Henry Mancini - Essential Henry Mancini

This 2CD set compiles some of the best works by renowned film composer and arranger Henry Mancini (1924-1994), featuring 49 tracks it also includes a 12- page booklet. The first CD contains a selection of hits taken from some of his celebrated movie & TV soundtracks from the late 1950s and early 1960s, and the second includes some of his most jazzy recordings, including both original tunes by Mancini and his arrangements of some classic standards, all of them featuring a who's who of jazz players.