Goodis has Parry putting on a Basie record, "Sent For You
Yesterday And Here You Come Today", then:
"And Rushing was beginning to yell his heart out when..."
(pg. 133).
My question: Who is "Rushing"? A vocalist with Basie?
Ed
> --- Harvey <
harveyj3rd@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > One of the best noir jazz soundtracks is
Johnny
> > Mandel's score for I Want To Live. The CD (out
of
> > print but easily obtainable on the
internet)includes
> > the music performed in the movie by Gerry
Mulligan's
> > seven piece band which was released on
LP
> > simultaneously with the sound track.
> > --- Richard Moore <
moorich@aol.com> wrote:
> >
> > > --- In
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, "Jeff
> > Vorzimmer"
> > >
> > > <jvorzimmer@...> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Speaking about jazz, hardboiled crime
fiction
> > and
> > > film noir, I
> > > thought I'd
> > > > add that I think the best soundtrack
of any film
> > > noir has to be
> > > Ascenseur
> > > > pour L'飨afaud (1958). The French
really got
> > the
> > > style and angst
> > > down in
> > > > their revival of the genre in the
late 50s.
> > Having
> > > Miles Davis
> > > score the
> > > > film was brilliant and I think it
stands as one
> > of
> > > his great works
> > > of that
> > > > decade. Interestingly enough it's
been on CD now
> > > for almost 20
> > > years and
> > > > still in print I believe. If someone
on list can
> > > think of a better
> > > > soundtrack, I for one would like to
know about
> > it.
> > > >
> > > > Jeff
> > >
> > > Offhand I can't think of a better one.
It's
> > > wonderful. I always
> > > thought Charles Mingus could have composed
a great
> > > noir soundtrack.
> > > As I recall, he was supposed to do the
music for
> > > John Cassavetes'
> > > first film Shadows (1959) but most of it
didn't
> > get
> > > done for one
> > > reason or the other. I believe some
Mingus
> > remained
> > > in the film,
> > > although most was by other
hands.
> > >
> > > The Cassavetes television series Johnny
Staccato
> > > (1959) also
> > > featured some very good jazz. There was a
regular
> > > house band in
> > > Staccato's club and other musicians had
guest
> > bits.
> > > Red Norvo was
> > > one and John Williams, later to become the
most
> > > Oscar-nominated
> > > composer in history, did a couple of
episodes as a
> > > piano player. He
> > > was billed as Johnny Williams.
> > >
> > > Speaking of house bands in private eye
series,
> > they
> > > were rather
> > > common in private eye series of the late
1950s and
> > > early 1960s. The
> > > show that kicked off the private eye boom
was Roy
> > > Huggins' 77 Sunset
> > > Strip. When PI Stuart Bailey and his
cohorts
> > needed
> > > a drink, which
> > > was fairly often, they would drop into a
club
> > called
> > > Dino's where
> > > the Frankie Ortega Trio was usually on the
band
> > > stand. They were a
> > > real group and a pretty good
one.
> > >
> > > Richard Moore
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > RARA-AVIS home page:
> > > http://www.miskatonic.org/rara-avis/
> > >
> > > Yahoo! Groups Links
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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