Crime Jazz: Music in the First Degree

 | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD
• ASIN: B000GW35I6
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #125,675 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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This CD can be considered somewhat rare now.

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Muderous Jazz, September 12, 2009

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John Erickson (Los Angeles, CA (USA)) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Crime Jazz: Music in the First Degree (Audio CD)

This is a good compelation of Crime Jazz and is similar in many listings to the also reccomended Ultra-Lounge CD "The Crime Scene" but this has some of the music where you can imagine film scenes "young hoodlums hopped up on goofballs riding hot rods to hell and menacing ordinary people" sensationalism. Suave Syndacate men, tough Private Eyes, dangerous dames, fifth columnist commies, Vegas, addiction, and the terror of being strapped into the electric chair are all the parts of the emotional rollercoaster Crime Jazz can evoke.

PartII - CrimeJazz in the Second Degree is just as good maybe even a little better.

Time to watch Peter Gunn.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Music this good should be a crime!, February 1, 2007

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Uncle Sparky "Uncle Sparky" (Los Angeles, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Crime Jazz: Music in the First Degree (Audio CD)

Man, this is good music! A perfect selection of noir TV and movie themes -- I can't recommend this highly enough. I've never been able to find "Sweet Smell of Success" on CD but this at least includes one of the tracks. I've almost worn a hole through my copy, I play it so often.