Peter Gunn (album)

Peter Gunn is an album by saxophonist/conductor Ted Nash, led by Nash and arranged and produced by Maxwell Davis that was recorded in 1959 and released on the Crown label.[1] The album is not Henry Mancini's popular score of the TV series Peter Gunn, which featured Nash playing "Dreamsville" on the original soundtrack, but a reinterpretation of the compositions issued to take advantage of the popularity of the series and theme.[2]

Peter Gunn
Studio album by
Ted Nash All Stars
Released1959
Recorded1959
StudioRadio Recorders, Los Angeles, California
GenreJazz
Length31:38
LabelCrown
CLP 5101/CST 138
ProducerMaxwell Davis
Ted Nash chronology
Star Eyes: The Artistry of Ted Nash
(1957)		 Peter Gunn
(1959)

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]

The AllMusic review by Stephan Cook noted it: "features some of the best Los Angeles session players of the time ... with brass-heavy, crime jazz tunes like "Fallout!" ... The bulk of the material, though, is in a cool, West Coast jazz vein ... Also included are the kind of sleepy-eyed lounge cuts Mancini excelled at, like "Dreamsville," "A Quiet Gass," and "Soft Sounds." This is an excellent collection and one that ranks with Mancini's other fine film and TV work from the '50s and '60s".[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Henry Mancini

  1. "Peter Gunn" – 2:03
  2. "Sorta Blue" – 2:54
  3. "The Brothers Go to Mothers" – 2:42
  4. "Dreamsville" – 3:38
  5. "Soft Sounds" – 3:34
  6. "Fallout !" – 3:10
  7. "The Floater" – 3:15
  8. "Session at Pete's Pad" – 3:47
  9. "A Profound Gass" – 3:08
  10. "Brief and Breezy" – 3:27

Personnel

References
  1. Callahan, M., Edwards, D., Eyries, P. and Neely, T. Crown Album Discography, Part 2: CLP-5101/CST-133 to CLP-5199/CST-219 (1959-1961) accessed May 28, 2020
  2. Manning, J. Mancini’s Peter Gunn Score Launched Dozens Of Careers, accessed May 28, 2020
  3. Cook, Stephan. The Jazz Sound from Peter Gunn – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
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