Towering Toccata

Towering Toccata
Towering Toccata
Studio album by Lalo Schifrin
Released	1977
Recorded	October 18 & 20 and December 21, 1976
Studio	Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Genre	Jazz
Label	CTI; CTI 5003
Producer	Creed Taylor
Lalo Schifrin chronology

Towering Toccata is an album by Argentine composer, pianist and conductor Lalo Schifrin recorded in 1976 and released on the CTI label.^[1]

Reception[edit]

The Allmusic review states "it isn't the ideal follow-up to Black Widow that Schifrin fans might have hoped for. That said, the album has enough strong tunes and enough of a consistent sound to please hardcore Lalo Schifrin fans and anyone who loved Black Widow".^[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]

The song "Roller Coaster" would be re-recorded and released on Schifrin's soundtrack to the 1977 film Rollercoaster.

Track listing[edit]

All compositions by Lalo Schifrin except as indicated

"Towering Toccata" (Johann Sebastian Bach) - 5:04
"Frances' Theme" - 4:19
"Macumba" - 6:12
"Eagles in Love" - 2:51
"Theme from King Kong" (John Barry) - 4:12
"Most Wanted Theme" - 2:44
"Midnight Woman" - 6:07
"Roller Coaster" - 4:45

Recorded at Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on October 18 & 20 and December 21, 1976

Personnel[edit]

Lalo Schifrin - piano, keyboards, arranger, conductor
Burt Collins, John Frosk, John Gatchell - trumpet
Urbie Green - trombone
Joe Farrell, Jeremy Steig - flute
Gerry Niewood - alto saxophone
David Tofani, Lou Marini - tenor saxophone, flute
Ronnie Cuber - baritone saxophone
Clark Spangler - keyboards
Eric Gale, John Tropea - guitar
Will Lee - bass
Steve Gadd - drums, dahka-de-bello
Max Ellen, Paul Gershman, Emanuel Green, Charles Libove, Marvin Morgenstern, David Nadien, Max Pollikoff, Matthew Raimondi - violin
Lamar Alsop, Manny Vardi - viola
Charles McCracken, Alan Shulman - cello

References[edit]

^ Payne, D. CTI Records discography accessed March 1, 2012
^ ^a ^b Guarisco, D. A. Allmusic Review accessed March 1, 2012

[CTI_Records_discography-1] Payne, D. CTI Records discography accessed March 1, 2012

[Allmusic-2] Guarisco, D. A. Allmusic Review accessed March 1, 2012

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v t e Lalo Schifrin
Albums	Piano Español (1959) Piano, Strings and Bossa Nova (1962) Lalo = Brilliance (1962) Bossa Nova: New Brazilian Jazz (1962) Samba Para Dos (1963) Between Broadway & Hollywood (1963) Explorations (1964) New Fantasy (1964) Jazz Suite on the Mass Texts (1965) Once a Thief and Other Themes (1965) The Dissection and Reconstruction of Music from the Past as Performed by the Inmates of Lalo Schifrin's Demented Ensemble as a Tribute to the Memory of the Marquis De Sade (1966) Music from Mission: Impossible (1967) There's a Whole Lalo Schifrin Goin' On (1968) More Mission: Impossible (1969) Black Widow (1976) Towering Toccata (1977) Gypsies (1978) No One Home (1979) Ins and Outs (1982) Cantos Aztecas (1988) Jazz Meets the Symphony (1993) More Jazz Meets the Symphony (1994) Firebird: Jazz Meets the Symphony No. 3 (1995) Lili'uokalani Symphony (1995) Gillespiana In Cologne (1998) Metamorphosis: Jazz Meets the Symphony (1998) Intersections: Jazz Meets the Symphony (2001) Kaleidoscope: Jazz Meets the Symphony (2005) Invocation: Jazz Meets the Symphony No. 7 (2011)
Soundtracks	Gone with the Wave (1965) The Liquidator (1965) The Cincinnati Kid (1965) Murderer's Row (1965) Cool Hand Luke (1967) Mannix (1969) Bullitt (1969) Enter the Dragon (1973) Rollercoaster (1977) Rush Hour (1998)
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