: THE GREAT GROOVE MASTER
SESSION WORLD
JEFF PORCARO
VARIOUS ARTIST / BLUE MOVIES : SCORING FOR THE STUDIOS
TAKEN FROM "CAPITOL SINGLE"
THESE ART OF WRITING THESE SORT OF THINGS HAS BECOME LOST.
THIS IS PROBABLY NO GREAT LOSS TO FILM, AS CAREFUL AS TRACK CHOICE CAN BE JUST AS EFFECTIVE AS ANY BESPOKE JOB
JULIE WATERS - VOCALS
PERFORMED BY : BOBBY HUTCHERSON
TAKEN FROM THE MOVIE "BLOW UP"
TAKEN FROM "THE NEW GROOVE"
WRITTEN BY : LIONEL BART
IN THESE DAYS OF CLEVERLY A&R'ED SOUNDTRACKS AS HITS COMPILATIONS,
MAXIN WATERS - VOCALS
PERFORMED BY : BOBBY HUTCHERSON
ARRANGEM,ENT : BOBBY HUTCHERSON
TAKEN FROM THE MOVIE "MASH"
PERFORMED BY : RICHARD "GROOVE" HOLMES
TAKEN FROM THE MOVIE "LOVE STORY"
WRITTEN BY : HERBIE HANCOCK
HENRY MANCINI'S "MOON RIVER" TO A DISINTERESTED NEW YORK, OR THE CAR DESTROYING CHASE THROUGH SAN FRANSISCO IN "BULLIT".
BOBBY PORTER HALL - PERCUSIION
WRITTEN BY : ALTMAN & MANDEL
WRITTEN BY : LAI
MARLENA SHAW - VOCALS
14. MOON RIVER
PERFORMED BY : GRANT GREEN / DIANNE REEVE
TAKEN FROM THE MOVIE "COOL HAND LUKE"
GARY GRANT - TRUMPET
WHO CAN FORGET THE FIRE ESCAPE SCENE IN "BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S" AS AUDREY HEPBURN PLAINTIVELY SINGS
HARVEY MASON - DRUMS
TAKEN FROM "MARLENA SHAW"
HUGH WALKER - DRUMS
12. MIDNIGHT COWBOY
WRITTEN BY : GARNETT & SCHRIFIN
WITH UNKNOWN BAND
5. FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE
A CLASSIC SOUNDTRACK WITH A CRACKING SONG IS ALWAYS GUARANTEED TO GET YOU TALKING FOR WEEKS, IF NOT MONTHS, TO COME.
CHUCK RAINEY - BASS
PERFORMED BY : MARLENA SHAW
TAKEN FROM THE MOVIE "LAST TANGO IN PARIS"
JOHN PATTON - ORGAN
WILTON FELDER - TENOR SAXOPHONE
AND WHILE GREAT SCRIPTS, TOP ACTORS AND BRILLIANT DIRECTION ARE ALWAYS THE KEYS TO A GREAT NIGHT AT THE FLICKS,
BUD SHANK
SONG TRACK CREDITS :
JOHN ROWIN - GUITAR
HAROLD ALEXANDER - TENOR SAXOPHONE & FLUTE
TAKEN FROM "BULLIT"
AND HIS TAKE ON ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS PIECES OF MUSIC IN THE WORLD "THE JAMES BOND THEME" AN SPIES,
TAKEN FROM "WINDMILLS OF YOUR MIND"
PERFORMED BY : LOU DONALDSON
TAKEN FROM THE MOVIE "THE SANDPIPER"
PERFORMED BY : LEROY HOLMES
TAKEN FROM THE MOVIE "JAMES BOND"
BLASTS OUT OF YOUR SPEAKERS IT IS VERY CLEAR THAT WE ARE BANG IN THE MIDDLE OF CINEMA TERRITORY.
BOBBY HUTCHERSON
17. THE WINDMILLS OF YOUR MIND
3:09
JERRY PETERS - ELECTRIC PIANO
WRITTEN BY : BARBIERI
LEE MORGAN - TRUMPET
TAKEN FROM "UNDERSTANDING"
BETTER KNOWN AS THE THEME TO WHICHEVER YEAR'S WORTH OF FILM PROGRAMME BARRY NORMAN IS RUNNING,
RICHARD "GROOVE" HOLMES
16. THEME FROM MASH
4:30 HARVEY MASON
BOBBY HUTCHERSON - MARIMBA
TAKEN FROM "SINGLE"
SO AS BILLY'S TRIO LEAVES THE AUDITORIUM WE ARE TREATED TO THE STUDIO BIG BAND OF LEROY HOLMES
JOSEPH ARMSTRONG - CONGA
8. BLOW UP!
WRITTEN BY : MANDEL & WEBSTER
TAKEN FROM "TOMORROW IS HERE"
WILLIE BOBO - VOCALS & PERCUSSION
WRITTEN BY : NORMAN
(SUICIDE IS PAINLESS), BUD SHANK AND RICHARD "GROOVE" HOLMES.
FINALLY NECK AND NECK IN OUR OSCARS FOR BEST JAZZ COVER VERSION OF A JAZZ THEME IS BOBBY HUTCHERSON FOR HIS TAKE ON
a
WRITTEN BY : LALO SCHRIFIN
BLUE MOVIES : SCORING FOR THE STUDIOS AND WHY NOT? AS THE IMMORTAL NOTES OF BILLY TAYLOR'S "I WISH I KNEW HOW",
NANCY WILSON
15. THEME FROM LOVER STORY
3:36 DARRYL WASHINGTON
AIRTO MOREIRA - PERCUSSION
13. LAST TANGO IN PARIS
PERFORMED BY : JOHN PATTON
TAKEN FROM THE MOVIE "ALFIE"
BILL GREEN - BARITONE SAXOPHONE
GENE HARRIS - PIANO
10. MISSION IMPOSSIBLE
PERFORMED BY : WILTON FELDER
THIS ALBUM SHOWS JUST WHAT THE THE WORLD OF IMPROVISATION CAN MAKE OF GREAT THEME TUNES AS WE DIG IN
ARRANGEDMENT BY : WAYNE HENDERSON & WILTON FELDER
TAKEN FROM THE MOVIE "BULLIT"
RAY ARMANDO - CONGA
TAKEN FROM "HOLLYWOOD MY WAY"
ALBERT STINSON - BASS
NEAL CREQUE - ORGAN
IDRIS MUHAMMAD - DRUMS
7. DOWN HERE ON THE GROUND
PERFORMED BY : WILLIE BOBO
TAKEN FROM THE MOVIE "KOJAK"
"MIDNIGHT COWBOY"FOR A SINGLE RELEASE I DON'T KNOW BUT I'M GLAD THEY DID AND WE HAVE DUG IT OUT FOR IT'S FIRST EVER REISSUE.
ALSO PROVIDING US WITH THOSE TEAR STAINED MOMENTS ARE BOBBY HUTCHERSON WITH HIS VERSION OF "THEME FROM MASH"
THE BOX MARKED "MOVIE THEMES" AND COME UP SMELLING OF ROSES.
PERFORMED BY : BUD SHANK
ARRANGED & CONDUCTED BY : MICHEL LEGRAND
CHUCK RAINEY - ELECTRIC BASS
TAKEN FROM THE MOVIE "THE THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR"
16. THEME FROM MASH
NANCY WILSON - VOCALS
15. THEME FROM LOVER STORY
JOE CHAMBERS - DRUMS
9. STAR TREK
IDRIS MUHAMMAD - DRUMS
MY ANALYST AND CHAOS GIRL WITHOUT WHOM NONE OF THIS WOULD HAVE BENN POSSIBLE".
SALES DATE : 1997.
PERFORMED BY : BILLY MAY
TAKEN FROM THE MOVIE "MISSION IMPOSSIBLE"
BILLY TAYLOR
2. JAMES BOND THEME
4:36
LEROY HOLMES
3. KOJAK
3:36 JEFF, JAMES GADSON
GARY HERBIG - REEDS
ERNIE WATTS - SAXOPHONE
GRANT GREEN / DIANNE REEVE
WILLIE BOBO
WILTON FELDER
COUNT BASIE
LOU DONALDSON
BOBBY HUTCHERSON
THE THREE SOUNDS
BILLY MAY
JOHN PATTON
LEE MORGAN
MARLENA SHAW
4. BULLIT
3:07
5. FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE
4:16
6. THE SHADOW OF YOUR SMILE
6:24 IDRIS MUHAMMAD, LEO MORRIS
7. DOWN HERE ON THE GROUND
5:06 IDRIS MUHAMMAD
8. BLOW UP!
9. STAR TREK
8:14 JOE CHAMBERS
4:20 DONALD BAILEY
10. MISSION IMPOSSIBLE
2:27
11. ALFIE'S THEME
4:40 HUGH WALKER
12. MIDNIGHT COWBOY
2:46 MICKEY ROKER
13. LAST TANGO IN PARIS
3:20
14. MOON RIVER
2:06
WALLY RICHARDSON - GUITAR
BURT COLLINS - TRUMPET
JOE SHEPLEY - TRUMPET
JEAN "TOOTS" THIELEMANS - HARMONICA & GUITAR
DUKE PEARSON - PIANO
AL GAFA - GUITAR
RON CARTER - BASS
MICKEY ROKER - DRUMS
WRITTEN BY : BARRY
PERFORMED BY : LEE MORGAN
ARRANGEMENT : DUKE PEARSON
TAKEN FROM THE MOVIE "MIDNIGHT COWBOY"
WRITTEN BY : ROLLINS
FRANK STROZIER - REEDS
PLAS JOHNSON - REEDS
ANTHONY ORTEGA - REEDS
TOM SCOTT - REEDS
LOU BLACKBURN - TROMBONE
FREDDY HILL - TRUMPET
CONTE CANDOLI - TRUMPET
BUDDY CHILDERS - TRUMPET
DONALD BAILEY - DRUMS
ABDREW SIMPKINS - BASS
WRITTEN BY : UNKNOWN
TAKEN FROM "COLDWATER FLAT"
PERFORMED BY : THE THREE SOUNDS
ARRANGEMENT : OLIVER NELSON
TAKEN FROM THE MOVIE "STAR TREK"
WRITTEN BY : SCHRIFIN
VICTOR PANTOJA - PERCUSSION
4. BULLIT
JAMES GADSON - DRUMS
JEFFREY PORCARO - DRUMS
DAVID TRONCOSO - BASS
JIM HUGHART - BASS
CRAIG McMULLEN - GUITAR
SIDNEY MULDROW - GUITAR
DENNIS BUDIMIR - GUITAR
GEORGE BOHANON - TROMBONE
BILLY TAYLOR - PIANO
PERFORMED BY : BILLY TAYLOR
TAKEN FROM THE TV SERIES "FILM 97"
TAKEN FROM "BILLY TAYLOR TRIO"
1. I WISH I KNEW HOW
WRITTEN BY : BILLY TAYLOR
SONG TRACKS :
ON DRUMS
I'M PRETTY CERTAIN THAT "COOL HAND LIKE" WOULD FIT INTO THAT LINE UP IF HE'D BEEN BORN FIFTY TO A HUNDRED YEARS LATER
WITH UNKNOWN BAND
BLUE MITCHELL - TRUMPET
PERSONNEL UNKNOWN
3. KOJAK
SO BANG THE STRAW THROUGH THE TOP OF THE ORANGE CARTON, DIG DEEP IN THE POPCORN AND ENJOY.
SUSPENSE FILLED PIECES TO FIT IN WITH THEIR IMAGE.
JAMES APPEARS AGAIN AS SERENADED BY COUNT BASIE AND HE'S JOINED BY STEVE McQUEEN'S "BULLIT",
VARIOUS ARTIST / BLUE MOVIES : SCORING FOR THE STUDIOS
THE GREAT GROOVE MASTER : JEFF PORCARO SESSION WORLD
TAKEN FROM "MR SHING A LING"
TAKEN FROM "THE INCREDIBLE WORLD OF JAMES BOND"
DETECTIVE AND SECRET AGENCIES DOMINATE THE LP, AS THEY ALL DOUBTLESS ASK FOR TAUGHT,
BUD SHANK - ALTO SAXOPHONE & FLUTE
THE SPLENDID HERBIE HANCOCK ORIGINAL "BLOW UP" AND JOHN PATTON FOR HIS GREAT USE OF THE SONNY ROLLINS' "ALFIE'S THEME".
WHAT WE HAVE IS A WIDESCREEN TECHNICOLOUR BLOCKBUSTER OF AN ALBUM.
"KOJAK" AND THE WHOLE CAST OF "MISSION IMPOSSIBLE".
A RUDLAND - HARLOW PRODUCTION
AND WITH THE AID OF MODERN TECHNOLOGY WE HAVE GRANT GREEN'S VERSION OF LUKE'S THEME TOPPED
DIRECTED BY : WENDY & EMMA
LUTHER WATERS - VOCALS
17. THE WINDMILLS OF YOUR MIND
OREN WATERS - VOCALS
TAKEN FROM "COMING HOME"
WRITTEN BY : MANCINI & MERCER
GRANT GREEN - GUITAR
LOU DONALDSON - ALTO SAXOPHONE
PERFORMED BY : COUNT BASIE
TAKEN FROM THE MOVIE "FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE"
WITH THE BRILLIANT VOCALS OF DIANNE REEVES.
ON THE MORE REFLECTIVE SIDE OF THINGS MISS NANCY WILSON BRINGS US THE AFOREMENTIONED "MOON RIVER",
GERALD HUBBARD - GUITAR
SCRIPT BY : DEAN RUDLAND
ART DIRECTION BY : GRAHAM MARSH
ERNIE WATTS - REEDS
PERFORMED BY : NANCY WILSON
TAKEN FROM THE MOVIE "BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S"
BOBBY HUTCHERSON - VIBES
CLAUDE BARTEE - TENOR SAXOPHONE
JIMMY "FATS" PONDER - GUITAR
TAKEN FROM "BASIE MEETS BOND"
WRITTEN BY : BILLY GOLDENBERG
BEN TUCKER - BASS
WHILE LOU DONALDSON BOSSA'S THROUGH "SHADOW OF YOUR SMILE".
"I WOULD JUST LIKE TO THANK MY AGENT, MY MANICURIST, MY PERSONAL TRAINER,
(STAND UP "TRAINSPOTTING"), BUT TO THE WORLD OF JAZZ IT COULD PROVIDE A PROBLEM.
AFTER ALL LOU DONALDSON ISN'T LIKELY TO BE TAKING ON "LUST FOR LIFE" ANY DAY SOON
TAKEN FROM "LINGER LANE"
RICHARD HOLMES - ORGAN
TAKEN FROM "OBLIQUE"
DIANNE REEVES - VOCALS
LONNIE SMITH - ORGAN
DARRYL WASHINGTON - DRUMS
ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK ON BLUE NOTE RECORDS
(THOUGH I'D RECOMMEND THE CHALLENGE FOR CASSANDRA WILSON).
WRITTEN BY : LEGRAND, BERGMAN & BERGMAN
HERBIE HANCOCK - PIANO
WILLIAM BEVINS - VIBES
LEO MORRIS - DRUMS
COUNT BASIE ORCHESTRA
6. THE SHADOW OF YOUR SMILE
GRADY TATE - DRUMS
2. JAMES BOND THEME
WHY IT WAS THAT ANYONE THOUGHT THAT LOU DONALDSON SHOULD RECORD A COVER OF JOHN BARRY'S THEME FROM
ARTISTS
CREDITS :
1. I WISH I KNEW HOW
3:42 GRADY TATE
PAY PIZZI - SAXOPHONE
NO PERSONNEL
11. ALFIE'S THEME
THURMAN GREEN - TROMBONE