Whats even better is that previously unreleased cues have been included. Benny goodman was his first idol, but he soon became impressed by the work of the great charlie parker, and took up the saxophone as a result. She is being set up by the feds but is wise to the plot and calls in sidekick willie garvin and a few other friends to outsmart them. He had a very big influence in the development of jazz in britain. Johnny became sir john in 2006 when he was knighted by queen elizabeth, nine years after his wife, the marvelous singer cleo laine, was made a dame of the british empire. The album was released on cd by harkit hrkcd 8003 in 2001. Johnny dankworths wife cleo laine performs hours after. This comic strip follows the life of modesty blaise, whos a remarkable young woman whos very talented but has a criminal history. A popular british comic strip series served as inspiration for this lighthearted espionage adventure, which if nothing else certainly shows the marks of its origins in the mid1960s. Buy modesty blaise by peter odonnell online at alibris. Achetez modesty blaisela bellissima che uccide a petit prix. Johnny dankworths wife cleo laine performs hours after his death dame cleo laine, the wife of the jazz legend sir john dankworth, gave a performance to an. John dankworth the sophisticated johnnie dankworth discogs. Modesty blaise is a 1966 british comedy spyfi film directed by joseph losey.
This british jazz saxophonist, bandleader, and arranger made a considerable contribution to the international jazz scene. Sir john dankworth, cbe 20 september 1927 6 february 2010, was an english jazz composer, saxophonist and clarinetist. At last legendary jazzist john dankworth s score for joseph loseys 1966 british film modesty blaise has been reissued by harkit records. Production designers richard macdonald and jack shampan and costume designers beatrice dawson and. So for the music, this merits five stars, but the package is uninviting. Book pdf modesty blaise modesty blaise series collection best seller.
Fans of 1960s camp andor the austin powers movies will approach modesty blaise expecting to love it, but most viewers will come away a bit disappointed. Modesty blaise is a 1966 british comic spyfi film directed by joseph losey, produced by joseph janni, and loosely based on the popular comic strip modesty blaise by peter odonnell, who cowrote the original story upon which evan jones and harold pinter based their screenplay. There had never been a female operative in the exclusive double o section, the much earned prefix meaning the agent had an authorised licence to kill, but he had heard miss blaise was an expert with. At last legendary jazzist john dankworths score for joseph loseys 1966 british film modesty blaise has been reissued by harkit records. Aint that just like a womanjohnny dankworth orchestra disc two 1.
Feb 07, 2010 johnny dankworth s wife cleo laine performs hours after his death dame cleo laine, the wife of the jazz legend sir john dankworth, gave a performance to an audience of hundreds just hours after. Music under the credits is harlaamstrat 74 off of john dankworth s modesty blaise score. Sir john phillip william dankworth, cbe 20 september 1927 6 february 2010, also known as johnny dankworth, was an english jazz composer, saxophonist, clarinetist and writer of film scores. The strip follows modesty blaise, an exceptional young woman with many talents and a criminal past, and her trusty sidekick willie garvin.
The concert was intended to mark the 40th anniversary of a music club launched by jazz legend sir john dankworth. Blog archive 2018 2 2018 2 april 2 2016 3 november 1 october 2 2015 1. James bond, agent 007, had heard of the mysterious and elusive freelance secret agent, modesty blaise, but had never encountered her in the field. A guardian obit gives a good overview of the career of dankworth, whose death was announced by his singer wife cleo laine onstage at the end of an allstar jazz concert that took place only a few hours after he passed.
Modesty blaise project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks. Not merely a spy spoof, based on a book and a comic strip about a femme james bond type, the colorful production gives the. The film may have lapsed into obscurity, but john dankworth s breezy music for modesty blaise still sounds as fresh and enjoyable as ever. Along with performing and composing his film score credits include darling, modesty blaise and the theme of televisions the avengers dankworth worked as musical director for jazz greats. John dankworth 1966 modesty blaise original motion picture. Some of us are old enough to remember when sir john dankworth was simply johnny dankworth, and quite simply one of the finest jazz musicians great britain has ever produced.
It was adapted into films in 1966, 1982, and 2003, and from 1965 onwards eleven novels and two. The film may have lapsed into obscurity, but john dankworths breezy music for modesty blaise still sounds as fresh and enjoyable as ever. Sep 24, 2018 johnny dankworth licensed to youtube by umg on behalf of umc universal music catalogue. John dankworth modesty blaise original motion picture. Music under the credits is harlaamstrat 74 off of john dankworths modesty blaise score. Jacqui dankworth and her father, john, had been planning an album together for years, but only managed to finish it close to the end of the latters life, and this is it. In 1944 he went to study music at the royal academy of music. The obituary was featured in legacy on february 8, 2010.
Download pieces of modesty modesty blaise series free. Modesty blaise is a 1966 british comic spyfi film directed by joseph losey, produced. Download pieces of modesty modesty blaise series free books. Uk composer tackles the 60s beast that is modesty blaise, plus bonus tracks. The song features a horn section loop sampled from modesty blaise, a piece by british jazz musician john dankworth.
Apr 15, 2016 book pdf modesty blaise modesty blaise series collection best seller. Check out modesty blaise by john dankworth on amazon music. Modesty blaise is introduced with a closeup of her legs in fishnet stockings, sitting on a couch by two magazines, one showing a color photo of actress monica vitti, and on top a full page copy of the modesty blaise comic strip where she is depicted as a huntress with a bowandarrow and a revolver. Darling and return from the ashes both 1965, morgan and modesty blaise both 1966 and. Darling and return from the ashes both 1965, morgan and. Modesty blaise by joseph losey joseph losey, monica vitti.
Rock the house gorillaz song 676 words exact match in snippet view article singles chart. The above quotation is uttered by willie garvin at the end of chapter 18 of modesty blaise. His father was a sales manager who worked for an electrical engineering firm. Not totally disappointed, because it must be said that blaise is one hell of a psychedelic ride, visually speaking. Johnny dankworths wife cleo laine performs hours after his death. Modesty blaise was peter odonnells first book, published in 1965 when he was 45 years old. In england, dankworth is better known for his theme from tomorrows worldthe show that was spoofed by peter serafinowiczs look around youand his jazz albums. He played the clarinet in a jazz band when he was still at school.
This was the first novel to feature the character of modesty blaise and her righthandman, willie garvin. The theme song modesty modesty blaise theme from the losey movie was sung by david and jonathan, with music composed by john dankworth and lyrics by benny green. The series of books all written by odonnell ran concurrently with the comic strip until 1996 the comic strip ran until 2001. A spy spoof in the 1960s tradition, featuring the comic book heroine modesty blaise monica vitti set in the italian mediterranean. Modesty blaise is loosely based on a comic book superheroine and played by monica vitti. John dankworth was born in woodford and grew up in highams park, essex. I read most of the modesty blaise series in the late 1970s and early 1980s, though these books were first released in great britain and the caribbean in the mid1960s. Emi music publishing, solar music rights management, and 2 music rights societies. Production designers richard macdonald and jack shampan and costume. He composed film music and several television theme tunes such as the avengers and tomorrows world.
Wonderful scenery,beautifully photographed and a cracking score by johnny dankworth help to make this film worth watching. Modesty blaise origin by peter odonnell and jim holdaway duration. It was loosely based upon the popular comic strip modesty blaise by peter odonnell, who cowrote the original story upon which evan jones based his screenplay. This appeared on the soundtrack album issued by 20th century fox s 4182 and also as a single on the fontana label. Composer john dankworth also scored the spy comedies salt and pepper 1968, fathom 1967, and the avengers 1961. He is very successful in conveying a quintessentially sixties spy feel, but without sounding like an attempt to imitate john barry. Modesty blaise is a british comic strip featuring a fictional character of the same name, created by author peter odonnell and illustrator jim holdaway in 1963. John dankworth modesty blaise end title 1966 youtube. John dankworth and his orchestra modesty blaise breaks. Modesty blaise by john dankworth on amazon music amazon. Vinyl, lp, album, compilation, reissue tracklist a1 theme. This novel was called modesty blaise, and the book was successful critically and commercially and led odonnell to write a series of modesty blaise novels alongside the comic strips that continued for thirty years. Modesty blaise, a secret agent whose hair color, hair style, and mod clothing change at a snap of her fingers is being used by the british government as a decoy in an effort to thwart a diamond heist. John dankworth simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Although the 1966 film version of modesty blaise was not a critical success, the book proved popular with fans of both the comic strip and readers of spy fiction blaise was promoted on the cover of the first american edition by doubleday as the feminine answer to james bond, and odonnell followed up with 10 more novels and two short story. Wonderful scenery,beautifully photographed and a cracking score by johnny dankworth help to make this film worth watching,despite its muddled plotting. Adventurer, spy, smuggler, racketeer and allround bad girl, modesty is as stylish as she is smart, as lethal and. The films music was composed by johnny dankworth and the theme song. The humor is very droll, yet needlesharp in its mockery of the amorality of empire and espionage, and in its parody of the conventions of the actionhero movie, its madcamp villain, its tools, its blue waters. He was widely thought of as britains most famous jazz musician. With monica vitti, terence stamp, dirk bogarde, harry andrews. He was also the composer of the theme music for television programmes the avengers and tomorrows world, as well as writing the music score for 1966 film modesty blaise. Modesty blaise academic dictionaries and encyclopedias.
They first meet to a piece called brouillard version 1 from georges delaures extraordinary score to jules et jim. They were the first kickbutt heroine novels id ever read, and i loved them all. It stars monica vitti as modesty, opposite terence stamp as willie garvin and dirk bogarde as her nemesis gabriel. Peter odonnell has 220 books on goodreads with 16391 ratings. Meanwhile, at his island hideaway, gabriel, the diamond thief.
With his wife, jazz singer dame cleo laine, he was a music educator and also her music director. The films music composed by johnny dankworth and the theme song, modesty, sung by david and jonathan. Modesty blaise is one of the nuttiest, screwiest pictures ever made. I really liked that modesty was a serious kickass heroine who was quite prepared to be ruthless when necessary. Two chapters later the book is over, and readers can agree with willie and conclude that this book is different.
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