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Plays Checkmate

Label: Fantasy Jazz
Released: 2002
Track listing: 1. Checkmate 2. The Isolated Pawn 3. Cyanide Touch 4. The King Swings 5. En Passant 6. Fireside Eyes 6. The Black Knight.

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Shelley Manne: Plays Checkmate

Read "Plays Checkmate" reviewed by David Rickert

by David Rickert
December 18, 2002

One would hardly think that music for television would form a solid basis for improvisation, being largely incidental music meant to set scenes rather than draw in the ear. However, Johnny Williams (the same John Williams who later created memorable music for Star Wars and the Harry Potter movies) was a composer who was able to ...