Concerto for Clarinet & Combo

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Concerto for Clarinet & Combo
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Studio album by
Shelly Manne & His Men
Released1957
RecordedDecember 6, 1955 and July 24 & 25, 1957
Contemporary Records Studio, Los Angeles, California
Genre Jazz
Label Contemporary C3536
Producer Lester Koenig
Shelly Manne chronology
Li'l Abner
(1957)		Concerto for Clarinet & Combo
(1957)		 The Gambit
(1958)

Concerto for Clarinet & Combo (full title Premiere Recording of Concerto for Clarinet & Combo by Bill Smith, with the Composer on Clarinet, & Bags' Groove, Sophisticated Rabbit, My Old Flame) is an album by drummer Shelly Manne's group Shelly Manne & His Men recorded at sessions in 1955 and 1957 and released on the Contemporary label. [1]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow states: "All in all, this is a well-balanced and continually interesting set that deserves to be reissued". [2]

Track listing

  1. "Concerto For Clarinet & Combo: First Movement" (Bill Smith) - 5:14
  2. "Concerto For Clarinet & Combo: Second Movement" (Smith) - 8:27
  3. "Concerto For Clarinet & Combo: Third Movement" (Smith) - 6:39
  4. "Sophisticated Rabbit" (Shelly Manne) - 3:22
  5. "My Old Flame" (Arthur Johnston, Sam Coslow) - 5:54
  6. "Bags' Groove" (Milt Jackson) - 10:52

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Contemporary Records discography accessed May 18, 2015
  2. 1 2 Yanow, Scott. Concerto for Clarinet & Combo – Review at AllMusic . Retrieved May 18, 2015.
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