I love this, Ted! Of course a cool cat like Bond would prefer the sophisticated stylings of the Chicago jazz scene. Now I want to go back and LISTEN to the Bond films.
I would love to see Yoko Kanno score a Bond film; her soundtrack for Cowboy Bebop may be a bit more modern jazz, but it's a great homage to the jazz spy music of the 60s.
Perhaps the most interesting example of Bond listening to jazz-ish music comes in Diamonds Are Forever (the book), where he enters Tiffany Case’s apartment and finds her listening to “Feuilles Mortes” (“Autumn Leaves”), a track from an album by the Hungarian classical-turned-pop pianist George Feyer (1908-2001). He likes it so much that while she’s getting dressed he takes down the label and number: Vox 500.
The great drummer Akira Tana and His Secret Agent Band do a set of Bond themes. See: https://live.stanford.edu/calendar/april-2018/akira-tana-and-his-secret-agent-band
I love this, Ted! Of course a cool cat like Bond would prefer the sophisticated stylings of the Chicago jazz scene. Now I want to go back and LISTEN to the Bond films.
I would love to see Yoko Kanno score a Bond film; her soundtrack for Cowboy Bebop may be a bit more modern jazz, but it's a great homage to the jazz spy music of the 60s.
https://youtu.be/XtxsYF4e3uM
https://youtu.be/a8mC0Qsvt_U
https://youtu.be/ePZXtX2BnDc
Perhaps the most interesting example of Bond listening to jazz-ish music comes in Diamonds Are Forever (the book), where he enters Tiffany Case’s apartment and finds her listening to “Feuilles Mortes” (“Autumn Leaves”), a track from an album by the Hungarian classical-turned-pop pianist George Feyer (1908-2001). He likes it so much that while she’s getting dressed he takes down the label and number: Vox 500.