Jazz Meets the Symphony


Jazz Meets the Symphony is an album by Argentine-American composer, pianist and conductor Lalo Schifrin with bassist Ray Brown, drummer Grady Tate and the London Philharmonic Orchestra recorded in 1992 and released on the Atlantic label in 1993.
Schifrin's musical arrangement for the track, "Dizzy Gillespie Fireworks" was nominated for the 1994 Grammy Award for Best Arrangement on an Instrumental.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow stated, "...Most intriguing among Schifrin's arrangements are Echoes of Duke Ellington and Dizzy Gillespie Fireworks, which are really medleys of Duke's and Dizzy's songs. Not all of the shorter pieces... are too essential, and, on the whole, Schifrin's follow-up project would result in a stronger record. However, this generally interesting set is still worth exploring; it was good to hear Lalo Schifrin in a jazz setting again". He gave the album a four star reting, which is generally reserved for releases of high merit.

Track listing

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  1. "Battle Hymn of the Republic" - 6:28
  2. "Echoes of Duke Ellington" - 12:48
  3. "Bach to the Blues" - 5:25
  4. "Brush Strokes" - 3:03
  5. "I Can't Get Started" - 3:31
  6. "Brazilian Impressions" - 5:35
  7. "Blues in the Bassment" - 4:16
  8. "The Fox" - 4:50
  9. "As Time Goes By" - 5:22
  10. "Dizzy Gillespie Fireworks" - 13:34

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