Shelly Manne

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Shelly Manne, circa December 1946.
Photograph by William P. Gottlieb .

Sheldon "Shelly" Manne (born June 11, 1920 in New York City , New York , † September 26, 1984 in Los Angeles ) was an American drummer , band leader and composer of swing and West Coast jazz .

Life

Manne's father and uncle were drummers; in his youth he admired the great swing drummers of the time, Jo Jones and especially Dave Tough , who became his role model and mentor. As a teenager he played in clubs on 52nd Street in Manhattan . Other role models were "Big Sid" Catlett and Kenny Clarke . He recorded early on with stars like Coleman Hawkins , Charlie Shavers and Don Byas , but also with musicians from the Duke Ellington Orchestra such as Johnny Hodges , Harry Carney , Lawrence Brown and Rex Stewart .

Manne also worked early on with bebop musicians such as Dizzy Gillespie , Charlie Parker and Flip Phillips , but also with Charlie Ventura , Lennie Tristano and Lee Konitz .

Manne then became known as a member of the big bands of Woody Herman and Stan Kenton in the late 1940s and early 1950s, winning awards and subsequently helping to develop West Coast jazz . He played with Shorty Rogers , Hampton Hawes , Red Mitchell , Art Pepper , Russ Freeman , Frank Rosolino , Chet Baker , Leroy Vinnegar , Pete Jolly , Howard McGhee , Bob Gordon , André Previn , Conte Candoli , Howard Rumsey , Sonny Criss and The LA 4 . His own group Shelly Manne & His Men , which he founded in 1955, included wind players Joe Gordon , Richie Kamuca , bassist Monty Budwig and pianist Victor Feldman . He later had his own jazz club in Los Angeles ( The Manne Hole ) and was also involved in recordings with Ornette Coleman , Tom Waits and third stream experiments. He also often worked as a drummer for the studios, but also wrote film music himself, for example for the television series Daktari .

He died of a fat embolism a few weeks after a seemingly harmless riding accident.

Discography (selection)

Shelly Manne with Boyd Raeburn Big Band, 1946.
Photograph by William P. Gottlieb .

literature

  • Brand, Jack. Shelly Manne: Sounds of the Different Drummer (Percussion Express, 1997)
  • Gioia, Ted. West Coast Jazz: Modern Jazz in California 1945–1960 (Oxford University Press, 1992)
  • Gordon, Robert. Jazz West Coast: The Los Angeles Jazz Scene of the 1950s (Quartet Books, 1986)
  • Strain, James. "Shelly Manne" ( Web Site of the Percussive Arts Society )

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personal data
SURNAME Manne, Shelly
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Manne, Sheldon
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz drummer and composer
DATE OF BIRTH June 11, 1920
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City
DATE OF DEATH September 26, 1984
Place of death los Angeles