Playlist: Show #6 "Lalo Schifrin/Future Lounge"

30 June 1998, 10:30pm to 12:30am

On this show, we explored some of the music of Lalo Schifrin, the prolific Argentinian-born composer/arranger who started out with Xavier Cugat and Dizzy Gillespie, before moving to film and television scores (including his best known work, the "Mission: Impossible" theme). He is still active to this day, acting as the principle arranger for the Three Tenors among other projects.

For more information on Lalo Schifrin, there are a variety of fan-run sites as well as an official site:

When we reached Lalo's 1976 disco album "Black Widow", we were sucked into a '70s vortex from which none could escape. We had to sample a collection of modern classics reinterpreted for the Moog synthesizer as well as the soundtracks from 70's era german soft-core porn films.

Remember, disco is the lounge music of the future!

LP: Allegro Latin Sampler: LONG PLAY 1908; Babalu; Bing Bang Mambo
CD: Enoch Light - Persuasive Percussion: Varese Sarabande VSD-5636; Mambo Jambo; Blue is the Night; Whatever Lola Wants
LP: Tito Puente and His Orchestra - Mambo on Broadway: RCA Victor LPM-1354; Ran Kan Kan; Tuxedo Junction
LP: An Electrifying Evening with the Dizzy Gillespie Quartet: Verve V/VG-8401; Night in Tunesia (Lalo Schifrin on piano)
CD: Mission: Anthology - Music from Mission:Impossible: One Way Records MCAD-22122; Midnight Courier; Mission Blues; Barney Does It All; Wide Willy; The Getaway; Secret Code; Mission: Accomplished
CD: Crime Jazz: Music in the Second Degree: Rhino R2 72913/ DRC1 1622; The Killer (from The Liquidator) - Lalo Schifrin
CD: Lalo Schifrin - Black Widow: CTI ZK 65128; Jaws; Baia
CD: Moog Cookbook - Plays the Classic Rock Hits, Vol 2: Restless 01877-72941-2; Hotel California; Sweet Home Alabama; Born to be Wild
CD: Moog Cookbook: Restless 72914-2; The One I Love; Black Hole Sun; Smells Like Teen Spirit
CD: Gert Wilden & Orch. - Schulmadchen Report (Schoolgirl Report): Crippled Dick Hot Wax Records 001; Follow Me; Getting Blue; Hot Dance
CD: Vampyros Lesbos - Sexadelic Dance Party: Motel Records; Dedicated to Love; Kamasutra; The Lion and the Cucumber