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In the very late 1950s and early '60s, jazz, TV and the movies
merged. During those years, movies and TV shows increasingly featured swinging big band jazz for themes and incidental music—particularly action films and detective shows. The hipper the leading man, the cooler the orchestration. Here are five of my favorite albums of this genre (please feel free to add others to the Comments section):
In the very late 1950s and early '60s, jazz, TV and the movies
merged. During those years, movies and TV shows increasingly featured swinging big band jazz for themes and incidental music—particularly action films and detective shows. The hipper the leading man, the cooler the orchestration. Here are five of my favorite albums of this genre (please feel free to add others to the Comments section):- Complete TV Action Jazz (1959-60)—Mundell Lowe
- Movie & TV Themes (1962)—Elmer Bernstein
- Impact (1959)—Buddy Morrow
- Jazz Themes for Cops & Robbers (1959)—Leith Stevens and Johnny Mandel
- Route 66 and Other Themes (1965)—Nelson Riddle
JazzWax clips: Here's Mundell Lowe's arrangement of the theme to TV's 77 Sunset Strip...
Here's Nelson Riddle's arrangement of Billy May's Naked City theme (also known as Somewhere in the
Night)..
And here's the M Squad theme by an orchestra under the direction of Buddy Morrow...
Used with permission by Marc Myers
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