Count Basie Band Plays Frank Foster Compositions

فرانك فاستر (چپ) با ادي لاك جا ديويس

بيشتر به ديوانگي مي‌ماند كه بخواهم دربارۀ فرانك فاستر با خواننده فارسي زبان وارد گفتگو شوم. آمار بازديدهاي اين سايت از ايران آن‌قدر كم بود كه بشود آن را بهانه كرد و براي ماه‌ها فارسي نوشتن را كنار گذاشت. از طرفي هميشه اين احتمال مي‌رود كه روش من، آن‌چه در اين‌جا نوشتم، و نام‌هايي كه از آن‌ها ياد كردم جذابيتي براي خوانندگان فارسي نداشته است. شايد اين طور باشد، اما معنايش اين نيست كه قصدي براي تغيير روش وجود دارد.

فرانك فاستر، متولد 23 سپتامبر 1928 و متوفي در 26 جولاي 2011 نوازندۀ ساكسفون تنور، سوپرانو و فلوت بود. اما تمركز ما در اين‌جا بر روي تخصص ديگر او، نوشتن موسيقي و تنظيم قطعات براي اركسترهاي بزرگ بود. اركستري كه بيشترين خير را از اين استعداد فاستر ديد، اركستر كنت بيسي بود. باقي قضايا را در اين فايل صوتي بشنويد كه از روي نوار آنالوگ پياده شده:

A Guide to Best Jazz Scores for Cinema#5

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Ray Heindorf

Pete Kelly's Blues
1955

Jack Webb

Arranged by: Matty Matlock. Musicians: Teddy Buckner (cornet), Moe Schneider (tr), Matty Matlock (clarinet), Eddie Miller (ts), Ray Sherman (p), George Van Eps (g), Jud de Naut (b), Nick Fatool (d).

Ella Fitzgerald (vocal, also appears as Maggie Jackson), Don Abney (p), Joe Mondragon (b), Larry Bunker (d).

Peggy Lee as Rose Hopkins.

Ella and her trio (as above) perform Hard Hearted Hannah (The Vamp of Savannah)

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Lennie Niehaus

Bird

1988

Clint Eastwood

Musicians: Charlie Parker (as) [original rec. Alto track only], Lennie Niehaus (as) [filled in a few bars here and there], Pete Jolly (p) [solos], Tommy Tedesco (g), Charlie Shoemake (vib) .

trumpets: Jon Faddis, Red Rodney
alto saxes: James Rivers, Charles McPherson
pianists: Monty Alexander, Barry Harris, Mike Lang, Walter Davis, Jr.
bassists: Ray Brown, Chuck Berghofer, Chuck Domanico, Ron Carter
drummer: John Guerin

According to David Meeker "this movie contains some of the most complex and successful music tracks ever created for the director rightly insisted that original Charlie Parker solos must be used. Lennie Niehaus and his team, particularly recording engineer Bobby Fernandez, therefore cleaned up the original records electronically, isolated Bird's solos and re-recorded them with new backing groups."

Lover Man

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Sonny Rollins

Alfie

1965

Lewis Gilbert

Musicians: Keith Christie (tr), Sonny Rollins, Ronnie Scott, Tubby Hayes (ts), Stan Tracey (p), Dave Goldberg (g), Johnny Hawksworth (b), Phil Seamen (d).

Listen to the Alfie's theme

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John Lewis

Odds Against Tomorrow
1959

Robert Wise

Musicians: John Lewis/Bill Evans (p), Jim Hall (g), Milt Jackson (vib), Percy Heath (b), Connie Kay (d) + orchestra which included Joe Wilder, fluegel horn.

Listen to main theme (Odds Against Tomorrow)

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Miles Davis

Ascenseur pour l'échafaud

1957

Louis Malle

Musicians: Miles Davis (t), Barney Wilen (ts), René Urtreger (p), Pierre Michelot (b), Kenny Clarke (d) .

Nuit sur les Champs-Élysées

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A Guide to Best Jazz Scores for Cinema#4

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Elmer Bernstein

The Man With The Golden Arm

1955

Otto Preminger

Jazz parts arranged by: Shorty Rogers. Musicians: Shorty Rogers/Pete Candoli/Conte Candoli/Bob Fleming (t), Ray Sims/Milt Bernhart/Frank Rosolino (tr), Bill Holman/Jack Montrose/Jimmy Giuffre/Ted Nash/Bud Shank/Bob Cooper (reeds), Martin Ruderman (f), Arnold Koblentz (oboe),  Mitchell Lurie (clar), Joseph Eger (french horn), Anatol Kaminsky (violin), Armand Kaproff (cello), Ray Turner/Lou Levy (p)/Joe Mondragon/Abe Luboff/Ralph Pena (b), Shelly Manne (d).

Drummer Shelly Manne was also credited as ‘personal assistant' to Mr Preminger and as ‘tutor' to Mr Sinatra. 

Clark Street from the soundtrack

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Leith Stevens

The Five Pennies

1959

Melville Shavelson

Music Arranged by: Heinie Beau, Benny Carter, Alexander Courage. Musicians: Red Nichols (t), Moe Schneider (tr), Heinie  Beau (clar), Benny Carter (as), Eddie Miller (ts), Wayne Songer (bs), Joe Rushton (bass sax), Gene Plummer (p), Morty Corb (b), Shelly Manne (d), Eileen Wilson (voc).

With appearences by Shelly Manne (as Dave Tough) and Louis Armstrong (t/voc), Trummy Young (tr), Peanuts Hucko (clar), Billy Kyle (p), Mort Herbert (b), Curtis Counce (b), Danny Barcelona (d).

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Henry Mancini/Benny Goodman

The Benny Goodman Story

1955

Valentine Davies

Musicians:
clarinet: Benny Goodman and Sol Yaged.
saxes: Hymie Schertzer, Blake Reynolds, Stan Getz, Babe Russin.
trumpets: Buck Clayton, Chris Griffin, Conrad Gozzo, Irving Goodman.
trombones: Urbie Green, Murray McEachern, Jimmy Priddy.
Rhythm section: Teddy Wilson (p), Allan Reuss (g), George Duvivier (b), Corky Hale (harp), Gene Krupa (d).

Also with appearances by Lionel Hampton, Teddy Wilson, Gene Krupa, Ben Pollack, Kid Ory, Urbie Green, Buck Clayton, Stan Getz, Harry James, Martha Tilton, Ziggy Elman, Alvin Alcorn.

Sing, Sing, Sing

 

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Johnny Mandel

I Want to Live!
1958

Robert Wise

Musicians:
trumpets: Jack Sheldon, Al Porcino, Ed Leddy.
trombones:Frank Rosolino, Milt Bernhart, Dave Wells.
French horns: Vince DeRosa, Sinclair Lott, John Cave, Dick Parisi.
piccolo, flutes: Harry Klee.
clarinets: Abe Most, Joe Maini, Bill Holman, Marty Berman.
saxes: Bill Holman, Chuck Gentry.
pianists: Russ Freeman, Pete Jolly.
guitar: Al Hendrickson.
bass: Red Mitchell.
drummers: Shelly Manne, Larry Bunker, Mel Lewis, Milt Holland, Mike Pacheco.

In the opening jazz club sequence, Art Farmer (t), Frank Rosolino (tr), Bud Shank (as),  Gerry Mulligan (bs), Pete Jolly (p), Red Mitchell (b), Shelly Manne (d) appear as themselves.

The title music

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Herbie Hancock

Round Midnight

1986

Bertrand Tavernier

Musicians: It worth mentioning all line-ups in the film

Herbie Hancock (p), Ron Carter (b), Tony Williams (d), Bobby McFerrin (voc)

Dexter Gordon (ts), Herbie Hancock (p), Pierre Michelot (b), Billy Higgins (d)

Herbie Hancock (p), John McLaughlin (g), Pierre Michelot (b), Billy Higgins (d)

Chet Baker (t/voc), Herbie Hancock (p), Pierre Michelot (b), Billy Higgins (d)

Dexter Gordon (ts), Bobby Hutcherson (vib), Herbie Hancock (p), Pierre Michelot (b), Billy Higgins (d)

Wayne Shorter (ts), Herbie Hancock (p), Pierre Michelot (b), Billy Higgins (d)

Dexter Gordon (ts), Herbie Hancock (p), Pierre Michelot (b), Billy Higgins (d), Lonette McKee (voc)

Freddie Hubbard (t), Dexter Gordon (ts), Cedar Walton (p), Ron Carter (b), Tony Williams (d)

Listen to Round Midnight (a Monk composition) performed by Hancock/Carter/Williams/McFerrin

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