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SNJ05-30-09 Detective Jazz
Posted on May 30th, 2009 2 comments
When I was a kid I grew up watching some of the great TV detectives. Shows like Richard Diamond, Private Eye, Mannix, 77 Sunset Strip, The Naked City, Dragnet, Highway Patrol, Hawaii Five-O, Ripcord and Sea Hunt. My love for the TV detective has never died. In the 70’s it was Starsky and Hutch, Vegas’s Dan Tanna, Barnaby Jones, Cannon, and Magnum P.I. In the 80’s it was Spencer for Hire, and Miami Vice. In the 90’s TV kind of took a break from the detective theme, but there were some great movies like 8mm and Twilight (no not that idiotic vampire drivel, I’m talking about the one with Paul Newman. If you haven’t seen it, do so. It’s a good flick.)
Anyway, along with great detectives, came great detective music. Much of it pretty decent jazz. Some of this stuff comes from those great TV shows, others from the movies, but this is the kind of jazz that gets me in the writing mood and stuff I listen to when I read my favorite P.I. novels. Hope you enjoy it, and don’t let the bad guys getcha.
Lalo Schifrin plays:
Shifting Gears from Bullitt.
Henry Mancini plays:
Cryil Stapleton & His Orchestra plays:
Picture by flicker user Dave-F Retired under Creative Commons License. Use of this picture does not constitute an endorsement by Dave-F Retired of the ideas in this post.
2 responses to “SNJ05-30-09 Detective Jazz”
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Hi Dave!
I love the theme from Mannix. I have a rather odd CD of Lalo Schifrin conducting an orchestra that does Hitchcock film music, and the coupe de grace is the themes from Mannix and Mission: Impossible.
Plus Peter Gunn (which my high school’s pep band always played at sports events), which has to be one of Mancini’s coolest, along with the Pink Panther theme and the Mr. Lucky theme! Thanks for the music once again.
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Hi, Bruce,
I grew up with most of these, and experienced some a teenager. I remember seeing Bullitt in the theater and loved every minute of it. The two songs I couldn’t find a full track to were: 1) the theme from the Man from U.N.C.L.E., which was a favorite of mine when I was a kid; and 2) the theme from I Spy, which I didn’t see too often because I couldn’t get the local station that played it. The only time I could actually see it was when I visited my Aunt and Uncle’s place to spend the night with my cousins. They could get both I Spy and the Adventures of Superman. Needless to say I enjoyed spending the night there.
I’m still hooked on this style of music. I’m constantly on the look out for music that fits. I call it “Private Eye” music. So if you come across any, please shoot me a note and let me know about it so I can add it to my collection.
I’ll look for the Schifrin CD. I have a few by him, including one that is music from Mission Impossible. It ends with about a 5 or 6 minute interview with Peter Graves. Interesting and fun stuff.
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