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Composer/conductor/arranger Henry Mancini was one of the most versatile talents in music. The Mancini name, synonymous not only with great motion picture and television music, but with fine recordings and international concert performances as well.He was nominated for an unprecedented 72 Grammys and won 20 awards. He was nominated for 18 Academy Awards and won four Oscars. He was also awarded with the Golden Globe Award and nominated for two Emmy Awards.
Whether it be a complete score or a featured song, Mancini lent his talents to many memorable films including Victor/Victoria, The Glass Menagerie, The Pink Panther, 10 Darling Lilli, Arabesque, Charade, Days of Wine and Roses, Hatari and Breakfast at Tiffany's.
Henry Mancini: The Genius Composer - 25th Anniversary Edition
by Nazareno Bicocchi
The Personal Bond with Henry Mancini: The genius composer who redesigned my world through his magical notes My first encounter with Henry Mancini didn't happen by a deliberate choice, but through a cassette recorder and a local radio station in Rome. It was 1998, and at sixteen, I was a young musician obsessed with searching for ...
Henry Mancini: The Architect of Sound
by Nazareno Bicocchi
Henry Mancini was not merely Hollywood's most celebrated composer; he was the vital bridge between the Golden Age of Big Bands and cinematic modernism. His genius lay in his ability to be a “melodic tailor," capable of dressing every scene with an unprecedented sonic palette. Born to Abruzzese immigrants--his father, Quinto, played the flute in a ...
Bob Reynolds: Eddie Told Me So
by Jack Bowers
When Bob Reynolds first heard tenor saxophonist Eddie Harris, he was more than impressed. “I've been inspired by his music ever since," Reynolds writes. Indeed, he was. So inspired, in fact, that there is more than a little Harris in his tenor's tone and temper on Eddie Told Me So, in which Reynolds' quartet does its ...
Joe Block: Solo Piano Vol. 1
by Victor L. Schermer
At 26, Joe Block is already a mature, creative, and disciplined jazz pianist as well as an exceptional composer, arranger, conductor, and educator. His roots are in the Philadelphia area with such mentors/teachers as Tom Lawton. Repeated performances, especially at the Philadelphia's Clef Club and Chris' Jazz Cafe have helped him in sharpening his craft. He ...
Five-Way Split: Modus Operandi
by Neil Duggan
Five-Way Split is a London-based quintet that builds its foundations on the music of bands such as Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, the Max Roach Quintet and the Horace Silver Quintet. This throwback to the hard-bop groups of the 1950s and '60s is infused with the band's brand of contemporary charm as they swing through ...
Giacomo Ancillotto: Descansate Niño
by Neri Pollastri
È significativo fin dal suo titolo questo primo disco a proprio nome di Giacomo Ancillotto, musicista comunque già molto noto e assai apprezzato: Descansate Niño viene infatti da una strofa di Paolo Conte e si riferisce a un esitante musicista sul punto di dire la sua, cosa che Ancillotto fa in questo album, di fatto un ...
Take Five with Pianist Irving Flores
by AAJ Staff
Meet Irving Flores From his early beginnings as a child prodigy leading Orchestra Tamalipas to victory at the tender age of ten, to becoming a nationally treasured artist in Mexico, Irving's journey has been nothing short of legendary. Now based in San Diego, California, Irving continues to push musical boundaries and innovate within the jazz genre, ...
Fabia Mantwill Orchestra: In.Sight
by Neil Duggan
Slow, haunting strings usher listeners into Fabia Mantwill Orchestra's ambitious album In.Sight. This bold statement involves a 32-piece orchestra with six virtuoso soloists, performing compositions co-written by Mantwill, Snarky Puppy's Michael League and Greek composer Magdalini Giannikou. The album opens with “Satoyama," where those melancholic strings gradually bloom into bright melodic passages. The piece ...
Jazz Interpretations Of The Film Music Of Henry Mancini, Part 2
by Larry Slater
Henry Mancini was born Enrico Nicola Mancini in the Little Italy neighborhood of Cleveland to Italian immigrant parents. He is universally acknowledged as one of the great American film composers, and his melodies have long appealed to jazz artists. Mancini had an affinity for jazz. In the '50s and early '60s he led his ...
