Anatomy Of A Murder (Duke Ellington)
from Sony Music Jazz
Disk 1: - Main Title And Anatomy Of A Murder - Flirtibird - Way Early Subtone - Hero To Zero - Low Key Lightly - Happy Anatomy - Midnight Indigo - Almost Cried - Sunswept Sunday - Grace Valse - Happy Anatomy - Haupe - Upper And Outest - Anatomy Of A Murder - Merrily Rolling Along - Beer Garden - Happy Anatomy - Polly - Polly - Happy Anatomy - More Blues - Almost Cried - Sound Track Music: Anatomy Of A Murder - Anatomy Of A Murder - The Grand Finale - Pause Track
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Binding/Format: Audio CD
Model No: CK65569
Release Date: 10/05/1999
Availability: dispatched within 24 hours
Index: Music
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Music Pod Price: £6.07
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This was Duke's first full-length movie soundtrack commission, Otto Preminger's 1959 dark courtroom drama providing ample scope for sweeping dramatic contrast. Here, the original 35-minute LP is augmented by over 40 minutes of rare, hitherto unreleased bits and pieces, ranging from mono and stereo single versions of the main title theme to a DJ-only Ellington interview mock-up, from an incongruous Dixieland sextet to a gargling strangulation scene. The main body contains a surfeit of hard-boiled horn-bruising, sleazy, sexual small talk transformed into precision scoring, repeatedly stopping short for a beguiling interlude or two, none more impressive than "Low Key Lightly", with its aching Ray Nance violin solo, a completely naked sound. Duke frequently switches palettes to striking effect, the celeste chimes of "Midnight Indigo" shimmering against Harry Carney's froggy bass clarinet, "Sunswept Sunday" offering a churchy, pastoral wander, "Grace Valse" spinning gracefully, eyes closed. The whole shebang ends with Cat Anderson's stunning high-note spits on "Upper And Outest", attaining a spine-tingling level rarely heard, even on the trumpet. As a further goad, the crammed booklet boasts some anally-obsessive session details, an engaging appreciation from Wynton Marsalis and a structural analysis from Phil Schaap. --Martin Longley
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Associated music album categories: Jazz & Soundtracks |
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