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LOG IN Forgot Login? Register General Discussion • Trading Post • Non-Film Score Discussion  Profile • Preferences • Community Rules • Help/Contact • Search Board Search Terms:  Search Within:  topics posts since 2019 2018 posts 2017 posts 2016 posts 2015 posts 2014 posts 2013 posts 2012 posts 2011 posts 2010 posts 2009 posts 2008 posts 2007 posts 2006 posts 2005 posts 2004 posts 2003 posts 2002 posts 2001 posts 2000 posts users  search tips  You must log in or register to post.   Go to page:  1 2      General Discussion: FSM cd John Williams Checkmate/Rhythm in Motion     1 2    NEXT   LAST   Last Post   Posted:   Jan 27, 2011 - 8:37 AM     By:   RR Aitken   (Member) I finally got around to ordering the FSM John Williams two-fer of Columbia recordings from 1960-61. If you love big band arrangements, John Williams, and/or excellent sound, I wholeheartedly recommend this disc. I love it.    Posted:   Jan 27, 2011 - 8:47 AM     By:   indy4   (Member) I agree completely. This is my favorite FSM Williams release. I can't recommend it enough.    Posted:   Jan 27, 2011 - 8:52 AM     By:   Jim Phelps   (Member) It's a good one and is another fine entry in the "Swinging Detective" sub-genre along with Peter Gunn; Staccato; Richard Diamond; and harder-edged stuff like M Squad and Mike Hammer (aka "Kolchak: The Early Years").    Posted:   Jan 27, 2011 - 9:42 AM     By:   Thor   (Member) Yup, excellent disc. Two great concept albums on one CD! I had both of them before the FSM as well (as LP-to-CD transfers), but it was great to have them in a legit, remastered format.    Posted:   Jan 27, 2011 - 1:43 PM     By:   TerraEpon   (Member) Yeah, a fantastic disc in very good sound (benefits of being jazzy pop music I guess). Although it does play a little bit of hell with trying to catalog it...    Posted:   Jan 27, 2011 - 2:27 PM     By:   filmusicnow   (Member) Williams' music for "Checkmate" is an outstanding example of crime jazz.    Posted:   Jan 27, 2011 - 4:42 PM     By:   shadowman   (Member) An excellent release in every respect.    Posted:   Jan 27, 2011 - 4:55 PM     By:   Grecchus   (Member) No matter how many times I've looked at the FSM full/composer titles list this just didn't register. Blind spot! Thanks to this thread, I CAN SEE. I'm in need of something with an upbeat flavour. This must be it.    Posted:   Jan 27, 2011 - 7:24 PM     By:   Lukas Kendall   (Member) Glad people like it. I don't know if folks saw, but recently Ron Jones has had a big band of his Family Guy session players doing gigs in L.A. nightclubs; Seth MacFarlane from Family Guy comes and does a Sinatra set. I gave a copy of this CD to Seth (not to name drop) and he so enjoyed Williams's arrangement of "Varsity Blues" that he commissioned a takedown so the band could do it at gigs. Seth also has been singing "Big Beautiful Ball" from Not With My Wife You Don't. A hoot! Lukas    Posted:   Jan 27, 2011 - 10:02 PM     By:   OnyaBirri   (Member) Checkmate is good. Rhythm in motion is warmed-over space-age bachelor pad; there are so many better examples. Still, it sets a good precedent for film score label to release non-film score stuff. If something as ordinary as "Rhythm in Motion" can get a CD release, then a Les Baxter exotica box can't be far behind.    Posted:   Jan 28, 2011 - 4:09 AM     By:   Nils   (Member) This is probably my favorite of all of Williams' big band/jazz albums/soundtracks. Super cool! :-)    Posted:   Jan 28, 2011 - 12:09 PM     By:   CCW1970   (Member) Agreed. I just picked up some nice Mordaunt Short speakers recently and this one of the first discs I played after breaking the speakers in. Great stuff!    Posted:   Mar 1, 2011 - 7:47 AM     By:   tarasis   (Member) I just picked this up myself, slowly going through the JW releases that I've missed over the past few years (Accidental Tourist, Images, Goodbye Mr Chips in the coming months / weeks hopefully). Only heard Rhythm in Motion so far but it's great stuff. I love the 60's sound, so cheerful & energizing which is missing from a lot of today's music. Looking forward to Checkmate. Thanks Lukas and FSM for producing this CD!    Posted:   Mar 1, 2011 - 6:40 PM     By:   George Komar   (Member) These 2-LPs-on-1-CD pop-jazz releases are great, the I SPY 2-LP CD being the most recent. Here's hoping that we can get the OUR MAN FLINT/IN LIKE FLINT LPs on a single CD in the near future.    Posted:   Mar 26, 2011 - 7:24 PM     By:   Jeff Eldridge   (Member) he so enjoyed Williams's arrangement of "Varsity Blues" that he commissioned a takedown so the band could do it at gigs. Lukas means "Varsity Drag" but this fact is cool nonetheless.    Posted:   Mar 27, 2011 - 10:39 AM     By:   TownerFan   (Member) A lovely CD indeed. About "Rhythm in Motion", I love the arrangements Williams did--I particularly love how he blended the French Horns into the big band sound. Curiously enough, he perfomed his arrangement of "Buckle Down Winsocki" as heard on this album during one of his Pops concerts in 2002.    Posted:   Oct 10, 2011 - 8:23 PM     By:   jkholm   (Member) I finally bought this after seeing the low quantity alert. I'm a huge Williams fan but have never tried his work from the 60's. I've only listened to the disc a few times, but I love Rhythm in Motion. I own very few jazz CDs and this music makes me want to get more. Checkmate is pretty good too. Thanks FSM!    Posted:   Oct 10, 2011 - 9:21 PM     By:   Gary S.   (Member) Big Band style stuff like this just prepared Williams for his version of Sing, Sing, Sing, which is Swing, Swing, Swing from 1941. My copy of the cd arrived a week or so ago. It is being loaded onto the HD on my Bose system when I get home tonight.    Posted:   Nov 16, 2020 - 2:49 PM     By:   OnyaBirri   (Member) Can anyone who has this CD tell me if the band members or at least the soloists on "Checkmate" are credited? I assume it is the usual jazzy west coast crew, including the Nash brothers and the Candoli brothers. I have the LP, but the musicians are not credited. Thanks in advance.    Posted:   Nov 16, 2020 - 3:11 PM     By:   Big Jim T Wilson   (Member) I don't have the FSM release, so can't speak for any info presented there, but I have the fresh sounds release and it confirms your suspicions.... Trumpets: Conrad Gozzo, Pete Candoli, Olie Mitchell French Horns: Vince De Rosa, Dick Perissi, John Cave Bones: Dick Nash, Lloyd Ulyate, Dick Noel Alto Sax & Flute: Ronny Lang, Ted Nash Tenor Sax & Flute: Gene Cipriano Baritone Sax: Chuck Gentry Piano: Jimmy Rowles Guitar: Bob Bain Bass: Joe Mondragon Drums: The man(ne) Shelly Percussion: John F Williams (ahh) Also Frank Beach on Trumpet at a different session     General Discussion: FSM cd John Williams Checkmate/Rhythm in Motion    < 1 2  > >>  Go to page:  1 2   First Post    General Discussion • Trading Post • Non-Film Score Discussion  Profile • Preferences • Community Rules • Help/Contact • Search Board You must log in or register to post.   Go to page:  1 2

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