Mission impossible : my life in music / Lalo Schifrin ; edited by Richard Palmer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schifrin, Lalo

Contributor:

Palmer, Richard, 1947-

Series:

Studies in jazz ; no. 56.

Studies in jazz ; 56

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Schifrin, Lalo.

Jazz.

Composers--Biography.

Composers.

Jazz musicians--Biography.

Jazz musicians.

Genre:

Autobiographies.

Physical Description:

xvii, 219 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm +1 audio disc (72 min. : digital ; 4 3/4 in.)

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2008.

Summary:

This autobiography reflects on Lalo Schifrin's cosmopolitan experience and provides impressions and vignettes of the extraordinary people with whom he worked. Written by a composer whose works bridge three main musical styles-jazz, classical, and film and television-this book offers invaluable insights on all three genres, as well as politics, literature, and travel. This significant volume includes more than thirty photos, an appendix listing Schifrin's film, television, and classical works, and a discography, as well as an audio CD featuring some of Schifrin's greatest compositions. Mission Impossible: My Life in Music is the work of a scholar, intellectual, philosopher, and admirable man, as well as a major musician. His autobiography will appeal not only to fans, lovers, and scholars of all music, but to anyone of aesthetic sensibility.

Contents:

Contents of compact disc: Mission impossible: [from the album]

Firebird (3:11)

Sketches of Miles (12:27)

Tango Del Atardecer (4:53)

Ins and Outs (5:06)

Montuno (7:35)

Shifting Gears (3:12)

Kyrie (6:25)

Charlie Parker: the Firebird (14:17)

Tocata (14:35).

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references, discography (pages [191]-201), and index.

Contains:

Schifrin, Lalo. Works. Selections

ISBN:

9780810859463

0810859467

OCLC:

191009850