We have another three or four to fit in,” and those (to be recorded over the next year or so) are expected to include such other Mancini hits as “Moon River,” “The Pink Panther” and “Baby Elephant Walk.”įelice Mancini, president and CEO of the Mr. Monica Mancini, a Grammy-nominated singer, explained that they are starting work on a documentary that will focus as much on the music as on the man, and that the “Peter Gunn” recording (documented via cameras all around the stage) will be “one piece of the puzzle. Mancini’s twin daughters, Monica and Felice, were also on hand for the historic session. Producer Gregg Field supervised the session, which included Hancock soloing on synthesizer, Sandoval reaching his usual high notes, and Williams providing support on piano. He was so kind, so selfless, even though he had tons of Grammys and Oscars. Sandoval called Mancini “one of our biggest heroes,” and Hancock said he was “at the top, with all the greatest. Mancini, already a major figure in Hollywood, guaranteed Jones’ work. “Henry had my back, man, they didn’t hire brothers in those days,” he added, referring to the mid-1960s when Universal was skeptical about trusting a Black composer with an orchestral film score. Jones, 89, added: “I wouldn’t have been a film composer without Sidney Poitier, Sidney Lumet and Henry Mancini,” he said. He connected with people and they with him. He was a child of the big-band era so he knew that school of writing very well. People picked up right away on the broad humanity in his music. “Things like this, ‘Peter Gunn,’ and those wonderful songs. “He had a wonderful, populist touch,” Williams told Variety after the session. He not only performed on the “Peter Gunn” soundtrack album – which won the very first Album of the Year Grammy – he also played piano on the weekly scores for “Gunn,” a private-eye series that ran on NBC, and later ABC, from 1958 to 1961. Williams, 90, was the only member of the band who was actually at the original “Peter Gunn” recording sessions 64 years ago. Williams and Jones called each other “Q” and “John T.,” the nicknames they had when the two were toiling side-by-side at Universal Television in the 1960s, before each started collecting Oscars and Grammys for their work in films and records. So, to celebrate the anniversary, he donated a portion of all gift cards sold this year from the 17th to Christmas Eve.It was old home week for many, who seemingly spent half the three-hour session embracing, laughing and snapping photos. Keka moved to the US from Albania 30 years ago, on December 17, 1990. So I was hoping to pitch in a little bit." They're not making the money they used to make. Keka said, "Most of the staff here is dropping their sales and paychecks. ![]() ![]() Thank you for all of the hard work you guys have done.' We were very excited." He added, "I said, 'are you sure you want to do this?' He said, 'absolutely, it's a Merry Christmas to everybody. I go 'who are all of these checks for?' He goes 'all of the employees.' I say, 'all of them?' He said, 'yeah.' So I handed them out to everybody." Alba Restaurant owner Leo Keka (WBZ-TV) Manager at Alba on 53 Taso Pesirides explained, "we all came in Christmas Eve ready to go to work and Leo had me write out a bunch of checks. So he donated $35,000 to his staff, using a portion of the proceeds from gift cards. "A lot of our staff has been there 15-20 years so we wanted to do something for them this year because I know most of them haven't been able to work as much and make the same living they were making before," Keka explained.
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