Henry Mancini - Peter Gunn / More Peter Gunn - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

One of the most versatile talents in contemporary 20th Century music, Henry Mancini was perhaps America's greatest composer, conductor and arranger, and his early reputation was built on the music he wrote and recorded for the American private eye TV series InchPeter GunnInch, which ran between 1958-1961. Gunn was a stylishly-dressed, upwardly-mobile private detective, played by Craig Stevens, who loved cool Jazz. The show's use of Modern Jazz was wholly unique and it set the benchmark for years to come, with Jazz themes accompanying virtually every move which Gunn made. The music was performed by a small Jazz ensemble who included trumpeter Pete Candoli, alto saxophonist Ted Nash, flautist Ronny Lang, trombonist Dick Nash and pianist John T. Williams. The series span off two LPs, InchPeter GunnInch and InchMore Peter GunnInch. These were Mancini's first two hit albums, the former topping the U. S. charts, selling over a million copies and winning two Grammys, while the latter peaked at #3 with sales exceeding half a million. Album Tracks 1. Peter Gunn 2. Sorta Blue 3. The Brothers Go to Mother's 4. Dreamsville 5. Session at Pete's Pad 6. Soft Sounds 7. Fallout! 8. The Floater 9. Slow and Easy 10. A Profound Gass 11. Brief and Breezy 12. Not from Dixie 13. Walkin' Bass 14. Timothy 15. Joanna 16. My Manne Shelly 17. Goofin' at the Coffee House 18. Odd Ball 19. Blue Steel 20. The Little Man Theme 21. Spook! 22. A Quiet Gass 23. Lightly 24. Blues for Mother's