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Jazz Library: Lalo Schifrin

03/09/2011

Lalo Schifrin

BBC Radio 3 - Jazz Library, Lalo Schifrin

In an archive interview, Alyn Shipton talks to pianist and film composer Lalo Schifrin.

In an archive interview, Alyn Shipton talks to pianist and film composer Lalo Schifrin, about his career, from Dizzy Gillespie's quintet to his Jazz Meets the Symphony projects.

Best known for his film themes such as "Mission Impossible", Argentine pianist and composer Lalo Schifrin is also one of the world's great jazz musicians. In an archive interview with Alyn Shipton he traces his recording career, starting with Dizzy Gillespie's quintet and big band and running through to his present-day "Jazz Meets the Symphony" projects.

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