. If one man sums up the Golden Age of American Popular Song it’s Mercer....
Double O Section (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
... Persuaders! ) has a task about as thankless as Arkin's: he had to fill the shoes of the legendary Henry Mancini, also absent from this Clouseau outing. He doesn't use the famous Pink Panther Theme, and actually creates a wonderful score that stands well on its own outside of the movie. In fact, it's one of my favorite Sixties spy scores. I've got it on vinyl somewhere, but I thought...
Pasadena Events Calendar (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
... over the course of her career, worked under the baton of conductors ranging from Aaron Copland to Henry Mancini. “She’s a hard worker and takes instruction wonderfully. As a matter of fact she seeks it out.” Tickets for “My Land, My Music” may be purchased at the door for the suggested donation price of $5 for adults and $3 for students and seniors. Children under age 12 are free....
Fox News (Free subscription) | 14/11/2009
Among his now-classic lyrics: the timeless Moon River (1961) written for Breakfast at Tiffany’s; Days of Wine and Roses (1962), both with haunting music composed by the illustrious Henry Mancini. Also: In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening (1951), with music by Hoagy Carmichael; On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe (1946), with music by Harry Warren, sung in The Harvey Girls by Judy...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
Kat Edmonson is making a name for herself as both a smart interpreter of popular songs (both old and new) and as a musician who puts her values into practice in her art. Edmonson's debut CD, Take To The Sky (Convivium Records, 2009) features creative reworkings of tunes by Carol King, The Cure and The Cardigans, alongside (un)expected versions of Cole Porter, George Gershwin and Henry Mancini....
Geezer Music Club (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
... Records label. It’s a collection filled with the music of three of her favorite composers — Henry Mancini, Michel Legrand, and Johnny Mandel — and once again proves that she’s for real, with a vocal range that covers everything from smoky and sexy to soft and sweet. Although she’s the star and her vocals take center stage, there are a lot of strong instrumental solos here too. She’s...
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
Festival Miami concluded with a swinging party Friday that brought jazz greats John Clayton and Jeff Hamilton to the Miami's Gusman Concert Hall stage. Leaders of their acclaimed Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra, the duo collaborated with talented students of the Frost Concert Jazz Band and the Henry Mancini Institute Orchestra.
Pet Connection Blog (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
As a writer on canine topics myself, I’m always on the lookout for a good book about dogs. I have favorite authors I look for and others I tend to avoid, but often I reach for a book because something draws me to it. With “The Wolf in the Parlor: The Eternal Connection Between Humans and Dogs” (Henry Holt & Company), it was the title. As a writer who often has trouble coming up with good titles,...
Peterman's Eye (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
November 04, 2009He wrote hundreds of songs, but if you had to pick one, and it would be tough, maybe you’d choose this one.“Moon River…Maybe.The original song he wrote, with Henry Mancini, for “” was originally titled “Blue River.” Glad he changed it.Simple words. You probably know them by heart.…wider than a mile, I'm crossing you in style one day.Moon River is actually the name of...
