Henry Mancini - The Cop Show Themes & Symphonic Soul
Vocalion presents on CD two of Henry Mancini’s finest – and funkiest – albums of the 1970s. From 1976, “The Cop Show Themes” sees Mancini coming up with scintillating arrangements of some of the best cop show music of the mid-70s. In his orchestra on these sessions were such luminaries of the Los Angeles session scene as Harvey Mason (drums), Lee Ritenour (guitar) and Abraham Laboriel (bass guitar). “Symphonic Soul” took as its subject matter the music of Herbie Hancock, Ramsey Lewis, Barry White, Quincy Jones and others. And as the title implies, this is indeed soulful music of symphonic proportions, fusing the funk of the mid-70s with Mancini’s sophisticated orchestrations. On offer are gorgeous versions of Herbie Hancock’s “Butterfly,” Quincy Jones’s “Soul Saga (Song of the Buffalo Soldier)” and a new, very heavy and very funky rendition of Mancini’s immortal “Peter Gunn” theme. On this album, Mancini’s orchestra includes The Crusaders’ Joe Sample (keyboards), Harvey Mason (drums) and Abraham Laboriel (bass guitar). Remastered from the original stereo tapes for Vocalion's trademark crystal-clear sound quality. 17 tracks. Track listing: "The Cop Show Themes" (1976, stereo) – 1: Mystery Movie Theme (Mancini) 2: The Streets of San Francisco (Williams) 3: Bumper’s Theme (Mancini) from the TV series “The Blue Knight” 4: Medley: Kojak (Goldenberg) – S.W.A.T. (DeVorzon) 5: Keep Your Eye on the Sparrow (Grusin; Ames) theme from the TV series “Baretta” 6: The Rockford Files (Post; Carpenter) 7: Hawaii Five-0 (Stevens) 8: Police Woman (Stevens) / "Symphonic Soul" (1975, stereo) – 9: Symphonic Soul (Mancini) 10: Butterfly (Hancock) 11: Satin Soul (White) 12: Peter Gunn (new version) (Mancini) 13: Slow Hot Wind (Lujon) (Mancini; Gimbel) 14: Pick up the Pieces (Ball; Stuart) 15: Sun Goddess (White; Lind) 16: Soul Saga (Song of the Buffalo Soldier) (Jones; Brown; Bahler; Greene) 17: African Symphony (McCoy)
Henry Mancini  (Artist)    Format: Audio CD
{"Manufacturer": "Vocalion Ltd", "Date First Available": "May 12, 2014", "Label": "Vocalion Ltd", "Number of discs": "1"}