Like Henry Mancini, arranger-composer Neal Hefti turned to the movies (and television) for work in the 1960s and beyond. Best known in the '50s for updating the swing and snap of Count Basie's New Testament band, Hefti wrote movie scores in the '60s that were distinctly jaunty, jovial and wistful They crystallized the young-adult mood of those years. He…
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