This release collects the best soundtracks from the 30-year collaboration between jazz legends Benny Carter, Dizzy Gillespie and Quincy Jones and Academy Award winning animators John and Faith Hubley. The music (all previously unreleased material) is powerful, soaring and exciting jazz from the beat era through the exploratory '60s and funky '70s. 15 selections featuring performances by Lionel Hampton, Jean-Luc Ponty, Maynard Ferguson, Shelly Mann, Thad Jones and others, as well as vocalist Dee Dee Bridgewater.
3 The Cosmic Eye Suite: Sirius Samba - Benny Carter
4 Urbanissimo - Benny Carter
5 Voyage to Next Suite: Prologue - Dizzy Gillespie
6 Voyage to Next Suite: The Now - Dizzy Gillespie
7 Voyage to Next Suite: Distopia - Dizzy Gillespie
8 Voyage to Next Suite: The Then - Dizzy Gillespie
9 Voyage to Next Suite: Blues for Mother Earth - Dizzy Gillespie
10 Voyage to Next Suite: Conjuring Up New Worlds - Dizzy Gillespie
11 Voyage to Next Suite: Well, Mother, Do You Think They'll Make It? - Dizzy Gillespie
12 Harlem Wednesday: Harlem Wednesday - Benny Carter
13 People, People, People - Benny Carter
14 Adventures of An - Benny Carter
15 Of Men & Demons - Quincy Jones
This release collects the best soundtracks from the 30-year collaboration between jazz legends Benny Carter, Dizzy Gillespie and Quincy Jones and Academy Award winning animators John and Faith Hubley. The music (all previously unreleased material) is powerful, soaring and exciting jazz from the beat era through the exploratory '60s and funky '70s. 15 selections featuring performances by Lionel Hampton, Jean-Luc Ponty, Maynard Ferguson, Shelly Mann, Thad Jones and others, as well as vocalist Dee Dee Bridgewater.