Crime and Spy Jazz on Screen, 1950-1970

A History and Discography

Derrick Bang (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

322 Seiten

2020
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-1-4766-6747-8 (ISBN)

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Honours the careers of traditional jazz composers who - as the 1970s gave way to the ’80s and beyond - resolutely battled against the pernicious influx of synth, jukebox scores and a growing corporate disinterest in lavish ensembles.

Henry Mancini's Peter Gunn theme. Lalo Schifrin's Mission: Impossible theme. John Barry's arrangement of the James Bond theme. These iconic melodies have remained a part of the pop culture landscape since their debuts in the late 1950s and early '60s: a "golden decade" that highlighted an era when movie studios and TV production companies employed full orchestral ensembles to provide a jazz backdrop for the suspenseful adventures of secret agents, private detectives, cops, spies and heist-minded criminals. Hundreds of additional films and television shows made during this period were propelled by similarly swinging title themes and underscores, many of which have (undeservedly) faded into obscurity. This meticulously researched book traces the embryonic use of jazz in mainstream entertainment from the early 1950s--when conservative viewers still considered this genre "the devil's music"--to its explosive heyday throughout the 1960s. Fans frustrated by the lack of attention paid to jazz soundtrack composers--including Jerry Goldsmith, Edwin Astley, Roy Budd, Quincy Jones, Dave Grusin, Jerry Fielding and many, many others--will find solace in these pages (along with all the information needed to enhance one's music library). The exploration of action jazz continues in this book's companion volume, Crime and Action Jazz on Screen Since 1971.

Derrick Bang has written film, television, music, and general entertainment commentary for magazines and local newspapers since 1974, and supplies regular columns and features to The Davis Enterprise. He lives in Davis, California.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Foreword by Cheryl Pawelski

Introduction

Prologue: The Naked Truth

1. Audition: 1947–1956

2. Dreamsville: 1957–1958

3. Blue Satin: 1959

4. Breezy Capers: 1960

5. Contract with Depravity: 1961

6. Jamaica Jazz: 1962

7. Champagne and Quail: 1963

8. Meet Mr. Solo: 1964

9. Mr. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang: 1965

10. Mission Blues: 1966

11. Home, James, Don’t Spare the Horses: 1967

12. Shifting Gears: 1968

13. This Never Happened to the Other Fella: 1969

14. Soul Flower: 1970

Appendix A: Instrument Abbreviations

Appendix B: Discography

Chapter Notes

Bibliography

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	26.05.2020
Zusatzinfo	31 photos, appendices, notes, bibliography, index
Verlagsort	Jefferson, NC
Sprache	englisch
Maße	178 x 254 mm
Gewicht	572 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV
	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Jazz / Blues
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Sammeln / Sammlerkataloge
ISBN-10	1-4766-6747-0 / 1476667470
ISBN-13	978-1-4766-6747-8 / 9781476667478
Zustand	Neuware