Pure imagination jazz piano2/18/2024 ![]() JATM will perform extensive dates in autumn/winter of 2016. Of the relative obscurities Frank DeVol’s sultry ballad “I’d Rather Have the Blues” played over the titles of the apocalyptic noir drama Kiss Me Deadly (1955) “Mr Kiss Kiss Bang Bang” was the rejected John Barry/Leslie Bricusse theme from the fourth James Bond movie Thunderball (1965) “Put the Blame on Mame”, Doris Fisher’s sly satire of the idea that most disasters can be laid at a woman’s door, became a semi-striptease tour-de-force for Rita Hayworth in Gilda (1946) Burt Bacharach’s Swingle-esque “South American Getaway” incongruously but memorably accompanied the multiple bank robbery sequence in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969). Michelle Pfeiffer got the singing gig with the Bridges brothers in The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989) auditioning with Vincent Youmans’ 1929 masterpiece “More Than You Know”, despite omitting the glorious verse and bridge JATM lovingly reinstate them. The album features Hamilton with pianist Paolo Birro performing 11 songs from the american song book. Pure Imagination is his 6th DSD release at the Native DSD Music store. Saxophone player Scott Hamilton is one of the top artists on the Fone Jazz label. Bookending the record with a sumptuous pair of Bernard Herrmann’s Hitchcock themes, JATM allow Ms Eden full reign to explore her diva tendencies on Sondheim’s “Sooner Or Later” from Dick Tracy (1990) and the Arlen/Gershwin classic “The Man Who Got Away” from A Star Is Born (1954), along with her multi-lingual skills on Jobim’s “Chovenda Na Roseira” from The Adventurers (1970).ĭave Grusin’s “It Might Be You”, the ultra-1980s theme song from Tootsie (1982) is treated to some light reharmonisation while Briscusse/Newley’s “Pure Imagination” lopes along in 5/4 time. All the tracks on this record are heard as they were performed. ANDREW BROWN (bass) and GEORGE DOUBLE (drums).įor their second JATM album Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, the band interprets material from movies made between 19. ![]() JATM features evocative vocals by acclaimed singer JOANNA EDEN, bewitching saxophone and clarinet from star reedsman of the John Wilson Orchestra MARK CROOKS and atmospheric textures and grooves from CHRIS INGHAM (piano), REV. With a reputation for vibrant music, deep repertoire and droll presentation, JATM have become a regular sell-out at Ronnie Scott’s, St James Theatre, the Royal Albert Hall’s Elgar Room and many jazz clubs, theatres and Arts Centres throughout the UK. ![]() Their refined dramatic and jazz sensibilities produce sounds that celebrate the meeting point of songcraft and swingcraft. JAZZ AT THE MOVIES is a unique jazz group formed specifically to interpret movie themes and soundtrack songs taken from a wide-range of silver screen sources both familiar and obscure. Joanna Eden and her first-class band had a ball with them, so did the audience." JAZZ JOURNAL 'Pure Imagination' is a song from the 1971 movie Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory. "Movie songs like these provide good material for the best jazz singers. “Great songs, great films, great band, great singer.one of the finest vocal albums I've heard for quite a while” BEBOP SPOKEN HERE Pure imagination - Chocolate Factory (1st & 3rd. JAZZ AT THE MOVIES - KISS KISS BANG BANG (2016) Classical National anthems & Military Rock & Pop Musical Movie/TV/Game soundtrack.
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