The Pink Panther Kline as Chief Inspector Dreyfus. Not a remake of the original film, it forms a new starting point for a contemporary series, introducing the Clouseau and Dreyfus characters along with the famous diamond to a new generation. The sequel to Steve Martin's 2006 film. Martin reprises his role, but John Cleese replaces Kevin Kline as Chief Inspector Dreyfus. Although there are two later "Pink Panther" films starring Steve Martin, most of the films in the series starred Sellers as Inspector Clouseau and were directed and co-written by Blake Edwards. The jazz-based theme music was composed by Henry Mancini. In addition
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