Music for a Private Eye

Mercury Records' West Coast artist and repertoire director Pete Rugolo collaborated with engineer Bill Putnam to produce Music for a Private Eye, the first Mercury recording at Putnam's United Recording Studios in Hollywood, California. Ralph Marterie led the orchestra in arrangements by Rugolo and veteran jazz musician and music arranger Skip Martin. ==Reception==

In its June 1960, issue, Hifi/Stereo Review complimented the band's "clean, crisp, frequently hard-swinging interpretations of some of the more staple thematic fare of TV's back alley dramas." The interest level of the album was rated "Approaching saturation point." Noting that Marterie was known for his big-band dance albums, reviewer Greg Adams concluded that Music for a Private Eye "is a very well-recorded stereo album that makes one wish that Marterie had strayed from his dance band format more often and recorded other thematic albums.{{cite web |url= https://www.allmusic.com/album/music-for-a-private-eye-mw0001451139#review ==Reissues==

In 1963, four years after its initial release, Music for a Private Eye was reissued on Mercury's budget Wing label. In 2016, Blue Moon Jazz released a CD that combined Music for a Private Eye with Ralph Marterie's 1959 release, Big Band Man. ==Personnel==

Trumpets • Ray Linn • Don Fagerquist • Joe Triscari • Uan Rasey Trombones • Frank Rosolino • Bob Fitzpatrick • Tommy Pederson Bass Trombone • George Roberts Alto Saxes • Bud Shank • Paul Horn Tenor Saxes • Bob Cooper • Gus Bivona Baritone Sax • Dale Issenhuth Piano • Jimmy Rowles Guitar • Al Viola Bass • Joe Mondragon Drums • Irv Kluger Percussion • Lou Singer ==Track listing==