I Want To Live!

Heh, time for some new stuff... well not quite NEW, mind you, it's from 1959, but relatively new for me, since it was in one of the more recent thrift-store acquisitions... It's a United Artists stereo LP of Johnny Mandel's Great Jazz Score For "I Want To Live!"

OK, so I have never heard of it either.

It starred Susan Hayward, or so the front of the jacket says, but what's on the BACK is MUCH more interesting. Here's the Personnel list...

Personnel:
Jack Sheldon - Trumpet
Al Porcino - Trumpet
Ed Leddy - Trumpet
Frank Rosolino - Trombone
Milt Bernhart - Trombone
Dave Wells - Trombone, Bass Trumpet
Vince De Rosa - French Horn
Sinclair Lott - French Horn
John Cave - French Horn
Dick Parisi - French Horn
Harry Klee - Piccolo, flute
Abe Most - Clarinet
Joe Maini - Sax, Bass Clarinet
Bill Holman - Sax, Clarinet
Marty Berman - Bass clarinet, contra-bassoon
Chuck Gentry - Bass Sax, Contra-bass clarinet
Red Mitchell - String Bass
Pete Jolly - Piano
Al Hendricksen - Guitar
Shelly Manne - Percussion
Larry Bunker - Percussion
Mel Lewis - Percussion
Milt Holland - Percussion
Mike Pacheco - Percussion
Kathryn Jule - Harp
Johnny Mandel - Arrangements

Johnny Mandel's Great Jazz Score for "I Want To Live" UAS-5005

WOW! Now THAT'S almost a who's who of San Francisco& Los Angeles scene players! To expound the 'percussion' listing, the liner notes sayeth:
Shelly Manne - standard drums
Larry Bunker - rhythm logs, cowbells, claves
Mel Lewis - scratcher, cowbells
Milt Holland - chromatic drums, cowbells, Chinese and Burmese gongs
Mike Pacheco - bongos, congas

sounds like the list of players on "The Intro and the Outro" by the Bonzo Dog Band...

Mel Lewis on scratcher.... sigh.....

ANYWAYS, here's the first side, if there's any interest, I'll post the second side in a few days, after I encode it.

Main Theme
Poker Game
San Diego Party
Henry Leaves
Stakeout
Barbara Surrenders

This is some real nice stuff, and well recorded too. I've not seen this on CD anywhere, so relish in an 'unearthed' remaster of some jazz that was, I believe, consigned to the dustbins... unless someone else found this and made a few bucks off of the re-release... oh, heck, enjoy it anyways! Whee!