David Amram
Matthew Sweet talks to the brillliant American film composer, David Amram, about his music and his work with Elia Kazan, John Frankenheimer, Jack Kerouac and Dizzie Gillespie.
The multi-instrumentalist musician David Amram describes himself as a 'promising young composer' as he approaches his 90th birthday. This promising young man has created and played seminal scores for films such as The Arrangement and The Manchurian Candidate and has, as jazz musician, performed with the great players of the last century, including Dizzie Gillespie, Thelonius Monk, Charles Mingus and Charlie Parker. In this special interview commemorating Amram's milestone birthday Matthew Sweet talks to the composer about his music, his work with the directors Elia Kazan, John Frankenheimer, about his friendship and collaboration with Jack Kerouac and about his early life as a boxer and his Jewish faith.
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David Amram
Splendor in the Grass (1961): The Bash before the Crash
Ensemble: Studio-Ensemble.- David Amram's Classic American Scores 1958~2016.
- Moochin' About.
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David Amram
Splendor in the Grass (1961): Theme Music
Ensemble: Studio-Ensemble.- David Amram's Classic American Scores 1958~2016.
- Moochin' About.
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David Amram
After the Fall (1964): Waltz
Performer: Lyle Atkinson. Ensemble: Studio-Ensemble.- David Amram's Classic American Scores 1958~2016.
- Moochin' About.
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David Amram
The Arrangement (1969): Ancestral Dreams / Anatolia
Ensemble: Studio-Ensemble.- David Amram's Classic American Scores 1958~2016.
- Moochin' About.
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David Amram
Echo of an Era (1959): Theme
Performer: Art Phipps. Performer: Cecil Taylor. Ensemble: Studio-Ensemble.- David Amram's Classic American Scores 1958~2016.
- Moochin' About.
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David Amram
Pull My Daisy (1959): extract
Composer: Jack Kerouac. Performer: Arthur Phipps. Narrator: Jack Kerouac. Singer: Anita Ellis. Ensemble: Studio-Ensemble.- David Amram's Classic American Scores 1958~2016.
- Moochin' About.
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David Amram
The Young Savages (1961): Theme
Ensemble: Studio-Ensemble.- David Amram's Classic American Scores 1958~2016.
- Moochin' About.
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David Amram
The Manchurian Candidate (1962): The Queen of Diamonds
Ensemble: Studio-Ensemble.- David Amram's Classic American Scores 1958~2016.
- Moochin' About.
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David Amram
The Manchurian Candidate (1962): Theme
Ensemble: Studio-Ensemble.- David Amram's Classic American Scores 1958~2016.
- Moochin' About.
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David Amram
Isn't It Delicious (2013): Descarga
Ensemble: Studio-Ensemble.- David Amram's Classic American Scores 1958~2016.
- Moochin' About.
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David Amram
Bar'khu (Shir L'erev Shabbat)
Choir: 成人快手 Singers. Conductor: Kenneth Kiesler.- Naxos.
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