Lalo Schifrin Double Feature

I was listening to a Lalo Schifrin album tonight (Lalo=Brilliance) and was thinking if there was anyone cooler than Lalo Schifrin in the world of music. His life reads like a lesson in cool: born in Buenos Aires, studied music at the Paris Conservatoire on scholarship, played in Dizzy Gillespie's band:

Then went on to write the theme music for Mission:Impossible, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., Mannix, and film scores including Dirty Harry, Enter the Dragon and Bullitt. Listen to the jazzy build-up to the famous car chase scene:



Schifrin now lives in Beverly Hills in Groucho Marx's former house.

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