Movies 'n' Me - John Dankworth & His Orchestra

The mercurial talents of the late, great John Dankworth (1927-2010) are celebrated in this Vocalion release, comprising JD’s 1974 Movies ’n’ Me album, marking the only occasion on which he recorded for the RCA label. Not all the themes contained in Movies ’n’ Me are from Dankworth’s canon of film music; two have their origins in obscure BBC TV series, namely Look Stranger and Whirly Birly, the latter from ‘Bird’s Eye View’. The big band heard in Movies ’n’ Me is made up of the cream of Britain’s jazz and studio musicians of the 1970s, including Don Rendell, Alan Wakeman, Kenny Baker, Tony Hymas, Ronnie and Paul Hart. John Dankworth himself is, of course, heard on alto sax, and proves that not only was he a wonderful composer but also a brilliant instrumentalist.

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