Artist: Lalo Schifrin
Album: There's A Whole Lalo Schifrin Goin' On
Genre: World Fusion
Label: Dot Records/EmArcy/Universal
Released: 1968/2013
Quality: FLAC (tracks+.cue)
Tracklist:
- Secret Code Synthesizer (2:31)
- Dissolving (2:33)
- Machinations (2:45)
- Bride Of The Wind (2:39)
- Life Insurance (2:10)
- How To Open At Will The Most Beautiful Window (3:03)
- Vaccinated Mushrooms (2:16)
- Two Petals, A Flower And A Young Girl (2:45)
- Wheat Germ Landscapes (2:45)
- Gentle Earthquake (3:32)
- Hawks Versus Doves (2:29)
- Lucille (Bonus track) (2:46)
- Self-Destruct (Bonus track) (2:40)
- Another Side Of Harry (Bonus track) (2:28)
- Blues A Go-Go (Bonus track) (2:52)
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- Personnel:
- Lalo Schifrin - piano, synthesizer, arranger, conductor
- Tony Terran, John Audino - trumpet
- Lloyd Ulyate, Barrett O'Hara - trombone
- John Johnson - tuba
- Vincent DeRosa - horn
- Bud Shank, Ronnie Lang, Sam Most - reeds
- Arnold Kobentz - oboe, English horn
- Ralph Grierson, Artie Kane, Roger Kellaway, Mike Lang - keyboards
- Paul Beaver - keyboards, synthesizer, stereo harp
- Carl Fortina - accordion
- Howard Roberts, Dennis Budimer, Bill Pitman, Louis Morell - guitar
- James Bond, Ray Brown - bass
- Carol Kaye, Max Bennett - electric bass
- Shelly Manne - drums, percussion
- Earl Palmer, Ken Watson, Joe Porcaro, Emil Richards - percussion
- Milt Holland - tabla
- Bonnie Douglas, Sam Freed, Anatol Kaminsky, Nathan Kaproff, George Kast, Marvin Limonick, Erno Neufeld, Paul Shure - violin
- Myra Kestenbaum, Allan Harshman, Robert Ostrowsky, Virginia Majewski - viola
- Raphael Kramer, Edgar Lustgarten, Eleanor Slatkin - cello
- Catherine Gotthoffer - harp
- Robert Helfer - orchestra manager
Though it may seem unlikely that Frank Zappa had much of an influence on the work of Lalo Schifrin, one can detect some cultural crossover on There's a Whole Lalo Schifrin Goin' On. Schifrin was as much a jazz-pop genius as ever, but on this album rock rhythms, musical satire, sound effects, and exotica are all used as camp in a way that is eerily reminiscent of Zappa's more thoughtful efforts. Schifrin being Schifrin, every cut has a distinct and catchy melody, but there are whimsical and satirical themes embedded in the music. Nowhere is this more obvious than in "Hawks Vs. Doves," in which a cheery carnival-like theme is played in counterpoint to a martial air, each interfering with the other.
Elsewhere, Schifrin uses unusual percussion, dissonance, and tense, sonically fragmented piano to create soundscapes that are unlike most of the rest of his work. "Secret Code" integrates tabla drums, not a common instrument in American jazz of the time, with a cold, flute-like synthesizer – probably the first time those two instruments were used together. This album was ahead of its time in terms of instrumentation, but was a product of its time in that established ways of doing things were being challenged. Fans of Lalo Schifrin's work will find this to rank with his best, and those not familiar with anything but the Mission Impossible theme will be drawn in further by the eccentric genius displayed here. Note: Like many of Schifrin's albums of the period, there is no listing of musicians on the album cover, so it is difficult to know who is responsible for the marvelous performances here, except for Schifrin's own contributions.