Anatomy of a Murder

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Description: This was Duke's first full-length movie soundtrack commission, Otto Preminger's 1959 dark courtroom drama providing ample scope for sweeping dramatic contrast. Here, the original 35-minute LP is augmented by over 40 minutes of rare, hitherto unreleased bits and pieces, ranging from mono and stereo single versions of the main title theme to a DJ-only Ellington interview mock-up, from an incongruous Dixieland sextet to a gargling strangulation scene. The main body contains a surfeit of hard-boiled horn-bruising, sleazy, sexual small talk transformed into precision scoring, repeatedly stopping short for a beguiling interlude or two ... (more)

Manufacturer: Sony Jazz
Release date: 10 May 1999
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 5099706956921 UPC: 5099706556923

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