''A Man and a Woman'' is an album by American vibraphonist
Johnny Lytle
Johnny Dillard Lytle (October 13, 1932 in Springfield, Ohio – December 15, 1995 in Springfield) was a jazz drummer and vibraphonist.
Life and career
Lytle grew up in Springfield, Ohio in a family of musicians, the son of a trumpeter father ...
featuring jazz interpretations of
Francis Lai
Francis Albert Lai (; 26 April 19327 November 2018) was a French composer, noted for his film scores. He won the 1970 Oscar for Best Music, Original Score and the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score for the film ''Love Story''. The so ...
's score for the 1966 French film ''
A Man and a Woman'' recorded in 1967 and originally issued on the
Solid State label.
[Payne, D.]
Johnny Lytle discography
accessed April 14, 2015
accessed April 14, 2015
Reception
The Allmusic
AllMusic (previously known as All Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on musicians and bands. Initiated in 1991, the databa ...
review by Richie Unterberger stated "It's bourgeois to the core, for sure. But it's also archetypal of a certain media stereotype of European elegance, exuding a certain charm despite its overt sentimentality".
Track listing
''All compositions by Francis Lai''
# "Stronger Than Us" - 4:43
# "Today It's You" - 3:05
# "Samba Saravah" - 3:57
# "A Man and a Woman" - 3:43
# "A Man and a Woman" lternate Take- 3:29
# "Stronger Than Us (Bossa Nova)" - 4:29
# "In Our Shadow" - 5:05
Personnel
*Johnny Lytle
Johnny Dillard Lytle (October 13, 1932 in Springfield, Ohio – December 15, 1995 in Springfield) was a jazz drummer and vibraphonist.
Life and career
Lytle grew up in Springfield, Ohio in a family of musicians, the son of a trumpeter father ...
- vibraphone
The vibraphone is a percussion instrument in the metallophone family. It consists of tuned metal bars and is typically played by using mallets to strike the bars. A person who plays the vibraphone is called a ''vibraphonist,'' ''vibraharpist ...
*Jim Foster - organ
* Richard Davis - bass
*William "Peppy" Hinnant - drums
*Johnny Pacheco
Juan Pablo Knipping Pacheco (25 March 1935 – 15 February 2021), known as Johnny Pacheco, was a Dominican musician, arranger, composer, bandleader, and record producer who in the 1970s became one of the leading exponents of salsa as well in t ...
- Latin drums
Notes
References
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Solid State Records (jazz label) albums
Johnny Lytle albums
1967 albums
Albums produced by Sonny Lester