One of the first arrangers and bandleaders to take on Henry Mancini's music was Skip Martin (above). In the spring or summer of 1958, Martin, one of the most prolific and in-demand arrangers of the swing era, recorded TV Jazz Themes with his "video all-stars" for Los Angeles's Somerset label. The six Mancini selections on the album from the Peter Gunn p…
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