Henry Mancini proceeded to conduct Mancini's theme for the series. At the end, the shot switched to rare live action, and Mancini was seen alone applauding in the audience. Mancini also made a brief appearance in the title sequence of 1993's "Son of the Pink Panther", allowing the panther to conduct Bobby McFerrin in performing the film's theme tune. Mancini died of pancreatic cancer in Los Angeles on June 14, 1994. He was working at the time on the Broadway stage version of "Victor/Victoria", which he never saw on stage. Mancini was survived by his wife of 43 years, singer Virginia "Ginny"
Impressions (instrumental composition) Davis' "So What" (16 bars of D Dorian, 8 bars of E Dorian, and 8 bars of D Dorian). Both songs originate in Ahmad Jamal's 1955 cover of Morton Gould's "Pavanne" Michael Brecker won the 1996 Grammy for Best Jazz Instrumental Solo for his performance on this song, as recorded for the Grammy-winning jazz album by McCoy Tyner, "Infinity". Impressions (instrumental composition) "Impressions" is a jazz standard composed by John Coltrane. While Coltrane only recorded the composition twice in the studio—on June 20, 1962 and March 6, 1963, released on the posthumous ""—he recorded it many times live, beginning with