Explorations is an album by Argentine composer, pianist and conductor Lalo Schifrin and American drummer Louis Bellson recorded in 1964 and released on the Roulette label.[1][2] It was the first album composed entirely by Schifrin and features themes that would later be used in the television detective series Mannix.[3]
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| Released | 1964 | |||
| Recorded | February 10–11, 1964 Los Angeles | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 32:35 | |||
| Label | Roulette R-52120 | |||
| Producer | Teddy Reig | |||
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Track listing
editAll compositions by Lalo Schifrin
- "Variations" - 3:19
- "Primitive" - 5:27
- "Explorations" - 5:15
- "Cycles" - 2:15
- "Ostinato" - 6:24
- "Etude for Tympani and Strings" - 5:10
- "Toledano" - 4:45
- Recorded in Los Angeles on February 10 & 1, 1964
Personnel
edit- Lalo Schifrin - arranger, conductor
- Louis Bellson - drums, tympani, log drum, percussion
- Artie Kane - keyboards
- Alton Hendrickson - guitar
- Keith Mitchell - bass
- Erno Neufeld, Anatol Kaminsky, David Frisina, Sam Freed, Nathan Kaproff, George Kast, Alex Murray, Marvin Limonick - violin
- Sanford Schonbach, Virginia Majewski - viola
- Raphael Kramer, Eleanor Slatkin - cello
- Dorothy Remsen - harp
- Bobby Helfer - orchestra manager
References
edit- ^ Lalo Schifrin website accessed March 7, 2012
- ^ Discogs album entry accessed March 7, 2012
- ^ Payne, D. Lalo Schifrin discography accessed March 7, 2012