Pete Kelly's Blues (1955 Film)

Artist: Original Soundtrack
Label: Collector's Choice
Category: Music

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Format: Soundtrack
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 617742005523
EAN: 0617742005523
ASIN: B00000G4U0

Release Date: 1999-01-19

Pete Kelly's Blues (1955 Film)

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Tracks:

Opening Narration
Smiles
I'm Gonna Meet My Sweetie Now
What Can I Say After I Say I'm Sorry
Breezin' Along WIth The Breeze
Oh Didn't He Ramble
Sugar
I Never Knew
Somebody Loves Me
Hard Hearted Hannah
Bye, Bye, Black Bird
Pete Kelly's Blues

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Good Jazz from the l920's/30's.......2006-05-13

I remember seeing this film and enjoying many LPs made by these excellent sidemen, Nick Fatool, George Van Eps, Matty Matlock, and others, who captured the spirit of the 20's jazz. Jack Webb, Janet Leigh, Peggy Lee, Ella Fitzgerald, and Edmond O'Brien in the film represented the jazz scene in my hometown of Kansas City very authentically. I wholeheartedly endorse this soundtrack for any serious historian and lover of Dixieland jazz.

Excellent Small Group Portraying Music of the 20's in ...........2005-08-15

Kansas City. All of the musicians involved provided the small band scoring of the original soundtrack.......BUT this recording is a separate studio session (Oct. 19, 1955). The original liner notes make this fairly clear! The songs are taken from the movie...but not the original soundtrack......else you wouldn't have a decent take of "Somebody Loves Me", where the alcoholic singer, played by Peggy Lee, tragically fails the lyrics enraging her gangster "sponsor", Edmond O'Brien. That said, it's excellent dixieland music carried off by musicians many of whom had backgrounds from that period. Some of the stuff reflects more of the 30's and early 40's to my ear such as the Goodman-esque clarinet by Matty Matlock on "What Can I Say....etc", the great horn harmony on "Breezin' Along With The Breeze", and the silky smooth tenor work by Eddie Miller on both of these tunes. Drummer Nick Fatool shows some really authentic period licks especially on the first two cuts.

If it wasn't for the music, which is excellent, the cd would be worth the price just for the laconic intros by Jack Webb which vividly evoke memories of his dead-pan dry monotone delivery.

A real collector's "must".

Pete Kelly's Blues soundtrack CD.......2003-08-31

This is a great re-release of the soundtrack from the film "Pete Kelly's Blues". The only downside is that it doesn't include the great vocals by Peggy Lee and Ella Fitzgerald. It is strictly an instrumental soundtrack. Hmmm, that makes me wonder how it can be called a "soundtrack" if there were vocals in the film and there are none here????

Melt into this..........2001-10-10

This is worth every penny for the sweet sounds of Dick Cathcart alone! Cathcart plays the way Ella sings- sweet, warm, bluesy, and oh so easy to listen to...

Great Sounds but Not a Soundtrack!.......2000-11-28

There's little doubt that the music is great. Still, when it says soundtrack you would expect to hear Peggy Lee and Ella Fitzgerald sing the titles they performed in the movie, and they're not a part of this release.

Its a shame too, since their voices represented some of the best parts of the movie.

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