Wax of the Week #19...The Agents: Themes for Secret Agents (1967)

Spy jazz evolved out of crime jazz in the mid-’60s, mainly inspired by the early James Bond scores and the future-pointing feel of the era. It classed up crime with some twangy surf guitar and brought it out of dark alleys and smoky taverns, into mid-century modern lairs and cocktail parties. I'll be posting several superior examples of spy jazz in the future, but for now here's a low-key (and rather mediocre) studio musician cash-in example from Sunset/Liberty that veers more to the easy listening side.