Fast Tracks
May, 1998
In 1966, just before his theme for Mission Impossible became famous, pianist Lalo Schifrin made the wildest classical-plus-jazz album ever. At 32 minutes, 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, finally reissued on Verve, runs barely as long as its title. But it's a little-known gem. With witty juxtapositions of string quartet and avant-garde flute, Bach-era themes...
