Posted on 08/09/2022 1:33:36 AM PDT by thesligoduffyflynns
I would provide a link but i cant on this device.
you gotta' at least listen ...you will be blown away by the elegance and sensitivity that he as a conductor and percushinist ( sp bad pls forgive)
So many great tunes & so little time..
if you have a link you are welcome to post it as I cant...
What is the exact title of the video?
Here’s one the poster referred to...
Lujon - Dan Fontaine & His Orchestra
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ip22lGRPTI
Scroll down at link for more Mancini tunes...
https://www.youtube.com/c/DanFontaine/videos
Check out his first album , The Versatile Henry Mancini . 1950’s lounge . I have an original copy but it is just fair shape .
Wow, Lujon was so nice...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwAg5lCn0yo
His only album on Liberty Records . Wish my copy was in better shape . Listening now via Youtube at sunset time in Japan . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwAg5lCn0yo
I have about 3,500 vinyl records, about a third of which I purchased one record at a time, and the rest I bought in box lots at a state sales for pennies on the dollar. What that means is, about 15% of my collection is a bunch of stuff like Henry mancini. It’s the stuff that, when you buy a record on discogs, go through one of those records into stiff in the package. 🤣
That said, when I’m in the right mood I can actually appreciate them. But only in small doses. What makes them kind of fun to listen to is there historical significance. I also have a console stereo from the 60s that I use to play things like that. It completes the experience.
Sorry about some of the confusing wording in that post. I spoke it into my phone and forgot to proofread.
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I saw him in person once, years ago, with a traveling orchestra, when they gave a concert in our town, with him directing. He had so many great songs,HIT songs that I can’t possibly think of them all.
Baby Elephant Walk, the Peter Gunn Theme, Moon River, it goes on and on.
I don’t have many of his albums, but one that stands out is his partnering with Doc Severinsen with “Brass on Ivory”. Two masters entertaining us…
Henry Mancini’s work is, in a word, amazing. He was so creative, and prolific, giving us so much wonderful music.
What a legacy.
I saw him & Andy Williams together in the early 70s. It was a really nice show.
you mean Mancini?
i find Dan Fontaine’ s tunes scattered about in yt
yes
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