Johnny Mandel

Celebrated for his swinging, coolly sophisticated jazz style, Johnny Mandel built upon his early years as a big-band trumpeter and trombonist, emerging as a major film composer and arranger in Hollywood from the late '50s onward. Like his contemporaries Michel Legrand, Lalo Schifrin, Burt Bacharach, and Henry Mancini, Mandel helped define the sound of Hollywood film soundtracks in the '60s, '70s, and '80s, weaving together orchestral jazz, traditional pop, mood music, adult contemporary, and small group jazz improvisation into his own distinctive and lyrical sound. He earned a...