Of course it starts with "Moon River" but the combo of tenor sax, electric guitar, piano, bass and drums does a little something unusual. In the beginning the guitar plays occasional staccato, reverby, percussive notes, sounding more like something from the surf rock world than the jazz world. Eventually the guitarist—I think it's Joe Diorio—gets to cut loose for a solo and it's a great one.

The grooviest tune on the original soundtrack is "Something for Cat", which has always been irresistible for me. On the Harris album it gets a reimagining with a very different feel, extremely syncopated and with a riot of rhythmic attack. It's genius.

Then the short "Sally's Tomato" is a solid piece of West Coast swing/bop that could have been dropped into any episode of Peter Gunn.

The "Mr. Yunioshi" track starts with a stereotypically "Japanese" musical intro that, thankfully, is nowhere near as offensive as the portrayal of the character in the movie but is nonetheless disappointing. With this out of the way, though, the band takes off with a very fast jazz approach and an incredible solo from Harris.

Bluesy and brisk jazz follows for "Big Blow Out", which also features trombone and vibes, and then there's an offkilter rhythmic feel for "Hub Caps and Tail Lights", with the pianist perhaps gesturing toward Monk at times.

The title track, is a bright and cheerful jazz number that swings easily and pleasantly while "Latin Golightly" is just way too short. You want that infectious groove to keep going and going.

Inevitably things will slow down and it happens here with "Holly", a beautiful midtempo piece with brushes on snare and exquisite playing from Harris. Did Paul Desmond ever play this piece? It would be great to hear and of course he adored Audrey Hepburn.

Finally there's the laidback and Latin influenced "Loose Caboose", in which you can hear the Mancini touch quite clearly, even transplanted to this territoru, followed by "The Big Heist", another straight jazz number that reminded me a lot of Mancini's Peter Gunn music.

There are many jazz records based on movie soundtracks, and quite a few specific to Henry Mancini. This is one of the best.