Henry Mancini - The Jazz Sound from Peter Gunn (2019)

"Currently the music director of Spartan Productions, Mancini can now claim the distinction of being the first musican to compose modern jazz for the sound track of a filmed television series.

The music in this album offers an excellent sampling of the sounds you're likely to hear any Monday eve when Peter Gunn swings into action on NBC-TV. The musicians are the same jazzmen who are heard to outstanding advantage in all the programs. Here are some of them: Drummer Jack Sperling and bassist Rolly Bundock state the show's forceful opening motif, Fallout! The raw-sounding trumpet belongs to Pete Candoli, a veteran of the Woody Herman and Stan Kenton bands. Dreamsville, which might be subtitled "a love refrain for hipsters," features a moving alto sax solo by Ted Nash; his brother Dick can be heard dueling with fellow trombonist Milt Bernhart on Session at Pete's Pad. Saxist Ronnie Lang, who, in common with most of the musicians here, is a graduate of the Les Brown band, wields a bulging baritone on Sorta Blue. Other soloists at Mother's, the nitery where Peter Gunn hangs his Brooks Brothers jacket, are vibist Larry Bunker and pianist Johnny T. Williams.

This music is Peter Gunn's kind of jazz. I think you'll find that it's your kind, too."

-Blake Edwards

Tracklist:
01. Peter Maxwell Davies - Peter Gunn (2:06)
02. Peter Maxwell Davies - Blue Steel (3:14)
03. Peter Maxwell Davies - The Brothers Go to Mother's (2:45)
04. Peter Maxwell Davies - Session at Pete's Pad (3:50)
05. Peter Maxwell Davies - Walkin' Bass (4:05)
06. Peter Maxwell Davies - Dreamsville (3:41)
07. Peter Maxwell Davies - The Little Man Theme (3:09)
08. Peter Maxwell Davies - Sorta Blue (2:57)
09. Peter Maxwell Davies - Goofin' At the Coffee House (3:48)
10. Peter Maxwell Davies - A Quiet Gass (3:26)
11. Peter Maxwell Davies - A Profound Gass (3:11)
12. Peter Maxwell Davies - Fallout! (3:12)
13. Peter Maxwell Davies - Lightly (2:39)
14. Peter Maxwell Davies - Soft Sounds (3:37)
15. Peter Maxwell Davies - Odd Ball (2:52)
16. Peter Maxwell Davies - The Floater (3:18)
17. Peter Maxwell Davies - Blues for Mother's (2:48)
18. Peter Maxwell Davies - Brief and Breezy (3:30)
19. Peter Maxwell Davies - Joanna (2:46)
20. Peter Maxwell Davies - My Manne Shelly (2:43)
21. Peter Maxwell Davies - Spook! (2:43)
22. Peter Maxwell Davies - A Ball for John (2:57)
23. Peter Maxwell Davies - Goofin' at the Coffee House, Pt. 2 (4:00)
24. Peter Maxwell Davies - Not from Dixie (4:23)