- Digital
Anant Pradhan & Larry McDonald
It Had Better Be Tonight
Names You Can Trust
- Cat No: NYCT7081DB
- Release: 2023-03-31
Track List
16bit/44.1khz [wav/flac/aiff/alac/mp3]
The prolific Henry Mancini is already entrenched in the Jamaican canon, yet nobody has knowingly attempted to recreate one of his most magical numbers, "Meglio Stasera" aka "It Had Better Be Tonight," that of the riveting scene and performance by Fran Jeffries in 1963's The Pink Panther. The galloping percussion of the original is transposed through a cloud of smoke, slow and low in a roots style at the hands of master percussionist Larry McDonald. Anant Pradhan's sax leads the way over the locked-in rhythm section, both deep and cheeky all at once.