Shelly Manne
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, Jimmy Giuffre , Shorty Rogers , Bill Russo , Deep People (1951–1952, Savoy)
- Shelly Manne & His Men, The West Coast Sound (1953–1955, Contemporary Records )
- Shelly Manne & His Men, Swinging Sounds (1956, Contemporary)
- Shelly Manne & His Men, More Swinging Sounds (1956, Contemporary) with Stu Williamson , Charlie Mariano , Russ Freeman , Leroy Vinnegar
- Shelly Manne, My Fair Lady (1956 Contemporary) with André Previn , Leroy Vinnegar
- Shelly Manne & His Men, Concerto for Clarinet & Combo (Contemporary, 1957) with Bill Smith
- Shelly Manne, Li'l Abner (1957 Contemporary) with André Previn, Leroy Vinnegar
- Shelly Manne & Friends, Bells are Ringing (1958, Contemporary)
- Shelly Manne & His Men, The Gambit (1958, Contemporary)
- Shelly Manne & His Men at The Black Hawk (5 CDs, 1959, Contemporary)
- Shelly Manne & His Men, Shelly Manne & His Men Play Peter Gunn (1959, Contemporary) with Conte Candoli , Herb Geller , Russ Freeman, Victor Feldman
- Shelly Manne & his Man Play more Music from Peter Gunn (1959, Contemporary) with Joe Gordon , Richie Kamuca , Russ Freeman, Victor Feldman, Monty Budwig
- Shelly Manne & His Men, At The Manne Hole (2 CDs, 1961, Contemporary)
- Shelly Manne, Steps to the Desert (1962, Contemporary)
- Shelly Manne Empathy (1962, Verve) with Bill Evans , Monty Budwig
- Shelly Manne, 2-3-4 (1962, Impulse!) With Coleman Hawkins , Hank Jones , Eddie Costa , George Duvivier
- Shelly Manne & His Men, Boss Sounds! (1966, Atlantic )
- Shelly Manne, Daktari (1967, Contemporary)
- Shelly Manne, Perk Up (1967; published 1977, Concord)
- Shelly Manne, Double Piano Jazz Concert at Carmelo's (2 CDs, 1980, Trend)
- Shelly Manne - Monty Alexander - Ray Brown Fingering - (Atlas LP - 1981)
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 )
Web links
- Shelly Manne at Allmusic (English)
personal data | |
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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 |