Henry Mancini: The Music From Peter Gunn | CD review

No wonder this score to the US detective show of the late 50s won awardsPeter Gunn was an American TV private eye series that ran between 1958 and 1961. Never shown in Britain, it is remembered for two things - it was an early creation of Blake Edwards, and it had an award-winning jazz score, played by real jazz musicians. This is it, plus various spin-offs, on a double CD. Mancini was a jazz man at heart and given half a chance he could turn out strong, memorable themes endlessly. There are som...

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