Musical palate cleanser, Burt’s place edition

Here’s the opener to Sharky’s Machine.

And here’s what Wikipedia has to say about “Street Life”:

The opening credits use the 1979 hit song “Street Life“, originally performed by The Crusaders with vocalist Randy Crawford. The recording in the film is a newer version orchestrated by Doc Severinsen, inviting Crawford to reprise her vocal and who composed the original score, as well. This version is a much more powerful and faster-paced version with a full orchestra, and it was the one that Quentin Tarantino included in Jackie Brown (1997). (Crawford is given the only credit on the song title.)

I dig the original, too, for what it’s worth.  Here’s a live version.