The fact that George Clooney as a filmmaker does not take the path of least resistance is shown by Good Night, And Good Luck, a film that describes the struggle of journalist Edward R. Murrow against Senator Joseph McCarthy's witch hunt for communists in 1950s America. . Since Murrow was a big jazz fan, Clooney went in search of the soundtrack for the ambiance of a smoky jazz club, with tinkling
… ice cubes in well-filled glasses. He single-handedly selected songs from that era that he had performed in an unparalleled way by three-time Grammy Award winner Dianne Reeves. Accompanied by a velvet combo starring saxophonist Matt Catingub and pianist Peter Martin, Reeves' silky soft voice floats effortlessly through the repertoire, including Nat King Cole's Straighten Up And Fly Right, Duke Ellington's Solitude, and the Up-tempo, from Dinah Washington's well-known TV Is The Thing This Year. (AD)more
