Mingus Music in "The Notorious Bettie Page"

Mary Harron’s new film (released April 2006) about the life of risqué pinup model Bettie Page (starring Gretchen Mol) is packed with musical gems – including Charles Mingus’s “Love Chant.” The tune was originally released on 1956’s Atlantic recording Pithecanthropus Erectus, and is now included on the CD soundtrack, along with tracks by Julie London, Patsy Cline, Jeri Southern, Esquival, Artie Shaw, Art Pepper and Hank Ballard.