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Music : Anatomy of a Murder
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Anatomy of a Murder by: Duke Ellington List Price: £8.99 CD-Charts Price: £6.47 You Save: £2.52 (28%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 5099706956921 Format: Soundtrack Label: Sony Jazz Manufacturer: Sony Jazz Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Sony Jazz Release Date: May 10, 1999 Studio: Sony Jazz Sales Rank: 120440 Disc 1:
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Editorial Review: Amazon.co.uk Review: This was Duke's first full-length movie soundtrack commission, Otto Preminger's 1959 dark courtroom drama providing ample scope for sweeping dramatic contrast. Here, the original 35-minute LP is augmented by over 40 minutes of rare, hitherto unreleased bits and pieces, ranging from mono and stereo single versions of the main title theme to a DJ-only Ellington interview mock-up, from an incongruous Dixieland sextet to a gargling strangulation scene. The main body contains a surfeit of hard-boiled horn-bruising, sleazy, sexual small talk transformed into precision scoring, repeatedly stopping short for a beguiling interlude or two, none more impressive than "Low Key Lightly", with its aching Ray Nance violin solo, a completely naked sound. Duke frequently switches palettes to striking effect, the celeste chimes of "Midnight Indigo" shimmering against Harry Carney's froggy bass clarinet, "Sunswept Sunday" offering a churchy, pastoral wander, "Grace Valse" spinning gracefully, eyes closed. The whole shebang ends with Cat Anderson's stunning high-note spits on "Upper And Outest", attaining a spine-tingling level rarely heard, even on the trumpet. As a further goad, the crammed booklet boasts some anally-obsessive session details, an engaging appreciation from Wynton Marsalis and a structural analysis from Phil Schaap. --Martin Longley Customer Reviews
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 Rating: - Intense, varied, DUKE!This is Duke's soundtrack to a 1959 Otto Preminger film. The sound is pure Ellington at its best. The tracks on the original release are integrated by many additions (such as alternate takes, rehearsals and whatnot). The additions, however, are not always musically outstanding, only just over half of the time. That's why I gave this CD only 4 out of 5 stars, which for a CD of this length is a high score. You'll get about 70 minutes of music, with 50 minutes who belong in the best orchestral jazz ever heard. Here are a few details about the music. The soloists are--you bet--top notch, but space for improvised solos (as opposed to written ones) is less than we are accustomed to. I guess Duke approached the soundtrack work with a mentality ... Read More: |
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