{"product_id":"crime-and-spy-jazz-on-screen-19501970-9781476667478","title":"Crime and Spy Jazz on Screen 19501970","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e   Henry Mancini''s \u003ci\u003ePeter Gunn\u003c\/i\u003e theme. Lalo Schifrin''s \u003ci\u003eMission: Impossible\u003c\/i\u003e theme. John Barry''s arrangement of the \u003ci\u003eJames Bond\u003c\/i\u003e theme. These iconic melodies have remained a part of the pop culture landscape since their debuts in the late 1950s and early ''60s: a golden decade that highlighted an era when movie studios and TV production companies employed full orchestral ensembles to provide a jazz backdrop for the suspenseful adventures of secret agents, private detectives, cops, spies and heist-minded criminals. Hundreds of additional films and television shows made during this period were propelled by similarly swinging title themes and underscores, many of which have (undeservedly) faded into obscurity. This meticulously researched book traces the embryonic use of jazz in mainstream entertainment from the early 1950s--when conservative viewers still considered this genre the devil''s music--to its explosive heyday throughout the 1960s. Fans frustrated by the la\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA valuable (and rather wittily written) find for all fans of spy movies [and] jazz buffs.\" —\u003ci\u003epopcultureshelf.com\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\tvii\u003cbr\u003eForeword by Cheryl Pawelski\t1\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\t5\u003cbr\u003ePrologue: The Naked Truth\t11\u003cbr\u003e 1. Audition: 1947–1956\t15\u003cbr\u003e 2. Dreamsville: 1957–1958\t32\u003cbr\u003e 3. Blue Satin: 1959\t54\u003cbr\u003e 4. Breezy Capers: 1960\t72\u003cbr\u003e 5. Contract with Depravity: 1961\t88\u003cbr\u003e 6. Jamaica Jazz: 1962\t101\u003cbr\u003e 7. Champagne and Quail: 1963\t113\u003cbr\u003e 8. Meet Mr. Solo: 1964\t129\u003cbr\u003e 9. Mr. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang: 1965\t144\u003cbr\u003e10. Mission Blues: 1966\t167\u003cbr\u003e11. Home, James, Don't Spare the Horses: 1967\t200\u003cbr\u003e12. Shifting Gears: 1968\t226\u003cbr\u003e13. This Never Happened to the Other Fella: 1969\t248\u003cbr\u003e14. Soul Flower: 1970\t257\u003cbr\u003eAppendix A: Instrument Abbreviations\t265\u003cbr\u003eAppendix B: Discography\t266\u003cbr\u003eChapter Notes\t291\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\t299\u003cbr\u003eIndex\t301\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"McFarland \u0026 Co Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51040410403159,"sku":"9781476667478","price":30.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781476667478.jpg?v=1750946658","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/crime-and-spy-jazz-on-screen-19501970-9781476667478","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}