TV Action Jazz!

TV Action Jazz!
Studio album by Mundell Lowe and his All Stars
Released	1959
Recorded	February 3, 4 & 5, 1959; New York City
Genre	Jazz
Label	RCA Camden ; CAL-522
Producer	Chick Crumpacker and Frank O'Donnell
Mundell Lowe chronology

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Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]

Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars with its review by Scott Yanow stating, "this is an album worth searching for. The solos are excellent and the music is much better than expected".^[2]

Track listing

"Peter Gunn" (Henry Mancini) - 2:21
""Mike Hammer" (David Kahn, Melvyn Leonard) - 3:13
"Perry Mason Theme" (Fred Steiner) - 1:51
"77 Sunset Strip" (Mack David, Jerry Livingston) - 4:46
"M Squad" (Count Basie) - 4:19
"The Thin Man" (Pete Rugolo) - 2:34
"Naked City" (George Duning, Ned Washington) - 4:27
"Fall Out! (from Peter Gunn )" (Mancini) - 3:50

Personnel

Mundell Lowe - guitar
Donald Byrd - trumpet
Jimmy Cleveland - trombone
Herbie Mann - flute, tenor saxophone
Tony Scott - clarinet, baritone saxophone
Eddie Costa - piano, vibraphone
Don Payne - bass
Ed Shaughnessy - drums

The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that usually has six strings. It is typically played with both hands by strumming or plucking the strings with either a guitar pick or the finger(s)/fingernails of one hand, while simultaneously fretting with the fingers of the other hand. The sound of the vibrating strings is projected either acoustically, by means of the hollow chamber of the guitar, or through an electrical amplifier and a speaker.

Donaldson Toussaint L'Ouverture Byrd II was an American jazz and rhythm & blues trumpeter. A sideman for many other jazz musicians of his generation, Byrd was known as one of the only bebop jazz musicians who successfully pioneered the funk and soul genres while remaining a jazz artist. As a bandleader, Byrd was an influence on the early career of Herbie Hancock.

A trumpet is a brass instrument commonly used in classical and jazz ensembles. The trumpet group contains the instruments with the highest register in the brass family. Trumpet-like instruments have historically been used as signaling devices in battle or hunting, with examples dating back to at least 1500 BC; they began to be used as musical instruments only in the late 14th or early 15th century. Trumpets are used in art music styles, for instance in orchestras, concert bands, and jazz ensembles, as well as in popular music. They are played by blowing air through nearly-closed lips, producing a "buzzing" sound that starts a standing wave vibration in the air column inside the instrument. Since the late 15th century they have primarily been constructed of brass tubing, usually bent twice into a rounded rectangular shape.

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References

↑ Mundell Lowe discography accessed August 23, 2012
1 2 Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed August 23, 2012

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[1] Mundell Lowe discography accessed August 23, 2012

[Allmusic-2] 1 2 Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed August 23, 2012