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Anatomy Of A Murder (soundtrack)
''Anatomy of a Murder (Music by Duke Ellington)'' is the original motion picture soundtrack for the 1959 film ''Anatomy of a Murder''. Reception Ellington's score won three Grammy Awards in 1959, for Grammy Award for Best Performance by an Orchestra – for Dancing, Best Performance by a Dance Band, Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition, Best Musical Composition First Recorded and Released in 1959 and Grammy Award for Best Sound Track Album or Recording of Original Cast From a Motion Picture or Television, Best Sound Track Album. Track listing Personnel * Duke Ellington: piano * Cat Anderson, Shorty Baker, Herbie Jones, Clark Terry, Gerald Wilson: trumpet * Ray Nance: trumpet, violin * Quentin Jackson, Britt Woodman: trombone * John Sanders: valve trombone * Jimmy Hamilton: clarinet, tenor saxophone * Johnny Hodges: alto saxophone * Russell Procope: alto saxophone, clarinet * Paul Gonsalves: tenor saxophone * Harry Carney: baritone saxophone, clarinet, bass c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duke Ellington
Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (April 29, 1899 – May 24, 1974) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and leader of his eponymous jazz orchestra from 1923 through the rest of his life. Born and raised in Washington, D.C., Ellington was based in New York City from the mid-1920s and gained a national profile through his orchestra's appearances at the Cotton Club in Harlem. A master at writing miniatures for the three-minute 78 rpm recording format, Ellington wrote or collaborated on more than one thousand compositions; his extensive body of work is the largest recorded personal jazz legacy, and many of his pieces have become standards. He also recorded songs written by his bandsmen, such as Juan Tizol's " Caravan", which brought a Spanish tinge to big band jazz. At the end of the 1930s, Ellington began a nearly thirty-year collaboration with composer-arranger-pianist Billy Strayhorn, whom he called his writing and arranging companion. With Strayhorn, he composed multipl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
