Seven soundtracks from the 50s, when jazz was the musical element that defined film noir. From Ziggy Elman's lubricious trumpet at the start of A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) to Jim Hall's sparse guitar notes at the close of Odds Against Tomorrow (1959), it's an enthralling collection. Other scores include Elmer Bernstein's The Man With the Golden Arm (1955) and Ellington's superbly bravura Anatomy of a Murder (1959). The notes, by compiler Selwyn Harris, are a model of clarity and insight. All on five CDs in a box, which should make any jazz-fan film-buff's Christmas
(The Guardian)
I hope you find the music on this box set as inspiring as I do.
-- GUY BARKER (musician)
A thrilling trip into the void of the night
-- STEPHEN GRAHAM (Jazzwise)
This handsome, limited edition, five-CD box set compiled by Jazzwise magazine's Selwyn Harris features some of the jazz-inspired music which was written and recorded for Hollywood movies in the 1950s.
Some have a stronger jazz element than others, and none of the scores stand up as well in their own right as Duke Ellington's peerless work for Anatomy Of A Murder though there are great moments in Elmer Bernstein and Chico Hamilton's Sweet Smell Of Success and Alex North's A Streetcar Named Desire.
-- ALISON KERR -- Scotland On Sunday
Loosely bonded with crime as a thrilling and predominantly nocturnal activity, jazz has illuminated many a movie soundtrack. This stylish five-disc compilation traces the thread through such classics as The Man with the Golden Arm and The Sweet Smell of Success. Duke Ellington (Anatomy of a Murder) and MJQ pianist John Lewis (Odds Against Tomorrow) took the Hollywood shilling, and Henry Mancini, Alex North and Elmer Bernstein gave it their best shot. Every track is redolent of an era when visuals, morals and music were all in black and white.
-- JACK MASSARIK - Evening Standard "Smartly designed with well-researched notes, It's a treat for jazz fans and movie buffs alike." .
-- London Metro --Various Sources
Loosely bonded with crime as a thrilling and predominantly nocturnal activity, jazz has illuminated many a movie soundtrack. This stylish five-disc compilation traces the thread through such classics as The Man with the Golden Arm and The Sweet Smell of Success. Duke Ellington (Anatomy of a Murder) and MJQ pianist John Lewis (Odds Against Tomorrow) took the Hollywood shilling, and Henry Mancini, Alex North and Elmer Bernstein gave it their best shot. Every track is redolent of an era when visuals, morals and music were all in black and white. -- JACK MASSARIK --Jack Massarik - This Is London
This handsome, limited edition, five-CD box set compiled by Jazzwise magazine's Selwyn Harris features some of the jazz-inspired music which was written and recorded for Hollywood movies in the 1950s.
Some have a stronger jazz element than others, and none of the scores stand up as well in their own right as Duke Ellington's peerless work for Anatomy Of A Murder though there are great moments in Elmer Bernstein and Chico Hamilton's Sweet Smell Of Success and Alex North's A Streetcar Named Desire. -- ALISON KER --Scotland On Sunday
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