Shelly Manne
234
Impulse!/ABC Records (US) 1972
A-20 (LP) Gatefold sleeve.
sleeve : VG+(some wear on edge and corner, a lot of spots.)
media : EX-/EX-(some slightly surface noise and some light click noise.)
An American West Coast drummer who came up in the 1940s as a member of the orchestras led by Bobby Byrne and Joe Marsala, and later worked with the groups of Coleman Hawkins and Dizzy Gillespie, Shelly Manne went on to lead his own ensembles from the mid-1950s onward. This is his 1962 leader album, released on Impulse! Records.
The record features a series of duo, trio, and quartet sessions with an outstanding cast: Coleman Hawkins on tenor sax, Eddie Costa on piano and vibes, George Duvivier on bass, and Hank Jones on piano. Recorded and mastered by the legendary Rudy Van Gelder. Highlights abound: Manne’s original A2, driven by the irresistibly grooving interplay of Duvivier’s bass and Costa’s vibraphone, is pure class, while A3 lets you luxuriate in Hawkins’ deeply sensual tenor tone. The album also revisits jazz standards with authority, but it’s the closing track B3 that truly stops you in your tracks—an intensely spiritual performance that reveals a depth of vision far removed from any notion of “cool jazz.” Manne’s primitive, elemental drumming throughout is simply superb. This is the excellent-sounding 1972 US reissue.
A2: The Sicks of Us
B3: Me and Some Drums
234
Impulse!/ABC Records (US) 1972
A-20 (LP) Gatefold sleeve.
sleeve : VG+(some wear on edge and corner, a lot of spots.)
media : EX-/EX-(some slightly surface noise and some light click noise.)
An American West Coast drummer who came up in the 1940s as a member of the orchestras led by Bobby Byrne and Joe Marsala, and later worked with the groups of Coleman Hawkins and Dizzy Gillespie, Shelly Manne went on to lead his own ensembles from the mid-1950s onward. This is his 1962 leader album, released on Impulse! Records.
The record features a series of duo, trio, and quartet sessions with an outstanding cast: Coleman Hawkins on tenor sax, Eddie Costa on piano and vibes, George Duvivier on bass, and Hank Jones on piano. Recorded and mastered by the legendary Rudy Van Gelder. Highlights abound: Manne’s original A2, driven by the irresistibly grooving interplay of Duvivier’s bass and Costa’s vibraphone, is pure class, while A3 lets you luxuriate in Hawkins’ deeply sensual tenor tone. The album also revisits jazz standards with authority, but it’s the closing track B3 that truly stops you in your tracks—an intensely spiritual performance that reveals a depth of vision far removed from any notion of “cool jazz.” Manne’s primitive, elemental drumming throughout is simply superb. This is the excellent-sounding 1972 US reissue.
A2: The Sicks of Us
B3: Me and Some Drums