More Swinging Sounds

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More Swinging Sounds
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Studio album by
Shelly Manne & His Men
Released1957
RecordedJuly 16 and August 15 & 16, 1956
StudioContemporary Records Studio, Los Angeles, California
Genre Jazz
Length40:32
Label Contemporary C3519
Producer Lester Koenig
Shelly Manne chronology
Shelly Manne & His Friends
(1956)
More Swinging Sounds
(1957)
My Fair Lady
(1956)

More Swinging Sounds is a jazz album by drummer Shelly Manne's group Shelly Manne & His Men, recorded in 1956 and released by the Contemporary label. [1] Early releases of the album were labelled Vol 5, indicating it was the fifth volume of recordings released by the group.

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow states: "Shelly Manne deserves great credit for being continually open to new directions and fresh material while staying on his own singular path". [2]

Track listing

  1. "Moose the Mooche" (Charlie Parker) - 7:27
  2. "The Wind" (Russ Freeman) - 5:02
  3. "Pint of Blues" (Charlie Mariano) - 9:49
  4. "Tommyhawk" (Johnny Mandel) - 4:18
  5. "Quartet (A Suite in Four Parts)" (Bill Holman) - 15:38

Personnel

Shelly Manne & His Men

References

  1. Contemporary Records discography accessed May 18, 2015
  2. 1 2 Yanow, Scott. More Swinging Sounds – Review at AllMusic . Retrieved May 18, 2015.
  3. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 935. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.