



Music composed by Alex North (except 30, co-composed by North and Sammy Cahn).Recorded in New York & Paris, December 1960-May 1961.Featuring DUKE ELLINGTON & His Orchestra, plus LOUIS ARMSTRONG (tp).Music by Duke Ellington & Billy Strayhorn.JIMMY CLEVELAND, FRANK REHAK, RICHARD HIXSON, trombone.BERNIE GLOW, DOC SEVERINSEN, JOE WILDER, TONY MIRANDA, trumpet.PHIL WOODS, PHIL BODNER, JEROME RICHARDSON, ROMEO PENQUE, reeds.

Rossen, who had hustled pool himself as a youth and who had made an abortive attempt to write pool-themed play called Corner Pocket, optioned the book and teamed with Sidney Carroll to produce the script. According to director Rossen’s daughter Carol Rossen, previous adaptations focused too much on the pool aspects of the story and not enough on the human interaction. Walter Tevis’ novel had been optioned several times, even once by Frank Sinatra, but attempts to adapt it to the screen were unsuccessful. Based on the 1959 novel by the same name, and adapted for the screen by Rossen and Sidney Carroll, The Hustler starred Paul Newman (as Fast Eddie), Jackie Gleason, PiperLaurie, and George C. This release contains Kenyon Hopkins’ complete original soundtrack for Robert Rossen's 1961 film The Hustler (originally issued on Kapp KL-1264). VINYL SALE: 20% Off on selected vinyl titles!.Free Jazz & Avant-Garde CD Up to 50% Discounts!.Jazzology: American Jazz Treasures on CD.BLOWOUT SALE! CD DISCOUNTS UP TO 60%!!!.Waxtime Colored Classic LPs & Special Vinyl Editions.Supper Club: Female Vocal Jazz on Vinyl.Jazz, Funk & Soul 7 Inch Collector's Editions.Easy Listening, Exotica, Soundtracks & Library Music.Jazz-Rock, Prog-Rock, Canterbury Sound, RIO & other deviances.Afro-Jazz, Disco-Funk, Soul-Jazz & Global Sounds.J Jazz: Deep Modern Jazz from Japan + Related Japanese Music.Avant-Garde, Free Jazz, Contemporary Music, Ambient & Minimalism.Spiritual Jazz, Fusion, Jazz Funk & Modal.Easy Listening, Exotica, Soundtracks, Chanson, Folk & Pop.R&B - Soul - Funk - R n' R - Folk & Country.
