Shelly Manne & His Men

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Shelly Manne & His Men
General information
Genre (s) West Coast Jazz
founding 1955
resolution after 1967
Last occupation
Drums
 Shelly Manne
Trumpet
 Conte Candoli
piano
 Mike Wofford
bass
 Monty Budwig
saxophone
 Frank Strozier
former members
Alto saxophone
 Charlie Mariano (until 1959)
Tenor saxophone
 Richie Kamuca (until 1961)
Valve trombone
 Bob Enevoldsen (until 1956)
Trumpet
 Bob Cooper (until 1956)
piano
 Russ Freeman (until 1959, from 1961)
Trumpet, valve trombone
 Stu Williamson (1956-57)
Alto saxophone
 Joe Maini (until 1956)
Tenor saxophone
 Jimmy Giuffre (until 1956)
bass
 Ralph Peña (until 1956)
bass
 Leroy Vinnegar (until 1957)
Alto saxophone
 Herb Geller (1958/59)
bass
 Chuck Berghofer (1961)
Tenor saxophone
 Frank Strozier (1966/67)
piano
 Mike Wofford (1966/67)
Shelly Manne, ca.1946.
Photograph by William P. Gottlieb .

Shelly Manne & His Men was an American jazz formation from West Coast jazz that was mainly active in California from 1955 to around 1967 .

Band history

Shelly Manne & His Men was founded by drummer Shelly Manne in 1955. With them from the beginning were Bob Enevoldsen , Joe Maini , Bob Cooper , Jimmy Giuffre , Russ Freeman and Ralph Peña , with whom the album The West Coast Sound was recorded for the Contemporary label in September 1959 , on which all later albums have appeared.

Since Manne mainly worked in Hollywood as a studio musician, his band remained a relatively loose formation that mainly performed in the greater Los Angeles area. By 1959, the formation had seen numerous line-up changes; to the band included in this time Stu Williamson , Conte Candoli , Herb Geller , Leroy Vinnegar and until 1959 also Charlie Mariano , who also numerous titles in the repertoire of the band contributed as Dart Game , Slam , Vamp's Blues , Blue Gnu and 1957 chess-inspired suite The Gambit . In the 1960s, pianist Russ Freeman was the last remaining member of the original line-up.

The band reached the peak of their reputation with their guest appearance at The Black Hawk jazz club in San Francisco in September 1959, at that time one of the most famous jazz clubs in the city. The band then consisted of tenor saxophonist Richie Kamuca , pianist Victor Feldman , bassist Monty Budwig and trumpeter Joe Gordon , who died only four years later. The recordings of the concerts appeared in 1960 in the form of 4 LPs on Contemporary .

1960 Conte Candoli returned to the band for the retiring Joe Gordon; with him the band performed in Shelly Mann's club in Hollywood, The Manne Hole , documented on the albums of the same name. In the early 1960s, the drummer turned increasingly to other activities; At the end of the 1960s, Candoli and Budwig played in the band , as did Frank Strozier and Mike Wofford as newcomers .

Discography (selection)

  • The West Coast Sound (Contemporary, 1955) with Jimmy Giuffre
  • Vol. 4: Swinging Sounds (Contemporary, 1956) with Charlie Mariano
  • More Swinging Sound: Vol. 5 (Contemporary, 1957) dto.
  • Concerto for Clarinet & Combo (Contemporary, 1957) with Bill Smith
  • The Gambit (Contemporary, 1957) with Charlie Mariano
  • Shelly Manne And His Men Play Peter Gunn (Contemporary, 1959) with Conte Candoli, Herb Geller (p), Vic Feldman (vib)
  • Shelly Manne And His Men Play More Music From Peter Gunn - Son Of Gunn !! (Contemporary 1959)
  • Shelly Manne & His Men at The Black Hawk , Vol. 1-4 (Contemporary, 1960) with Joe Gordon, Richie Kamuca, Vic Feldman
  • The Proper Time (Contemporary 1960)
  • At the Manne Hole , Vol. 1 & 2 (Contemporary, 1961) with Conte Candoli, Kamuca, Freeman
  • Shelly Manne And His Men Play Checkmate (Contemporary 1962)
  • Boss Sounds (Koch, 1966) with Candoli, Russ Freeman
  • Jazz Gunn (Atlantic, 1967) with Candoli, Frank Strozier, Mike Wofford, Monty Budwig
  • Perk Up (Concord, 1967) with Strozier, Candoli

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  1. ↑ The drummer still had a trio with Giuffre in 1954; played in a duo with Freeman; released on the album The Three and The Two .

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