Jazz Noir

Few genres of cinema are as striking and iconic as Film Noir. A dangerous cocktail of crime, gangsters and femme fatales, the music that accompanied the pictures was just as devastatingly beautiful. Composers such as Henry Mancini, Alex North and Duke Ellington guide you through darkly lit bars and hazy streets on this 3 disc set. CD2 1. Harlem Nocturne - Duke Ellington 2. Staccato's Theme - Buddy Morrow 3. Four Deuces - Alex North 4. Daddy Long Legs - Leith Stevens' All Stars 5. Main Title - Henry Mancini 6. Taunting Scene - Stan Kenton 7. The Fix - Elmer Bernstein & Shorty Rogers 8. The Strange One - Kenyon Hopkins & His Orchestra 9. Night Beat - Chico Hamilton 10. Havana Interlude- Leith StevenS 11. The City 2000 AD - John Barry 12. Frankie Machine - Elmer Bernstein 13. Looking At The Caper - John Lewis 14. La Mort, Pt. 1 - Martial Solal 15. Kush - Lalo Schifrin 16. Sur l'autoroute - Miles Davis 17. Knife In The Water - Krzysztof Komeda 18. Late At Bailey's Pad - Warren Barker Orchestra 19. Wingate's Spot - Philip Green 20. The Apartment - Lonely Room CD3 1. A Streetcar Named Desire - Alex North & Jerry Goldsmith 2. Background To Murder - Henry Mancini 3. All The Things You Are - Dizzy Gillespie & Charlie Parker 4. Sidney's Theme - Chico Hamilton Quintet 5. Anatomy Of A Murder - Duke Ellington 6. Au Bar Du Petit Bac - Miles Davis 7. Car Chase / Night Chase - John Barry 8. Roman II - Krzysztof Komeda Quartet 9. Mount Olive - Lalo Schifrin 10. Rebel At Work - Leith Stevens 11. The Impractical Man - John Lewis & Modern Jazz Quartet 12. Champagne Premiere - Martial Solal 13. Breakup - Elmer Bernstein & Shorty Rogers 14. Skin Fever - Philip Green Orchestra 15. Experiment In Terror - Kai Winding 16. 77 Sunset Strip Cha Cha - Warren Barker 17. The Asphalt Jungle - Miklós Rózsa 18. Pete Kelly's Blues - Ray Anthony And His Orchestra 19. No Hay Problema - Art Blakey & Les Afrocuban Boys 20. Private Hell 36 - Leith Steven's All Stars CD1 1. Peter Gunn - Henry Mancini 2. Caper At The Coffee House - Warren Barker 3. The Street - Elmer Bernstein 4. French Quarter - Alex North And His Orchestra 5. Night Train - Buddy Morrow 6. Upper And Outest - Duke Ellington 7. Générique - Miles Davis 8. Clark Street - Elmer Bernstein & Shorty Rogers 10. The Off Beat - John Barry 11. Bewildered - Leith SteveNS 12. Audition - Elmer Bernstein & Shorty Rogers 13. Overture - Philip Green Orchestra 14. Odds Against Tomorrow- John Lewis 15. Hammer Blow - Skip Martin and His Orchestra 16. À Bout De Souffle - Martial Solal 17. Cubano Be - Lalo Schifrin 18. I Want To Live - Johnny Mandel 19. Stop And Go- Kenyon Hopkins 20. Toss Me A Scalpel - Leith Stevens & Stu Phillips