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Shelly Manne & His Friends

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Shelly Manne & His Friends
Studio album by
Released1956
RecordedFebruary 11, 1956
StudioContemporary Records Studio, Los Angeles, California
GenreJazz
Length36:16
LabelContemporary C3525
ProducerLester Koenig
Shelly Manne chronology
Swinging Sounds
(1956)
Shelly Manne & His Friends
(1956)
More Swinging Sounds
(1956)

Shelly Manne & His Friends is a jazz album by drummer Shelly Manne with pianist André Previn and bassist Leroy Vinnegar recorded in 1956 and released on the Contemporary label.[1]

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[4]

The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow states: "This initial release from the group, as with all of the later sets, is really a showcase for the remarkable piano playing of Previn who was not even 27 yet but already had a dozen years of major league experience behind him".[2]

Track listing

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  1. "Tangerine" (Victor Schertzinger, Johnny Mercer) - 4:25
  2. "I Cover the Waterfront" (Johnny Green, Edward Heyman) - 6:10
  3. "Squatty Roo" (Johnny Hodges) - 7:58
  4. "Collard Greens and Black-Eyed Peas" (Oscar Pettiford) - 7:57
  5. "Stars Fell on Alabama" (Frank Perkins, Mitchell Parish) - 4:42
  6. "The Girl Friend" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) - 5:20

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ Contemporary Records discography accessed May 18, 2015
  2. ^ a b Yanow, Scott. Shelly Manne & His Friends – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved May 18, 2015.
  3. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 130. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  4. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 935. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.