''Jazz Meets the Symphony'' is an album by Argentine-American composer, pianist and conductor

Lalo Schifrin Boris Claudio "Lalo" Schifrin (born June 21, 1932) is an Argentine-American pianist, composer, arranger and conductor. He is best known for his large body of film and TV scores since the 1950s, incorporating jazz and Latin American musical elemen ...

with bassist Ray Brown, drummer Grady Tate and the

London Philharmonic Orchestra The London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO) is one of five permanent symphony orchestras based in London. It was founded by the conductors Sir Thomas Beecham and Malcolm Sargent in 1932 as a rival to the existing London Symphony and BBC Symphony ...

recorded in 1992 and released on the

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label in 1993.Payne, D
Lalo Schifrin discography
accessed March 8, 2012 Schifrin's musical arrangement for the track, "Dizzy Gillespie Fireworks" was nominated for the 1994

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for Best Arrangement on an Instrumental.

Reception

The

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review by Scott Yanow stated, "...Most intriguing among Schifrin's arrangements are ''Echoes of Duke Ellington'' and ''Dizzy Gillespie Fireworks'', which are really medleys of Duke's and Dizzy's songs. Not all of the shorter pieces... are too essential, and, on the whole, Schifrin's follow-up project ('' More Jazz Meets the Symphony'') would result in a stronger record. However, this generally interesting set is still worth exploring; it was good to hear Lalo Schifrin in a jazz setting again". He gave the album a four star rating, which is generally reserved for releases of high merit.Yanow, S
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Track listing

# "Battle Hymn of the Republic" (Traditional, arranged by Schifrin) – 6:28 # "Echoes of Duke Ellington" (

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 ...

, arranged by Schifrin) – 12:48 # "Bach to the Blues" (Lalo Schifrin) – 5:25 # "Brush Strokes" (Lalo Schifrin) – 3:03 # "I Can't Get Started" (

Vernon Duke Vernon Duke ( 16 January 1969) was a Russian-born American composer/songwriter who also wrote under his birth name, Vladimir Dukelsky. He is best known for "Taking a Chance on Love," with lyrics by Ted Fetter and John Latouche (1940), "I Can't ...

Ira Gershwin Ira Gershwin (born Israel Gershovitz; December 6, 1896 – August 17, 1983) was an American lyricist who collaborated with his younger brother, composer George Gershwin, to create some of the most memorable songs in the English language of the 2 ...

, arranged by Schifrin) – 3:31 # "Brazilian Impressions" (

Luiz Bonfá Luiz Floriano Bonfá (17 October 1922 – 12 January 2001) was a Brazilian guitarist and composer. He was best known for the music he composed for the film ''Black Orpheus''. Biography Luiz Floriano Bonfá was born on October 17, 1922, in Ri ...

, Antonio Carlos Jobim, arranged by Schifrin) – 5:35 # "Blues in the Bassment" (Ray Brown, arranged by Schifrin) – 4:16 # "The Fox" (Lalo Schifrin) – 4:50 # "As Time Goes By" ( Herman Hupfeld, arranged by Schifrin) – 5:22 # "Dizzy Gillespie Fireworks" (

Dizzy Gillespie John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie (; October 21, 1917 – January 6, 1993) was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, composer, educator and singer. He was a trumpet virtuoso and improviser, building on the virtuosic style of Roy Eldridge but addi ...

, arranged by Schifrin) – 13:34

Personnel

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- piano, arranger, conductor * Ray Brown - bass * Grady Tate - drums *

References

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