At the Black Hawk 1

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At the Black Hawk 1
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Live album by
Shelly Manne & His Men
Released1960
RecordedSeptember 22–24, 1959
VenueThe Black Hawk in San Francisco, California
Genre Jazz
Length41:53
Label Contemporary M3577/S7577
Producer Lester Koenig
Shelly Manne chronology
Son of Gunn!!
(1959)
At the Black Hawk 1
(1960)
At the Black Hawk 2
(1959)

At the Black Hawk 1 is a live album by drummer Shelly Manne's group Shelly Manne & His Men, recorded at the Black Hawk in San Francisco, California, in 1959 and released on the Contemporary label. [1] The album was the first volume of four originally released in 1960. In 1991, the albums were re-released on CD with bonus tracks along with a fifth volume of unreleased recordings, and a Complete Live at the Black Hawk box set was released in 2010.

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [3]

The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow states: "The extended performances are easily recommended to straight-ahead jazz fans". [2]

Track listing

  1. "Summertime" (George Gershwin, DuBose Heyward) 12:01
  2. "Our Delight" (Tadd Dameron) 12:03
  3. "Poinciana" (Nat Simon, Buddy Bernier) 13:17
  4. "Blue Daniel" (Frank Rosolino) 8:43
  5. "Blue Daniel" [alternate take] (Rosolino) 8:15 Bonus track on CD reissue
  6. "Theme: A Gem from Tiffany" (Bill Holman) 0:49

Personnel

References

  1. Contemporary Records discography accessed May 18, 2015
  2. 1 2 Yanow, Scott. At the Blackhawk, Vol. 1 – Review at AllMusic . Retrieved May 18, 2015.
  3. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide . USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp.  130. ISBN   0-394-72643-X.