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Jazz Before the Oscars: Part 2

By Ludovico Granvassu | Mondo Jazz
March 8, 2024
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There has always been plenty of interplay between jazz and movies: jazz musicians like Louis Armstrong, Cab Calloway or Harry Connick, Jr. turned actors; or actors like Jeff Goldblum or Cybill Shepherd turned jazz musicians; jazz soundtracks for movie; or movies about jazz musicians...

However, in anticipation of Oscars Night, here we are focusing on songs inspired by or dedicated to movie stars.

Happy listening!

Playlist

Ben Allison "Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00
Vienna Art Orchestra "Jayne Mansfield: Rises and Falls" 3—American Dreams: Portraits of 13 American Women (EmArcy) 0:16
Host talks 6:34
Supergenerous "Ms. Audrey Hepburn" São Paulo Slim (Out of My Mind Music) 7:51
Host talks 10:05
Black Art Jazz Collective "Soliloquy (for Sidney Poitier)" Truth to Power (HighNote) 11:26
Herb Geller, Brian Kellock "Mae West" Hollywood Portraits (Hep) 15:44
Host talks 19:46
Leith Stevens and His Orchestra feat. Chet Baker "Rebel at Work" Theme Music from The James Dean Story (World Pacific) 22:35
Vienna Art Orchestra "Rita Hayworth: Latin Twister" 3—American Dreams: Portraits of 13 American Women (EmArcy) 26:15
Salvatore Bonafede "La Passerella Di Otto e Mezzo / Greta Garbo" For the Time Being (Cam Jazz) 31:21
Host talks 37:56
Enrico Pieranunzi "Fellini's Waltz" Live at the Village Vanguard) (Cam Jazz) 40:02
Henri Texier "Marcello Mastroianni" Respect (Label Bleu) 45:50
Host talks 50:42
Till Bronner "Steve McQueen" Original Music From The Film "Jazz Seen" (Verve) 53:16

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