Sonny Rollins’ 1966 soundtrack to the hit movie Alfie is ready to obtain a vinyl reissue courtesy of Verve’s Acoustic Sounds collection.
Take heed to Alfie proper now.
Alfie was launched in because the soundtrack to the British movie of the identical identify. This six-cut date was organized and performed by Oliver Nelson, that includes a mixture of musicians supporting Rollins together with Kenny Burrell (guitar), J.J. Johnson (trombone), and Phil Woods (alto sax), amongst others.
Rollins makes an attempt to seize the textures of life by way of his incisive and energetic enjoying, his coherent improvisations and variations on musical themes. Whereas “Alfie’s Theme” and its variants take advantage of lasting impression, “He’s Younger Than You” is touching, laced with remorse. And the sensual, relaxed “On Impulse” has a pleasant sense of immediacy.
Verve’s Acoustic Sounds collection options transfers from analog tapes and remastered 180-gram vinyl in deluxe gatefold packaging.
“What’s it all about, Alfie?” the opening line from the Hal David and Burt Bacharach track impressed by the 1966 movie Alfie sums up among the confusion and misinformation that surrounds the track, the soundtrack, and the next album launched by Sonny Rollins on the Impulse! label in October 1966.
The British film starring Michael Caine, Millicent Martin, Jane Asher, and Julia Foster premiered within the UK in late March 1966 and was a right away hit. Director Lewis Gilbert commissioned the eccentric Sonny Rollins to attain the film. There are some 11 minutes of music within the movie that had been recorded in London over three or 4 days in late October 1965.
Recorded at Twickenham Movie Studios, the soundtrack options saxophonist Sonny Rollins together with a few of Britain’s best jazz musicians.
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Alfie Soundtrack Tracklist:
Facet 1
Alfie’s Theme
He’s Youthful Than You Are
Facet 2
Avenue Runner With Little one
Transition Theme For Minor Blues Or Little Malcolm Loves His Dad
On Impulse
Alfie’s Theme In another way
