Playing By Heart (2000) ( )

Artist: Barry/Botti/Baker
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Label: Uni/decca
UPC: 00028946627525
Release Date: 1/25/2000
Buy.com Sku: 60382144
Item#: MKSWCQ
Format:  CD

Song Listing

Disc 1
Song TitleSample
1. Remembering Chet ~ John Barry/Chris Botti
2. Playing By Heart ~ John Barry/Chris Botti
3. Game Of Hide And Seek ~ John Barry/Chris Botti
4. Tenderly - (with Chet Baker) ~ John Barry/Chris Botti
5. I Didn't Love You Less ~ John Barry/Chris Botti
6. Place Inside Alive And Well, A ~ John Barry/Chris Botti
7. Remembering Chet ~ John Barry/Chris Botti
8. Scene Unseen ~ John Barry/Chris Botti
9. You Go To My Head - (with Chet Baker) ~ John Barry/Chris Botti
10. I Want To Stay The Night ~ John Barry/Chris Botti
11. Goodnight Moon ~ John Barry/Chris Botti
12. Mark's Graveyard Site ~ John Barry/Chris Botti
13. These Foolish Things - (with Chet Baker) ~ John Barry/Chris Botti
14. Playing By Heart (Vows Renewed) ~ John Barry/Chris Botti

(P) 1999 Decca Music Group Limited
(C) 1999 Decca Music Group Limited

 
Album Notes and Credits

Notes & Personnel Info
Original score composed by John Barry.
Personnel: Daniel Higgins (alto saxophone); Chris Botti, Chet Baker (trumpet); Tommy Morgan (harmonica); Michael Lang, Lee Musiker, Gerard Gustin (piano); Bruce Samuels (synthesizer); Leland Sklar, Jay Leon Heart, Jimmy Bond (bass); Harvey Mason, Bertil Dahlander (drums).
Recorded at Sony Pictures Studio, Culver City, California, Clintons Recording Studios, New York and in Paris, October 1956. Includes liner notes by Jon Burlingame.
Personnel: Tommy Morgan (harmonica); Dan Higgins (alto saxophone); Chet Baker , Chris Botti (trumpet); Gerard Gustin, Michael Lang , Lee Musiker (piano); Bruce Samuels (synthesizer); Harvey Mason, Sr. (drums, snare drum); Bert Dahlander (snare drum).
Audio Mixers: Ed Rak; Troy Halderson.
Liner Note Author: Jon Burlingame.
Recording information: Clintons Recording Studios, New Zealand (10/1956); Paris, France (10/1956); Sony Pictures Studio. Culver Ci (10/1956).
Photographers: E.J. Camp; Bob Willoughby.
In his 1996 review of the indie film Caught, movie critic Rex Reed paid the ultimate compliment to trumpeter Chris Botti -- who wrote the score and whose horn graced the soundtrack -- by comparing the young upstart's smoky style to that of a young Chet Baker. Botti has since gone on to great success in smooth jazz by combining a laid-back demeanor with attitude-filled grooves and picture-perfect melodies. Legendary composer John Barry -- whose resum? runs from Born Free to Dances With Wolves and, more jazzily, Body Heat -- loved director Willard Carroll's idea of lacing the soundtrack to the thought-provoking, multi-generational relationship film Playing by Heart with a handful of 1956 Baker quartet originals. Botti was an obvious choice when Barry chose to extend that vibe into the orchestral score, and the haunting album cover -- featuring a pensive Barry between Botti and a young Baker, both holding their horns, over a black background -- perfectly epitomizes the passing of the generational torch. The opening tune "Remembering Chet" captures the essence of the whole album; Botti's balmy trumpet sound wafts over Lee Musiker's elegant piano meditation as the orchestra breezes in and out of the background. Unfortunately, there's not a whole lot of rhythmic variation as the tracks progress. The classic, smooth, delicately bittersweet tones of Baker (on "Tenderly," "You Go to My Head," and "These Foolish Things" are interspersed between the Botti tunes, which creates a unique flow and shows a delicate contrast between the Baker's low tone and Botti's slightly higher pitch. Arranged this way, it's almost like listening to a one-of-a-kind lesson between legendary mentor and a student primed to carry on his legacy. ~ Jonathan Widran

Producer: John Barry

Engineer: Ed Rak; Troy Halderson

 
Associated Artists and Works
California Dreams
Original Soundtrack
Original Soundtrack

 
Technical Info
Release Date : 01/25/2000
Original Release Date : 2000
Catalog ID : 466275
Label : Polygram
Number of Discs : 1
Runtime : 57m : 13s
Studio/Live : Studio
Mono/Stereo : Stereo
SPAR Code : ADD
UPC : 00028946627525

 
Professional Reviews
JazzTimes (8/00, p.110)
- "...Invokes the tragically romantic vibe of last-call in a tucked-away jazz joint....one of Barry's most understated scores, and a lovely addition to his diverse mountain of work..."

  
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