Piano Jazz

Piano Jazz (Radio Series), Marian McPartland, Henry Mancini | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 26, 1995)
• Original Release Date: November 9, 1995
• Label: Jazz Alliance
• ASIN: B000005HKO
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #584,773 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Conversation

2. Two for the Road

3. Conversation

4. Meggie's Theme

5. Conversation

6. The Pink Panther Theme

7. Conversation

8. Mr. Lucky

9. Conversation

10. Dreamsville

11. Conversation

12. Charade

13. Conversation

14. Days of Wine and Roses

15. Conversation

16. Moon River

17. Conversation

18. Baby Elephant Walk

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4.0 out of 5 stars Rare interview, October 6, 2007

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John Ellis "jonthes" (New York, NY United States) - See all my reviews
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Mancini is not a fascinating talker, but interviews with him were pretty rare. He's quite honest about what his music was, and the two of them playing together is fun. What else is Mancini's music about?

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5.0 out of 5 stars Pure emotion to listen to this talk with Henry Mancini, January 4, 2007

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Carlos from Rio "Carlos from Rio" (Rio de Janeiro, RJ Brazil) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Piano Jazz (Audio CD)

This is a very pleasant talk with the great Henry Mancini, sitting at the piano. To hear his voice, to even detect his shyness in certain times is a very emotional trip for his fans.

Mancini talks about some of his compositions and plays some of them in an agreeable interview adequately conducted by Ms. McParland.

2 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Adequate at best, November 6, 2000

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DANIEL MILES (FOUNTAIN HILLS, ARIZONA United States) - See all my reviews
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There can be no denying that Henry Mancini was a major force in American popular music. His beautiful TV and motion picture themes are touching, inspiring and timeless. Unfortunately those characteristics didn't seem to carry over into his personality and he was a surprisingly bland conversationalist. When Marian asks him how he got into composition he tells her he has no idea. When she asks him how he came to write the Pink Panther Theme he replies, "What else would you write for a Pink Panther?" Not terribly enlightening. Between the two of them they perform eight Mancini compositions. Given the talent of the pianists involved they are all performed proficiently, but Mancini's music is best served by a full orchestra as it was intended. There's plenty of name dropping throughout this program (which was recorded in 1985) but not much insight into the man. If you buy it you'll probably enjoy parts of it, just don't expect any major revelations.