OK, fine. This week's playlist celebrates the sexy jazz-funk of Henry Mancini, the man who will forever be known as the Pink Panther guy.
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SATURDAY PLAYLIST #24:
HENRY MANCINI
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Saturday 16 April 2011
Saturday Playlist #24: Henry Mancini
This week's playlist celebrates the sexy jazz-funk of Henry Mancini, the man responsible for one of the greatest, most famous pieces of music in the world: the score of Bill Cosby's Ghost Dad.
OK, fine. This week's playlist celebrates the sexy jazz-funk of Henry Mancini, the man who will forever be known as the Pink Panther guy.
OK, fine. This week's playlist celebrates the sexy jazz-funk of Henry Mancini, the man who will forever be known as the Pink Panther guy.
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I'm hearing this Saturday treat on the following Friday. It is as usual well chosen. Hearing Mancini works together I am struck by how often he uses dramatic and complex percussion as the foundation of his compositions followed by a simple catchy bass line. The melody goes on top of all that, with woodwind, brass and strings taking turns. It makes ideal movie music. I wonder if he matched his music to picture or if it was the other way round. He won 4 Oscars and 16 other awards. He wrote music for 277 productions in all. What a fabulous career.
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