Watched a 1957 b & w movie - Pickup Alley. Starring Victor Mature and Anita Ekberg, it was the usual noir crime story of the time with Mature providing the beefcake and Ekberg the cheesecake.
However, what made it interesting for me was the jazzy soundtrack by RICHARD RODNEY BENNETT and a night club scene featuring singer YANA who took Ekberg the distance in the beauty stakes.
In another scene, in a Roman dive a jazz combo play some hard-blowing bop with an outstanding trumpet solo. Was it an actor miming? The credits didn't enlighten me and it isn't mentioned in Meeker's Jazz in the Movies. Can anyone help? Lance
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AI can be scary. However...'the score heavily features prominent British orchestral and jazz session players of the era, such as Tony Crombie and his ensemble'. Does this go some way to solving the mystery?
The formidable power of AI and the Internet suggest Kenny Baker, but without any definitive proof ....
Kenny Baker looks like the bookies' favourite although stylistically if not visually, I'd be tempted to have a 'bob' each way on Dizzy Reece.
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