"Peter Gunn" by Mancini: ?other jazz style albums

I think there is a second volume of Peter Gunn (maybe more). Also try "Mr. Lucky" which is Mancini's music for another TV show in the same genre. Then there is his music for the "Pink Panther" series of movies. These are also great and have some cuts that are impossible to listen to without smiling. Enjoy!

El, pretty much covered it.

PG
PG More of (think that's it)
PP
PP Return of
PP Strikes again (may be more to the series)
Mr Lucky

I also like (probably too mainstream for your taste):

Breakfast @ Tiffany's
Hitari
Mouse Detective (on CD, might be cartoon music).

Mancini did a great job on "The Blues and The Beat"
RCA Living Stereo release LSP-2147. Sounds real good
too.

On the " UltraLounge" label I have "The Crime Scene, spies, thighs and private eyes". It has "Dragnet,I Spy, From Russia with Love,Mission Impossible, Man with the Golder Arm, The Untouchables amd The PeterGun suite" . The recordings are generally by the composers ie Elmer Bernstien, Ray Anthony, Nelson Riddle and the sound is great. Stop by "hollywoodandvine.com" on the left side under "select channel" select "the ultra-lounge"

Tim:

Interesting, I'm not familar with "Ultralounge" (think that I did hear about it in the past year, but forgot to check it out). Sounds like something I might enjoy as I like older funky-square music as well as contemporary remakes of the same.

Elizabeth:

As you seem to get a kick out of this side of Mancini you might start a thread on similar/like music (tons of it out there). I have collected a bit of this type through trial and error, but as I am not good with names I would have to sort through our CD's/LP's in order to contribute.

One thing that comes to mind (you probably already have it) it the sound track to "Casino Royale". Not a difficult item to find if you frequent the thrifts.

Just today I picked up a copy of "Porgy and Bess" in which Mel Torme does Porgy and Francis Faye does Bess (1975 3 LP set on Bethlehem). I'm champing @ the bit to listen to it, but as my wife is suffering from P&B overload (100% my fault) I'll wait until she is either sound asleep or away from the home before I give it a spin.