Themes from Mr. Lucky, The Untouchables and Other TV Action Jazz explained

Themes from Mr. Lucky, The Untouchables, and Other TV Action Jazz
Type:	studio
Artist:	Mundell Lowe
Cover:	TV Action Jazz Vol 2.jpg
Recorded:	June 1 & 6, 1960
Studio:	New York City
Genre:	Jazz
Label:	RCA Camden
Producer:	Chick Crumpacker
Chronology:	Mundell Lowe
Prev Title:	TV Action Jazz!
Prev Year:	1959
Next Title:	Satan in High Heels
Next Year:	1961

Themes from Mr. Lucky, The Untouchables and Other TV Action Jazz is the second album by American jazz guitarist Mundell Lowe with theme music from detective, legal, and police television programs. The album was recorded in 1960 for RCA Camden.^[1]

This album came after TV Action Jazz!, Lowe's previous album of television theme songs. The record label Lone Hill Jazz combined both albums into one compilation, Complete TV Action Jazz. Themes includes music from Markham, Mr. Lucky, Johnny Staccato, Tightrope!, and The Untouchables.^[2]

Track listing

1. "Theme from Tightrope" (George Duning) – 2:52
2. "Hawaiian Eye" (Jerry Livingston, Mack David) – 3:53
3. "Theme from Mr. Lucky" (Henry Mancini) – 3:11
4. "Theme from the Untouchables" (Nelson Riddle) – 2:53
5. "Bourbon Street Beat" (Livingston, David) – 2:47
6. "Detectives Theme" (Herschel Burke Gilbert) – 2:32
7. "Markham Theme" (Stanley Wilson) – 2:53
8. "Johnny Staccato's Theme" (Elmer Bernstein) – 4:00

Personnel

• Mundell Lowe – guitar
• Clark Terry – trumpet
• Willie Dennis – trombone
• Urbie Green – trombone
• Frank Rehak – trombone
• Rod Levitt – bass trombone
• Dick Hixson – bass trombone
• Phil Bodner – reeds
• Eddie Costa – piano, vibraphone
• George Duvivier – double bass
• Ed Shaughnessy – drums

Notes and References

1. Web site: Mundell Lowe Catalog - album index . www.jazzdisco.org . 31 October 2018.
2. Web site: Myers . Marc . Mundell Lowe: TV Action Jazz - JazzWax . www.jazzwax.com . 31 October 2018.