Jazz Goes to the Movies is an album by American jazz arranger and conductor Manny Albam recorded in 1962 for the Impulse! label.[1]

Jazz Goes to the Movies
Studio album by Manny Albam
Released	1962
Recorded	January 12 & 25 and February 12, 1962
Genre	Jazz
Length	35:27
Label	Impulse!
Manny Albam chronology
I Had the Craziest Dream (1961) Jazz Goes to the Movies (1962) Brass on Fire (1966)

Reception

The Allmusic review by Ken Dryden awarded the album 4 stars stating "fans of old movie music arranged by a talent like Albam are advised to keep an eye out for it".[2]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]

Track listing

1. "Exodus" (Ernest Gold) – 5:10
2. "High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me)" (Dimitri Tiomkin, Ned Washington) – 2:44
3. "Paris Blues" (Duke Ellington) – 2:42
4. "La Dolce Vita" (Nino Rota) – 2:40
5. "Majority of One" (Max Steiner) – 2:05
6. "Green Leaves of Summer" (Tiomkin, Paul Francis Webster) – 5:56
7. "Guns of Navarone" (Tiomkin) – 3:26
8. "El Cid" (Miklós Rózsa) – 2:25
9. "Slowly" (Kermit Goell, David Raksin) – 4:53

• Recorded in New York City on January 12, 1962 (track 8), January 26, 1962 (tracks 1, 3, 5 & 6) and February 12, 1962 (tracks 2, 4, 7 & 9)

Personnel

• Manny Albam – arranger, conductor
• John Bello (tracks 1, 3, 5 & 6), Johnny Coles (tracks 1, 3, 5, 6 & 8), Al DeRisi (tracks 1, 3, 5, 6 & 8), Bernie Glow (track 8), Joe Mewman (tracks 1, 3, 5 & 6), Nick Travis (tracks 2, 4 & 7-9) – trumpet
• Clark Terry – trumpet, flugelhorn (tracks 2, 4, 7 & 9)
• Wayne Andre (tracks 1, 3, 5 & 6), Willie Dennis (tracks 1, 3, 5, 6 & 8), Bill Elton (track 8), Urbie Green (track 8), Alan Raph (tracks 1, 3, 5, 6 & 8) – trombone
• Bob Brookmeyer – valve trombone (tracks 1-7 & 9)
• Julius Watkins – french horn (tracks 2, 4, 7 & 9)
• Harvey Phillips – tuba (tracks 2, 4, 7 & 9)
• Gene Quill (tracks 1, 3, 5 & 6), Phil Woods (tracks 1, 3, 5, 6 & 8) – alto saxophone
• Oliver Nelson (tracks 1-9), Frank Socolow (tracks 1, 3, 5 & 6) – tenor saxophone
• Gene Allen – baritone saxophone (tracks 1-7 & 9)
• George Devens – vibes (track 8)
• Eddie Costa – piano, vibes (tracks 1-7 & 9)
• Jim Hall (tracks 1, 3, 5, 6 & 8), Jimmy Raney (tracks 2, 4, 7 & 9) – guitar
• Bill Crow (tracks 1-7 & 9), George Duvivier (track 8) – bass
• Gus Johnson – drums (tracks 1-9)

References