Raksin, David

Too Late Blues

Too Late Blues (1962) is certainly one of the greatest films ever made about the jazz world; It was a perfect match between subject matter and filmmaker. In 1959, Cassavetes had starred in a TV series called Johnny Staccato, playing a jazzman who moonlights as a detective. The films brilliant music score is courtesy of David Raksin and performed by such jazz legends as Benny Carter, Red Mitchell and Shelly Manne. Raksins theme tune, mimed by Ghosts group during the opening credits, immediately establishes the films cool, sardonic tone, and neatly mimics the attitude with which the actors deliver their lines. The easy way out would have been to do standards, but Raksin wrote all original music for the film, even for the source cues. And what music it is - Raksin at his best, and Raksin at his best is as good as it gets. LIMITED FIRST PRESS OF 500 COPIES.

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€ 9.50
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LP - 1 disk
Release date
16-11-2016
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Item-nr
496884
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0889397381356
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TRACKS

Disk 1

1. SEAL ONE PART 1 - SAX RAISES ITS UGLY HEAD
2. THEME FROM TOO LATE BLUES (A SONG AFTER SUNDOWN)
3. THE RIM SHOT HEARD ROUND THE WORLD
4. MOTHER TIME (JUKE BOX)
5. SOMETHING LIKE NOODLES/SOMETHING LIKE BULIO/SOMETHING
6. LIKE THAT
7. HEEL AND TOE - GET WILDROOT HAIR OIL, CHARLIE
8. LOOK INWARD, ANGEL
9. DANZON
10. A SONG AFTER SUNDOWN
11. SAMBALERO
12. RECORDING STUDIO PART 2 - A SONG AFTER SUNDOWN
13. BLUES FOR TOMORROW
14. ULYSSES IN SWANKTOWN
15. LIKE LASAGNA
16. GHOST BLOWS TEST
17. BENNY SPLITS WHILE JIMMY ROWLES
18. CIUDAD DE MEXICO
19. WIFES OTHER JOHN
20. FINALE - THE RIM SHOT HEARD ROUND THE WORLD