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This article is about the soundtrack from the 1963 film. For the 1992 film soundtrack, see
Cool World (soundtrack) .
1964 soundtrack album by Dizzy Gillespie
The Cool World is a 1964
soundtrack album to the film
The Cool World by
Dizzy Gillespie and his quintet, composed and arranged by
Mal Waldron ,
[1] a jazz pianist and composer.
Reception
Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating
Allmusic
[1]
The
Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album four stars and said that "This set is one of Diz's best records of the 1960s (which is saying something), and one of the best jazz film scores period...Waldron's sense of economy in picking both impressionistic and expressionist avenues for blues to speak through jazz in an inspired quintet like this is remarkable -- the temptation would be to excess at every turn, especially given Waldron's gift for sophisticated harmonies and spacy lyrical concerns...Ultimately, the soundtrack to Cool World is an enormous success artistically, standing head and shoulders over virtually every other such effort of the period, and a welcome addition to the Gillespie catalog, offering a very keen and muscular view of his 1964 band".
[1] An
AllAboutJazz reviewer commented that the score, "alternately dark and moody and exhilaratingly brisk, is full of short, resonant tracks [...] one of the great jazz film scores."
[2]
Track listing
"Theme from The Cool World" – 5:17
"The Pushers" – 2:34
"Enter, Priest" – 4:11
"Duke's Awakening" – 2:43
"Duke on the Run" – 5:16
"Street Music" – 2:34
"Bonnie's Blues" – 4:00
"Coney Island" – 3:43
"Duke's Fantasy" – 2:16
"Coolie" – 3:39
"Duke's Last Soliloquy" – 3:04
All music composed by
Mal Waldron .
Personnel
Performance
References
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Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
Albums as leader or co-leader
You Had Better Listen (with
Jimmy Owens , 1967)
Sunset to Dawn (1973)
Peruvian Blue (1974)
In Tandem (and
Ted Dunbar , 1975)
Lucifer (1975)
Innocence (1978)
Together (and
Tommy Flanagan , 1978)
Golden Lotus (1980)
Kenny Barron at the Piano (1981)
Imo Live (1982)
Spiral (1982)
Green Chimneys (1983–87)
1+1+1 (1984)
Autumn in New York (1984)
Landscape (1984)
Scratch (1985)
The Red Barron Duo (and
Red Mitchell , 1986)
Two as One (and
Buster Williams , 1986)
What If? (1986)
Live at Fat Tuesdays (1988)
Rhythm-a-Ning (and
John Hicks , 1989)
Invitation (1990)
Live at Maybeck Recital Hall, Volume Ten (1990)
The Only One (1990)
Confirmation (and
Barry Harris , 1991)
Lemuria-Seascape (1991)
The Moment (1991)
Quickstep (1991)
Sambao (1992)
Other Places (1993)
Wanton Spirit (1994)
Swamp Sally (and
Mino Cinelu , 1995)
Things Unseen (1995)
Live at Bradley's (1996)
Live at Bradley's II (1996)
Night and the City (and
Charlie Haden , 1996)
Spirit Song (1999)
Canta Brasil (2000)
Freefall (and
Regina Carter , 2000)
Images (2003)
Super Standard (2004)
The Traveler (2007)
Minor Blues (2009)
Kenny Barron & the Brazilian Knights (2012)
The Art of Conversation (and
Dave Holland , 2014)
Book of Intuition (2015)
Concentric Circles (2018)
Without Deception (and
Dave Holland , 2020)
The Source (2023)
Member of
Sphere With
Bill Barron With
Ron Carter With
Stan Getz With
Dizzy Gillespie With
Freddie Hubbard With
Yusef Lateef With
James Moody With
Buddy Rich With others
Many a New Day: Karrin Allyson Sings Rodgers & Hammerstein (
Karrin Allyson , 2015)
Live at the Blue Note (
Franco Ambrosetti , 1992)
Mustang (
Curtis Amy , 1967)
Old Bottles - New Wine (
Ray Anderson , 1985)
The Best Thing for You (
Chet Baker , 1977)
You Can't Go Home Again (Chet Baker, 1977)
Studio Trieste (
Chet Baker and
Hubert Laws , 1982)
Bad Benson (
George Benson , 1974)
Code Red (
Cindy Blackman , 1990)
The Oracle (Cindy Blackman, 1995)
Shining Hour (
Larry Coryell , 1989)
Quicksand (
Ted Curson , 1974)
Continuum (
Ray Drummond , 1994)
Booker 'n' Brass (
Booker Ervin , 1967)
Tex Book Tenor (Booker Ervin, 1968)
All That Jazz (
Ella Fitzgerald , 1989)
Awakening (
Sonny Fortune , 1975)
Two for the Blues (
Frank Foster and
Frank Wess , 1983)
Frankly Speaking (Frank Foster and Frank Wess, 1984)
Tiger in the Rain (
Michael Franks , 1978)
Man & Woman (
George Freeman , 1974)
Panorama: Live at the Village Vanguard (
Jim Hall , 1996)
Light and Lively (
Louis Hayes , 1989)
Una Max (Louis Hayes, 1989)
The Gap Sealer (
Albert Heath , 1972)
Kwanza (The First) (
Jimmy Heath , 1973)
Now! (
Bobby Hutcherson , 1969)
In the Vanguard (Bobby Hutcherson, 1986)
New Agenda (
Elvin Jones , 1975)
Time Capsule (Elvin Jones, 1977)
The Bassist! (
Sam Jones , 1979)
We're Goin' Up (
Eric Kloss , 1967)
Jazz Nocturne (
Lee Konitz , 1992)
Number Two Express (
Christian McBride , 1995)
Brownie: Homage to Clifford Brown (
Helen Merrill , 1995)
Never Never Land (
Jane Monheit , 2000)
Peace and Rhythm (
Idris Muhammad , 1971)
A Time for Love (
Arturo Sandoval , 2010)
This Bud's for You... (
Bud Shank , 1984)
Solid (
Woody Shaw , 1986)
Kamau (
Charles Sullivan , 1995)
Pure Dynamite (
Buddy Terry , 1972)
A Bluish Bag (
Stanley Turrentine , 1967)
Jazz French Horn (
Tom Varner , 1985)
Listen Here (
Roseanna Vitro , 1982)
Natural Essence (
Tyrone Washington , 1967)
Two at the Top (
Frank Wess and
Johnny Coles , 1983)
New York, New Sound (
Gerald Wilson , 2003)