Main Title / Anatomy of a Murder
Context
Opening theme of the music written by Ellington and Billy Strayhorn for Otto Preminger's film, recorded in Los Angeles in late May-early June 1959 and released by Columbia in July. The score won three Grammys in 1959, including Best Soundtrack Album.
In the genealogy of jazz
This track belongs to Jazz in film and on screen, Modern big bands. Among the origins and influences of Jazz in film and on screen: Cool (Birth of the Cool), Third stream, Modern big bands.
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